Bible Discussion Thread

Hello Ar I believe that those who died before the day of Pentecost that followed the Law were saved. When Jesus died on the cross the graves opened up and people saw the saints which had died arise from their sleep and walk into the holy city, Matthew 27 52 53. However, now that the dispensation of grace is into play the salvation plan is Acts 2 38. When you refer to John the Baptist and his baptism, this is why God had Luke write in Acts 19 1 thru 7 about the 12 men that Paul encountered that were baptized unto John s baptism and they had to be rebaptized under the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and then they were filled with the Holy Ghost and now those 12 men are saved. If I can say it like this, Jesus did not forget about them. He looked into their hearts and sent the true preacher to them to tell them about the salvation plan. They accepted it and God fulfilled his promise that Peter spoke about on the day of Pentecost. These men lived during the Law, were baptized unto John s baptism, and because they now lived under the new age of grace, God allowed Paul to teach them and bring them into a better way. This is what John stated himself while in the wilderness. He stated that we should not believe on him but on him that come after him. The answer is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.