Reply #20: God arranged for various expressions of faith to him...

[kitty1]

because of the myriad of different cultures around the world.
Different nationalities have a variety of ways to praise the divine through their own religious belief system.
As long as the religion advocates loving one another and worshipping the one universal God then they are more than qualifified to enter heaven and be accepted.
Jesus cames as God's representation of the word in the flesh. After his death and resurrection he was glorified and made one with the father.
They are one and the same in essence.
So if a people are living according to the word, which basically consists of living a life which emulates Christ's, then they are as much a part of his whole global church as any Christian.