The tsunami weighs on people’s minds everywhere, while we give to relieve the distress as best we can. Someone asks a deep question:
“If people can be saved eternally in God’s kingdom without ever hearing the name of Jesus, why do we send missionaries? Why not just let them live up to whatever light they have? Paul says, ‘What may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. . . . Gentiles,
who do not have the law, by nature do the things contained in the law, these, . . . show the work of the law written in their hearts’” (Rom. 1:19; 2:14, 15).
If Christ is “the true Light which gives light to every man who comes into the world,” what is the need of preaching the gospel? (John 1:9). The “Light” will of itself judge “every man.” Let people
be--with what light they have!
If there should never be a personal, visible second coming of Jesus Christ, and every one must depend on a resurrection from the dead, there could be a bit of logic in that idea. BUT . . . there can be no resurrection for anyone without the personal appearance of Jesus! If He doesn’t come, no one can realize eternal life. He only is “the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25). And that means some people must be prepared to endure meeting the glorified Christ face to face while still alive, whom to see is death unless they have become “pure in heart,” for only they can “see God” and live (Matt. 5:8).
That means to “overcome even as [Christ] overcame” (Rev 3:21). And there the “everlasting gospel” of Revelation 14:6-15 comes into focus— yes, the final “light” which must “lighten the earth with glory” (Rev 18:1-4). We will need a much more clear understanding of the cross, the
sacrifice of Christ.
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