Help on a Question about Chances for Salvation during the Millennium

Hey guys I received this question and would just like to get some other perspectives before tackling it. I know it has a lot of questions all in one, and I will be trying to address all of them, but what I would really like to get your opinions on is what I believe to be the core question and how is the best way to answer it: Will people be getting a second chance?

The question was:
I know that God calls those as he chooses at this time. Will our loved ones who never understood or never accepted Christ as our savior be taught or be given an opportunity to be a part, and learn in the millenium reign of Christ to repent and see the real kingdom of God in its reality, or will satan win with his deception and condemn them to eternal death? During the millenium is there a resurrection of these loved ones to bend their knees to Christ and be a part of eternal live, and then be judged after the loosing of satan for 100 years to deceive the them again. (A second chance).

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Tim White No. “It is appointed unto man once to die, and the judgment follows that.” “Today is the day of salvation.”

November 19 at 9:26am · Like · 7
Dwight Payne Satan is not the one who condemns someone into eternal death. John 3:16-18 says, 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

November 19 at 9:38am · Like · 3
Robert Pristoop Is this question asking if those who survive the tribulation will be allowed to come to Messiah in the Kingdom? What an interesting question. We always think in terms of death but what about those people who do live through the tribulation? They haven’t died so they are not judged as they would be at the time of their death. Maybe there is something to that statement as it applied to Romans 11:26–All of those who are Israel will be saved if they survive the tribulation alive and then come to se their Messiah Yeshua and thus all _living_ will be saved. I need to ponder this concept of those living through the tribulation…

November 19 at 10:02am · Like · 2
Sarah Van Baale This sounds strikingly familiar to Rob Bell’s “Love Wins.” Though he comes at it from a different avenue as your questioner, it would really fall under the umbrella of universalism. In other words, all roads eventually lead to Christ and you just keep getting another chance until you really “get it.” Matthew 25:46 pretty much puts that theory to rest. The other thing that came to mind is that your questioner may have been to a Catholic church a time or two and has Purgatory on his or her mind. Whatever the case, this life is the only chance we get to commit ourselves to Christ. Once we have passed, our fate is cemented for eternity. There is no valid excuse for denying Christ in this life (Romans 1:18-20) and so there is no real reason for God to extend a “second chance” after death.

November 19 at 10:34am · Like · 2
Lincoln Bostick As Tim has accurately stated from Hebrews 9:27 Amplified Bible (AMP) 27 And just as it is appointed for [all] men once to die, and after that the [certain] judgment. There are no second chances. In order for there to be second chances Christ would have to die again. The 144,000 Jewish evangelist during the Tribulation will proclaim the Gospel throughout the Tribulation, and the 2 witnesses will also do the same, so there will be be opportunities for people to come to faith in Christ during the Tribulation period. If a person dies without accepting Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, they will awake in the 2nd Resurrection which is the Resurrection of those who will be eternally separated from God which is also called the 2nd death.

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Patrick Thompson Aloha Johan,
over the last quarter I have been teaching about the End Times from Matthew chapters 24 & 25. If you read these chapters, they mostly refer to the Second Coming of Christ. Jesus gives us warnings throughout his teaching and does so through parables in chapter 25. As you referred to the Millennium, this reign of Christ begins after He returns for to earth for the Judgment of the Nations(Sheep and Goats). So when Christ appears, the opportunity for salvation will be gone forever. the day of mercy already spent, Christ will summarily cut off the wicked without remedy. In Matthew 25 like the evil servant, they will be caught unawares by their Lord’s return. Like the five foolish virgins, they will find the door closed and themselves locked out. Like the foolish and lazy steward, they will have no legitimate plea by which to excuse themselves. For them, the day of salvation is over. Looking back over the Olivet Discourse(Matt. 24 & 25), we see that all His various urgings to be faithful and all His admonitions to be prepared boil down to this: they are a compassionate call to repentance and faith in Him. He is warning us to be prepared for His coming because when He returns, he will bring final judgment. And as He concludes His discourse, He describes that judgment in detail. Jesus always spoke of such things in the most tender and compassionate tones. He pleaded with sinners to turn from their sins, to be reconciled to God, and to take refuge in Him form the coming judgment. The verse that always gives us hope is (2nd Peter 3:9)”The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”.
I know this is a somewhat lengthy answer, but I believe these two chapters in Matthew gives a clear picture of the finality to Jesus’ return. Hope this helps!

November 19 at 11:32am · Like · 1
Tim White Matthew is the gospel written to the Jews. There is no reference to the rapture in Matthew for that reason. It will be very beneficial to the Jews during the Tribulation to look for to the Second coming and must be viewed in that context.

November 19 at 11:56am · Like · 1
Johan Ferreira I would really like to thank everyone for their input, it is at times like these that I am reminded of what a great group this is, and how thankful I am to be apart of it.

November 19 at 1:40pm · Like · 2
Justin Tilghman I definitely understand the second part of the question and would agree that the answer is no. But for the first part of the question, it almost sounds like they’re asking if people, who are still alive, will be able to be saved during the Millennium. What are everyone’s thoughts on that? Or am I reading the first part of the question incorrectly?

November 19 at 8:46pm · Like · 1
Tim White I read that the first part was speaking of departed loved ones. May have been a poor assumption on my part. If you do the body count, only about a third of the folks will survive the trib. The odds of one being able to survive the trib to make it to the mill is dismal.

November 19 at 9:20pm · Like
Marc Weiss Here is my simple answer the way I read the question:

If we live to see the rapture, those on earth will have a chance to repent – in other words, if 10-20% of the people disappear and an unbeliever who is left behind says “Oh poo, I was wrong, the Bible is true” (poetic) and accepts Jesus by faith; he or she is saved and has that “second chance” so-to-speak. HOWEVER, he or she risks being martyred as the consequence of waiting.

If he or she dies without accepting Christ, what Tim said is accurate, sadly (not Tim, I mean, the passage). I do not like that passage, but I am not God and God does as he sees fit. I do not argue with God as He is Holy and I am not. I am a saved sinner and He is King and the Bible is true.

As for the rest, I am not sure where the 100 years comes into play. It sounds like the person does not understand the end times, and is mixing salvation into it. They relate, but not in the same question as written.

Hope my two cents helps. I have more on the end times, but I was to Keep it Simple (KISS method).

November 19 at 10:14pm · Edited · Like · 2
Justin Tilghman Tim, you could be right. That’s just how I read it, but my wife can tell you I’ve been known to misread a few things . Interesting thoughts on the trib and numbers though. Thanks for sharing!

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Tim White In four major events, if the Rapture happened today (that being the first even, and then major death events of Revelation 6:8, 8:9, and 9:18), the world population was decrease from about 7.3 billion (just shy of that), to just under 2.4 billion. In ot…See More

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Robert Lowry Briefly, those who die without Christ before the rapture of the Church have no second chance. Those who do not go in the rapture because they do not know Jesus as Savior, in a manner of speaking, do have a second chance, if they turn to Christ in the Tribulation, but many of those who do will in fact be martyred for their faith. Keep in mind that the Tribulation is not only a time of judgment, it is also a time of perhaps the greatest revival ever…millions (probably) will turn to Christ when they realize Biblical truth after the rapture occurs. Those who are saved and not martyred will survive the Tribulation and enter Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom. In the beginning, the Millennial Kingdom will be populated only by those who are saved and survive the Tribulation, as well as by the resurrected OT, NT, and Tribulation saints who return to rule and reign with Jesus. The saved persons who transition from the Tribulation into Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom will have offspring. Even though their parents are saved, those offspring will still be born with a sin nature, and will need Jesus as their Savior also…and what a witness, Jesus is alive and ruling on earth at the time, he should be able to get their full attention. Even despite this, not all those born during the Millennium will be saved. Each person will have 100 years during the Millennial Kingdom to accept Jesus as Savior. If they do accept Him, they will have eternal life like the rest of us. If they do not accept Him, they will die during the Millennial Kingdom in their hundredth year of life, Isaiah 65:20.

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