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What are the qualifications to get into heaven?
To get to heaven you have to be invited by God through his holy spirit by private invitation. God invites those who have strong faith in him, are obedient to him by doing his will and who loves and hates what God loves and hates. Only a select relatively few humans are chosen by God.
What is the one thing that will keep you from going to heaven?
The only sin that keeps one from going to Heaven is unrepentance and not believing in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
How did you get to heaven in the Old Testament?
The Christian Bible, in the Old Testament, records that both the prophet Elijah and the patriarch Enoch were bodily assumed into Heaven on a chariot of fire. Jesus is considered by the vast majority of Christians to have died before being resurrected and ascending to heaven.
What is the mandate of Heaven?
The Zhou created the Mandate of Heaven: the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.
How can a human being be prepared to enter into heaven?
Only by repentance is a human being prepared to enter heaven. Being baptized with water is being born of water i.e. baptism of repentance; having repented and being repentant. To enter heaven you must repent otherwise you perish. Lk 13:3: I tell you, Nay: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
Do I need to be baptized to enter Heaven?
To enter heaven you must repent otherwise you perish. Lk 13:3: I tell you, Nay: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish. Because the outward sign of repentance which is baptism with water was replaced by baptism with the Holy Spirit, today you do not need an outward sign to show humanity you have repented.
Was the Zhou dynasty justified by the mandate of Heaven?
The Mandate of Heaven did not require a ruler to be of noble birth, and had no time limitations. Instead, rulers were expected to be good and just in order to keep the Mandate. The Zhou claimed that their rule was justified by the Mandate of Heaven.