FATE OF THE UNREACHED

[Buff Scott Jr.]

Let’s talk about the
Fate Of The Unreached
(Section 1)

[See below King Herod & King Putin]
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At the outset, consider the billions and billions of people who have lived and died who were never exposed to either audible or written messages from heaven. Is there no hope for any of them?

A few years ago, a writer attempted to estimate the number of people who have lived and died since the beginning of the human family. He supposed that if this Earth were one great graveyard, the graves would be twenty deep—all over the rivers, the mountains, and the oceans. If his estimate is even close to being accurate, just think of the billions and billions of people who have lived and died since the dawn of creation. It might interest you to know, however, that only a small percentage of these billions have been exposed to what is called “special revelation.” Is God unmindful of these billions? Is there no hope for any of them?

It is not my intention to play God. I do not wish to sit upon the Supreme Judgment Seat by advancing the view that many responsible adults who were never exposed to special revelation will presumably be delivered eternally by God’s mercy. I favor this position because I’m convinced heaven addresses this question. I do not harbor an insatiable urge to condemn others because they are, or were, unavoidably ignorant of certain facts, events, and truths. It is my position that under certain conditions, God will liberate many who lived and died without a special revelation in the form of audible or written messages.

By the “unreached,” I mean those mentally competent and responsible men and women who were receptive to truth, any truth, but who died without any opportunity whatsoever of hearing the Good News about Jesus and responding to it. In other words, I’m speaking of adults who had no occasion to be exposed to any kind of special disclosure, whether by direct contact with God, Jesus, angels, prophets, apostles—or by way of Scripture. We will not address those who were or could have been exposed to some form of special revelation but neglected or refused to accept the opening. They are not included in this study.

Numerous members of the human family, from Adam to Moses, were exposed to special revelations by way of direct contact with God, angels, or prophets. Heavenly messages in the form of Scripture were not available until God commissioned and guided Moses to write decrees, commandments, laws, instructions, and events. Following Moses, and up to our present time, many segments of the human family have been exposed to some form of special revelation—whether God, Jesus, angels, prophets, apostles, or Scripture. The remainder of humankind has been without special revelations in that they have not been exposed to any.

In affirming they have been without special revelations, I do not wish to infer they have been without any revelation. In one way or another, God has always communicated with His creation. It is that in some ages He has chosen to communicate with certain peoples and nations in special ways. And while the Holy Scriptures are for all of mankind today, there are countless millions who have no access to them because opportunity has not availed itself. Yet, these millions have a revelation from God through the things He created.

Since the very beginning, God has revealed Himself to every member of the human creation. He has never left his creation without some form of revelation or witness, even those nations and peoples who have been outside of covenant relationship, such as the Gentiles under the Old Covenant era.

God has made Himself known to every kindred and nation under heaven. Every person has been able to “seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each of us” (Acts 17:27). God has, in fact, always been aware of His whole creation, having “determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live” (Acts 17:26). God is alive in the universe! He knows of and is interested in everyone’s plight.
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ENDNOTE— I hope to reach you with Section 2 in a few days. I suggest you keep each Section intact until you have read and evaluated all of them.—Buff.
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“Two Wicked Kings In A Row”​

Matthew said of the wicked King Herod, “He sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under” (Matt. 2:16-18). The child murderer and invader, King Putin of Russia, is apparently a descendent of the wicked King Herod, for hundreds of children have been killed by his bombs and bullets in Ukraine.
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“Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be
comforted, because they are no more.”

Note
[“Rachel” represented all of the mothers of male children
slaughtered by the devilish King Herod.]​

 

[fastfredy0]

Premise 1: All those who have not heard the gospel are WITHOUT EXCUSE (Roman 1:19-21)
Premise 2: Those who don't know of Christ are condemned (John 3:18)
Conclusion: Those who have died and not heard of Christ are in HELL. (Note: I'm not address the "age of accountability" issue)


Premise 1:

the view that many responsible adults who were never exposed to special revelation will presumably be delivered eternally by God’s mercy.

Conclusion: Telling people of Christ who have never heard of Him can never be of eternal benefit given those who have not heard of Christ are destined to heaven. Telling those ignorant of Christ about Christ would be an eternal death sentence, sending them to hell, in most cases, therefore do not evangelize.


Premise 1: Ephesians 2:12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. This would refer to billions who never heard of Christ.
Premise 2:

he view that many responsible adults who were never exposed to special revelation will presumably be delivered eternally by God’s mercy.

Conclusion: Premise 1 and 2 form a contradiction.


@Buff Scott Jr. - list scripture to back up your contentions

 

[Buff Scott Jr.]

Premise 1: All those who have not heard the gospel are WITHOUT EXCUSE (Roman 1:19-21)
Premise 2: Those who don't know of Christ are condemned (John 3:18)
Conclusion: Those who have died and not heard of Christ are in HELL. (Note: I'm not address the "age of accountability" issue)


Premise 1:

Conclusion: Telling people of Christ who have never heard of Him can never be of eternal benefit given those who have not heard of Christ are destined to heaven. Telling those ignorant of Christ about Christ would be an eternal death sentence, sending them to hell, in most cases, therefore do not evangelize.


Premise 1: Ephesians 2:12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. This would refer to billions who never heard of Christ.
Premise 2:

Conclusion: Premise 1 and 2 form a contradiction.


@Buff Scott Jr. - list scripture to back up your contentions

Fastfredy0, I suggest you hold your fire until you have read and evaluated Section #2, and possibly #3.

 

[makesends]

Let’s talk about the
Fate Of The Unreached
(Section 1)

[See below King Herod & King Putin]
​

At the outset, consider the billions and billions of people who have lived and died who were never exposed to either audible or written messages from heaven. Is there no hope for any of them?

A few years ago, a writer attempted to estimate the number of people who have lived and died since the beginning of the human family. He supposed that if this Earth were one great graveyard, the graves would be twenty deep—all over the rivers, the mountains, and the oceans. If his estimate is even close to being accurate, just think of the billions and billions of people who have lived and died since the dawn of creation. It might interest you to know, however, that only a small percentage of these billions have been exposed to what is called “special revelation.” Is God unmindful of these billions? Is there no hope for any of them?

It is not my intention to play God. I do not wish to sit upon the Supreme Judgment Seat by advancing the view that many responsible adults who were never exposed to special revelation will presumably be delivered eternally by God’s mercy. I favor this position because I’m convinced heaven addresses this question. I do not harbor an insatiable urge to condemn others because they are, or were, unavoidably ignorant of certain facts, events, and truths. It is my position that under certain conditions, God will liberate many who lived and died without a special revelation in the form of audible or written messages.

By the “unreached,” I mean those mentally competent and responsible men and women who were receptive to truth, any truth, but who died without any opportunity whatsoever of hearing the Good News about Jesus and responding to it. In other words, I’m speaking of adults who had no occasion to be exposed to any kind of special disclosure, whether by direct contact with God, Jesus, angels, prophets, apostles—or by way of Scripture. We will not address those who were or could have been exposed to some form of special revelation but neglected or refused to accept the opening. They are not included in this study.

Numerous members of the human family, from Adam to Moses, were exposed to special revelations by way of direct contact with God, angels, or prophets. Heavenly messages in the form of Scripture were not available until God commissioned and guided Moses to write decrees, commandments, laws, instructions, and events. Following Moses, and up to our present time, many segments of the human family have been exposed to some form of special revelation—whether God, Jesus, angels, prophets, apostles, or Scripture. The remainder of humankind has been without special revelations in that they have not been exposed to any.

In affirming they have been without special revelations, I do not wish to infer they have been without any revelation. In one way or another, God has always communicated with His creation. It is that in some ages He has chosen to communicate with certain peoples and nations in special ways. And while the Holy Scriptures are for all of mankind today, there are countless millions who have no access to them because opportunity has not availed itself. Yet, these millions have a revelation from God through the things He created.

Since the very beginning, God has revealed Himself to every member of the human creation. He has never left his creation without some form of revelation or witness, even those nations and peoples who have been outside of covenant relationship, such as the Gentiles under the Old Covenant era.

God has made Himself known to every kindred and nation under heaven. Every person has been able to “seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each of us” (Acts 17:27). God has, in fact, always been aware of His whole creation, having “determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live” (Acts 17:26). God is alive in the universe! He knows of and is interested in everyone’s plight.
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See how hard one has to work to support free-will and its humanocentric self-deterministic worldview? The Bible doesn't say, so it has to be reasoned into 'fact'. 'Special revelation' is not the gospel nor the means to faith. Jesus Christ is, and he does it without us gaining understanding worth calling valid for producing salvific faith.