Are all those who lived thousands of years before the arrival of Christianity in hell

non deviant, you sum up the reason I am not religious.

no because god still existed....and had his plan....and forgave everyone.

According to christian scriptures, yes (in a way). They are in purgatory with moses and Adam and eve and all the aborted babies.....

Thou shalt not put the lord thy god to the test.you will burn in hell for your insolence!

Hell is an aspect of this life, which means that there are no dead people there.

Salvation is by Gods grace and will alone, it has no qualifiers, including what era a person did or did not live in.

No because GOD had mercy for them and the sacrifice was for all not just in Christ time on Earth and going forward. I am christian and do not believe in purgatory!

No, because there is no such place like heaven and hell.

yes, they are all currently being reincarnated in Afghanistan/iraq/sudan etc

Looking around, I think I must be in Hell now. Lil

Of course not. G-d revealed himself to Abraham long before the Christian church was started. Jesus and his apostles were not Christians.

And let the spin-job answers fly!

But seriously, I did talk to god about this, and he did confirm that they are, in fact, in hell. Lucky for us, we missed all that.

you live,you die,there is no thin' else!

and once you grasp that concept,you don't need religion.

This is THE QUESTION I've always asked myself about. Needless to say I'm still after the answer. Were all of them sinners and have been burning in hell to this date? Very intriguing... God only knows!

No , because before Christianity there was Judhaism which was conveyed by Moses, and also before there were many prophets and messengers of God , all those who followed the messengers will go to heaven ... and the ones who disobeyed will be immortal in HELL

Non Deviant is a toss pot wanker.... Lil. probably the future inhabitant of hell.

Mosiah 15: 11
I say unto you, that whosoever has heard the words of the prophets, yea, all the holy prophets who have prophesied concerning the coming of the Lord?I say unto you, that all those who have hearkened unto their words, and believed that the Lord would redeem his people, and have looked forward to that day for a remission of their sins, I say unto you, that these are his seed, or they are the heirs of the kingdom of God.

Jarom 1: 11
Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers, did labor diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering the people to diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was given; persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was. And after this manner did they teach them.

- Book of Mormon

No. The Bible states that everyone has been given the choice or choices to turn to God. It was (and still is) up to every one to make that decision.

No, they are not. They are in the World of Spirits and are awaiting the Day of Judgment, which will come after the Millennium is over and after the final struggle between Satan and his forces and Adam and his forces. An assignment to hell will only come after the Judgment Day.

No! Judgment day hasn't occurred.Peace.

Romans 2:12
As many as have sinned without the law,will also perish without the law and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law.
read also 2:13-15 . if they are good then they will go to heaven,cos they had no law otherwise it's hell

The dead are sleeping until the time of judgment, so no, they are not in hell. The only inhabitants of hell now are the fallen angels, who made a conscious decision to reject God.

Yes according to scriptures they were all in Hell including Adam until Jesus died and went to hell and gathered the righteous and took them to heaven. The only ones that were not in hell were Elijah and the thief on the cross that asked Jesus to take him to heaven.