That is not true.
Moses and Elijah stand WITH Christ in glorified form in Matt 17 - BEFORE the Cross - while it is Peter, James and John that were face-down in the dust.
It is Enoch, Seth, Noah, Moses and Abraham in Heb 11 - hold up before NT saints - as the models that we are to follow.
There is no such thing as Enoch, Moses, Elijah -- in heaven but "not through grace" -- that would be "another gospel".
"The Gospel was preached to Abraham" Gal 3:7
Noah found GRACE in the eyes of the LORD - Gen 6:8
OT - Righteousness by Faith.
Heb 11
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Are you saying that Abraham had a crossless Grace in the absence of the blood of the lamb of God?
In this regard did Abraham recieve his eternal inheritance solely on his faith?
If Old Covenant saints were saved by their own works, because that is what faith back then would have equated to, then why was Christ crucified for the sins of all, once and for all?
If Abraham's faith saved himself, because you said that he had Grace by his worked faith, then are you saying that Abraham was sinless?
Are you saying that the gospel of Grace (Jesus Christ), was available to the Old Covenant saints?
If so, then why does scripture state that Abraham was dead, awaiting the Christ to come and raise him and other of his kindred up from the grave, according to Matthew 27:52-53?
Since the question was related to Abraham who did die, then why do you deflect the issue by referring to two alleged people who have yet to die?
If Abraham was saved by Grace, then why did he go to the grave after physical death?
Why do you draw a conclusion that Moses, Enoch and Elijah went to heaven before physical death?
If they were allegedly saved by Grace as you implied and went to heaven, then why do they need to come back to face the sorrow of death?
Isn't it once someone goes to heaven, that there will be no more tears and that there is no more sorrow?
How could anyone recieve their eternal inheritance before they die? Because as it is written all men are destined to die once then judgement.
I think that scripture plainly states that before Christ was raised and went to sit on the right hand of the Father, no other human had gone up into heaven? So how did Moses, Enoch, and Elijah go there before Christ?
John 3:13-15
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven--the Son of Man.
14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
Since the author references Moses, why does he say that only the Christ has gone to heaven?
Did Moses, Enoch, Elijah and Abraham have eternal life before Christ?
If the answer is yes, then that would be another gospel and another grace that is in the absence of the cross of Christ.
If heaven was readily available to any old covenant saint before Christ and before the blood of the lamb of God on the cross that atoned for all sin, once and for all, then Moses was not only saved without Christ, but that Moses himself can save. This would be a gospel outside of Christ/Grace that is being preached, isn't it?
John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Again why did Abraham die, if he was under the gospel of Grace before the cross of Christ?
What Grace was there or is there outside of the cross of Christ?
If one says there was or there is Grace outside of the cross of Christ, then that would be another gospel.
Beloved brother let us not forget Christ and his works, for they alone are imputed upon all of humanity as righteousness, for Grace is not a human action, rather Grace is the person of Christ himself.
Jesus Christ is Grace.
John 6:48-51
48I am the bread of life.
49Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
50But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.
51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
In Christ my appointment is to feed the flock, all to the glory of God the Father.
My title Stellar Son was given to me when God showed me all the man of renown of the Old Testament and the New Testament and I was shown a very small box when going from left to right in this generational time scroll dating back from the huge figures like Abraham and the prophets of old. As I was zoomed to a very miniscule box I saw the name Stellar Son, that is the son of the stars (angels). I hope that one day all the sons of Jacob come to faith in Christ as the 11th hour workmen, for this is my endevour with the angels in heaven, for our beloved and most precious Christ Jesus
