I shall rephrase:
Everyone will
choose to be with God in the end.
God knows that once we have had our life review and the whole body of knowledge and truth is before us, we will each choose to be with Him.
Though I do not base this conclusion on scripture, scripture does support it.
Given that:
Joel 2:32;
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Acts 2:21;
And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved
Romans 10:13;
“for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
2 Timothy 2:19;
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," [Num. 16:5]
and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
…..and…..
Matthew 7:21;
21
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'
23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
…..calling on the name of the LORD is far more than a mere verbal utterance. It is a lifestyle, a mind set, an attitude.
Thus, pursuant to
Romans 2:12-15;
12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13
For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14
(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15
since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)
……one does not need to be a Christian in order to live by and invoke the name of the LORD. One does not need to accept their most problebly flawed and misguided understanding of Jesus in order for God to know them.
Referring back to
Matthew 7:21, in part; “…
but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven [will enter the kingdom]…”.
So, the question is, what exactly is the will of God? How are we to know that someone doing a bad thing was not meant to happen? Sure, a given sin contradicts God’s law, but was that sin supposed to happen for a reason? I think so.
Beyond scripture, I also consider eye witness accounts of what it is to be in the presence of God, to judge one’s self, and what modern words of wisdom can be imparted upon Man.
Among these eye witness accounts I include
Betty J. Eadie, the work of
Dr. Sam Parnia and
Michael Sabom M.D..
All such eye witnesses who go before God and come back tell us not to worry, that everything is as it should be, and that all who were with God in the beginning will be with Him in the end.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34
Ya dig?