1. Old Testament saints “looking forward
to the cross”
• A "cross" is not mentioned in any context in
the Bible until Matthew 10:38
• Christ's own disciples who followed him for
months didn't even understand why Christ had
to die, let alone "look ahead to a cross" (Matt.
16:22).

2. Old Testament saints did not go to
heaven at death
• Old Testament saints went to Abraham's
Bosom or "paradise” Luke 23:43
• Abraham, the beggar, Lazarus Luke 16:22-23
• One of the malefactors on the cross Luke
23:39-43
• Old Testament saints “gathered unto his
people” (Genesis 25:17, Genesis 35:29, Genesis
49:33, Numbers 20:24, Numbers 20:26,
Deuteronomy 32:50)

3. Ephesians 4:8
8 Wherefore he saith, When he
ascended up on high, he led captivity
captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Abraham and the other saints did not go into
Heaven until they went up with the Lord at His
ascension

4. Saints who die in the Lord today go
immediately into Heaven
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, I say, and willing
rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the
Lord.