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heaven" here is a reference to the Millennial reign of Christ, which Jesus is
teaching about in Matthew 5.

Matthew 19:16-17 "And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good

Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he
said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one,
that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."

Jesus was only speaking in accordance with the OLD testament. The "new
testament" did not officially begin until He died on the cross.

Hebrews 9:16 "For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be

the death of the testator."

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The man Jesus was talking to was still under the law (Luke 10:25-26), as
was everyone besides those to whom Jesus granted exemption through
foreknowledge of their conversion (Luke 7:50, 22:32). The fact that Jesus
could see ahead and speak of both testaments in the same ministry doesn't
change the fact that they are two separate testaments that cannot be merged

together.

[Footnote 1: Nobody can keep all the commandments perfectly, nor can
animal blood atone for every kind of sin (Hebrews 9:19-22, 1 Samuel 3:14, 2
Kings 24:4, Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 24:15-16, Deuteronomy 13:6-17), let
alone take away sins (Exodus 34:7, Hebrews 10:4,11-12). So Old Testament
saints didn't go directly to the third heaven after death, but went to an
intermediate place inside the earth within earshot of hell (Luke 16:19-26)

until Jesus died, went through hell (1 Peter 3:19, Acts 2:31), redeemed them
with His own blood atonement (1 Peter 1:18-19, 4:6, Luke 4:18, Romans
3:24-25, Hebrews 9:12,15), and brought them out at His resurrection.
(Ephesians 4:8-10, Romans 4:25b)]

Note also that when the man asked Jesus which commandments to keep, the
sabbath was not one of the ones He listed! Ditto Paul in Romans 13:9.

Mark 2:27-28 "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of