first i want to say that i am not a religious person at all i am more agnostic than jewish
and also i have christian family sides
1)do christians pray to jesus or god?because according to the bible you can only pray to god
2)why christians hold satues and pictures of jesus when the bible clearly says not to hold any photos or sculputers of humans or animals?
3)why christians belive in hell when the old testmony dosent meantion it 1 time?(hell apeard after jesus)?
4)lets say a person who is born on an island and never heard about jesus or anything,he will also go to hell?(because judaism got a solution for it)
5)christians belive in reincarnation?
6)why god wated all that time to make a messiach and not right away?why we needed the OT?
7)in christianity in order to go to heaven you need to belive in jesus or only in god?
i am not a native english speaker so sorry
and thanks for the answers
1) Jesus and God are the same being, the same entity. Jesus is God in human form and we are able to pray to God because our sins were atoned for with the saccrifice of Jesus. We pray "in Jesus name" because by that name we are able to go before the father sinless.
2) I do not hold statues of Jesus or any other religious figure. The Bible says not to have idols or idolize images. Some people may have statues or things to remind them of Biblical principals and encourage them, but anyone that believes the image or statue is holy or somehow a reflection of God is committing idolatry.
3) The Old Testament does mention hell. In Old Testament times it mentions Sheol, of which there was paradise (for the righteous under the Law) and a place of punishment. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is an example of this divide. The rich man was in torment while Lazarus was in paradise. When Jesus atoned for sin on the cross, paradise was brought into heaven. The Bible also teaches that those being punished right now in "hell" will be sent to the true hell with Satan and the demons on the day of judgement. Essentially, the lost are being held for judgement day where they will then be sent to hell for all eternity along with Satan and the demons.
4) I'm not sure, the Bible says that those who are not forgiven of their sins through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus die and are accountable for their sin and judged for that, meaning eternal hell. Many believe in a component of grace for children that aren't old enough to understand, this may apply to people that have never heard the truth of salvation. What we do know is God judges the heart, and those that do know the story of Christ and chose to reject it will be judged accordingly and having their sin judged and not forgiven (hell).
5) No, reincarnation is not in the Bible. When you die, you are sent to heaven if your sin is forgiven under the atonement of Christ or you are judged for it and sent to hell.
6) Why wouldn't God wait? God provided provision for righteousness through the Law of Moses which was fulfilled by Jesus' atoning sacrifice. It was God's plan to set up the law and have Israel be a symbol of righteousness for the world as God's chosen people. He was also to send a Messiah to fulfill the law. We are finite beings, we cannot comprehend the mind of God in full detail. We look at animals with their limited understanding and in much the same way we are like that in comparison to God. An animal doesn't know why the sky is blue or comprehend higher things. In much the same way we are also limited in our comprehension. God gives us truth, and we are in no place to try and rationalize or understand God's plan when our minds are severely limited. Truth must be accepted, God tells us what we need to know. The fact of the Trinity, or being both God and man in the form of Jesus is beyond us. We believe in beings that can only exist as individual entities. God also is eternal, meaning He never had a beginning or a point of creation. For us, as finite creatures, that cannot be fully comprehended and simply must be accepted.
7) To go to heaven you have to believe in Jesus and
repent of sin. The Bible says even Satan and the demons believe in Jesus. The key is repenting of sin and having it forgiven. Part of the reason heaven and hell exist is because God is Holy and Just. As a Holy and Just God, He must judge sin and cannot have sin in His presence. To judge sin is to be separated from God and tormented for eternity through that separation in hell. Literally, it is to be rejected by God and cast away because your sin cannot be in the presence of a Holy God. Since God is Just there is a standard. It isn't relative or based on personal perceptions of "good." Sin is explained in the Bible, such behaviors and actions are God's absolute standard for what is wrong. All people must be held to the same standard as is just. The reason we can be forgiven is because an atoning sacrifice was made. God came to earth as Jesus and lived a sinless life. He was sinless and thus not subject to judgement. He chose to die on the cross, and on the cross Jesus was actually rejected by God when he took the sin of the world upon him. God Himself took sin upon himself and died so that sin may be pardoned due to an atoning sacrifice. This is why sin may be forgiven, because the judgement it demands has already taken place. God extends the grace of forgiveness to those that repent in Jesus name (after all, that is the atoning sacrifice). Those who do not will not have their sin forgiven and will be subject to fair judgement of that (eternal hell).
