Over the world, it has been a debate of which religion will go to heaven at the revelation.
Some religions believe in the existence of the supreme being. For instance, Christian trust in God who made the heavens and the earth. Other religions deny the existence of God and other denies that Jesus Christ is God. It should be underscored that people will go to heaven because of their faith and not because of their religion.
Relationship between Christianity and other great religions of the world is explained by Barron. People should not support universalism and exclusivism due to their problematic nature. Christians exclusively declare that Jesus of Nazareth is the true Messiah. They believe that He came as a fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies. On the other hand, Jews exclusively deny all these claims.
Muslims have Mary and Jesus in their religious doctrine; however, they deny that Jesus is God and Mary is the mother of God. They also do not believe in the existence of the Holy trinity. The action of Jesus to be baptized shows the purification of all the streams of water bodies in the world, in the same way, all the streams of spiritual life are sanctified by Him (Barron, 2010). Despite the many points of agreement, universalism and exclusivism should not be entertained. Instead, individuals from different religions ought to love one another.
The five major religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have spread all over the world. According to Animated Map Shows How Religion Spread Around the World. [YouTube video]:
Hinduism takes roots in the Indus River Valley. Abraham is born in the UR. Israelites conquer Canaan. Buddha is born in Lumbini. Jesus is crucified. Jerusalem is sacked, Jews exiled. Muhammad is born in Mecca. Islam spreads rapidly. The partition of Africa begins. The state of Israel is established. (Business Insider, 2015).
Christians cannot see God but believes in His observable glorious work. In one of the conversations, a Nobel prize winner physicist said that the four most important forces support the universe. God is the fifth and ultimate force that supports others. Christians trust that God came down in human form on Christmas day. During Jesus’ ministry, He expounded the true form of God and eventually died but rose again from the dead (Abingdon Press, 2018). Universalism says that all religion is equivalent to God while exclusivism says that everybody who does not believe Jesus Christ as a personal redeemer will suffer in hell for eternity.
I trust that Jesus is God and the Holy trinity exists. “Then God said, let us make mankind in our own image, in our likeness…” (Gen. 1:26 New International Version). I agree that God is three persons in one essence – God the father, and God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit –because I too have three persons, body soul, and spirit, that make me complete. It is, therefore, a verity to say that I was created in the image and likeness of God because He and I have the triunity structure. Believing in Jesus Christ as the one who was responsible to reconcile me to the Father.
The people who believe that Jesus Christ came down in flesh, suffered, and died for the salvation of mankind, then rose from the dead, are the group called Christianity. The other religion does not believe in Christ as the Lord and the savior. Everyone who has faith and love one another will go heaven. Religion will not take anyone to heaven, but the belief itself is what will take people to heaven.
References
Abingdon Press. (2018). Christianity and World Religion 1st session [Video]. Web.
Animated Map Shows How Religion Spread Around the World. (2015). Christ and World Religions. Business Insider. Animated Map Shows How Religion Spread Around the World [Video]. Web.
Barron, R. (2010). Christ and World Religions. [Podcast]. Christ and World Religions – Word on Fire.
In Genesis 1:26 (New International Version), God said.