What five men in the Bible died and went to heaven?

Answer 1

The Scripture is clear that no one has gone to heaven except Jesus who came down from Heaven:

John 3:12-14

New International Version (NIV)

12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven-the Son of Man.[a]14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[]

Footnotes:

1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
2. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.

The Bible teaches a judgment (see Romans 14:10) where all mankind will stand before Jesus (except first fruits who were called in their lifetimes). Death is pictured as sleep (see John 11:13; 1 Corinthians 15:51, etals).

When we die, the 'soul' (breath of life) leaves us and body returns to the ground. The 'spirit' in man goes back to God until this judgment period:

Ecclesiastes 12:7

New International Version (NIV)

7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Acts 10:42

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42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.