Do soldiers go to hell or heaven?

Answer 1

Anyone, including people in the military, will go to Heaven if they receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. It doesn't matter if someone is in the military or not.

Answer: Obviously no one can know the answer to this question definitively but common sense tells us that each person is given the chance for eternal life which is "heaven" or death of our soul which is "hell". It was just easier for man to understand the words heaven and hell as opposed to some other concept of eternal life or death.

I do not agree with the answer given here for many reasons. It does not make any common sense for our Creator to create any one that does not have a chance for eternal life. God wants us all to have eternal life. That includes Jews that certainly will never "receive" Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior since they are looking for their Messiah to come later. Muslims are waiting for their Imam to show up. And all other religions besides Christianity have their end time stories about their "Savior" and some believe you keep coming back til you get it right before passing into Nirvana, heaven, eternal life..whatever you might call life after this one. The verses referred to in the answer below talks about a finite number of people in the vision. This refers to those that have kept the covenant with our Creator to live life as our nature tells us to, the part that lets us know what is right and wrong. That is what the ten commandments is based on. Love our Creator above all else. Do not murder. Do not try and take someone else's property or mate. In other words, be a compassionate and loving spirit and not a selfish, greedy spirit. Very simple. Those souls in these visions have earned eternal life already. Those that have not will be given a chance to reap eternal life when they stand before God. Those that accept the truth at that time will join the souls already enjoying eternal life. It is shocking to realize only a small number of humans will keep the covenant with God over their lifetimes.

As far as the answer given about military personnel, once again I do not agree with the one below. Military personnel are rendering to Caesar what is Caesar's, service in the military of their country. Even in the military service, one knows what is right and wrong. To murder a fellow human is not right but to kill in defense or under orders from their commanding officers falls on those that gave the order, not the person that did the killing. If that order to kill was in a righteous war against those that would take liberty and freedom away from others, it is an excusable act and will not be held against that soul. If malice or hate is behind the killing, that will not go well for the soul however even then God will be the one to decide what was in the heart of that person, we cannot assume to do so. All souls will be given a chance to answer for their deeds directly with God and we other humans have no right or no basis by which to judge or condemn a person for their actions or try and legislate their obedience.

I agree with the below statement that there is no physical place as heaven and hell. I cannot imagine the God that I believe in would condemn a soul to eternal fire as we know fire and how it consumes. I believe the concept of hell and fire are the only way the people that wrote these things back then could imagine how it would be not having eternal life with our Creator. It would be like someone asking how bad would living eternity without God? "as bad as burning in a lake of fire for eternity" could have been the answer and a clear way of presenting the scenario.

First, hell isn't a a place of torment according to The Bible and if you really think about it, how can a loving God allow someone to be burned up forever. (Matthew 5:5; Revelation 14:1, 3.)

Only a specific number will go to heaven (read the above scriptures).

Those in the military aren't really serving their God. People in the military kill and murder people. Even though the opposing teams are at war, both may claim that God is on their side and they pray for their side to win. So, it's Christians vs Christians. God hates violence so why would he allow people to kill each other especially those who claim to be Christians. Psalm 11:5, which says: "Anyone loving violence his soul certainly hates."

This is something to really think about because your life can be held accountable.

Answer 2

It depends on the life before they were a soldier, during, and after they were a soldier. God is the only one who knows whether soldiers go to hell or heaven.