if death is the only way to get to heaven, why does the bible make it out to be a bad thing?
Good question, actually.
There IS another way, but it's only for an elite group of people, those, like Elijah and Enoch (and others who we may never have heard of) who aligned their wills perfectly with God's will while on earth. When that happens, the individual "fuses" with the fragment of God within them (Luke 17:21) and (is "translated" in a spiritual "chariot of fire") by-passes normal mortal death, going directly to "heaven" (the "mansions" that Jesus spoke of (John 14:2))
(2Ki 2:11) And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
By faith Enoch was
translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had
translated him: for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. (Heb 11:5)
Anyway, I'm not real big on the bible but there's the tell-tale accounts of two people who did not die to get to heaven.
My post starts here
They didn't die YET.
It is appointed unto man to die once (no exceptions) given in the Bible.
Elijah and Enoch are the two great witnesses in the last days who are killed for proclaiming The Word of God.
Edited by
BlakeIAM
on Wed 05/30/18 04:19 PM