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Does The Bible Teach There Is A Second Chance In The Afterlife To Be Saved By Jesus?

There will be people on earth who have already rejected Jesus a first time when Christ does return in power and Glory to rule the world for a period of time.
These haters of Jesus will not submit to His rule and will seek make war with Christ:

Psa 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed

This decision to reject Christ Again and attempt war with Him will constitute their " SECOND CHANCE "
Of course they will then be killed in such a foolish attempt:

Psa 110:6
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

So by the spiritual gymnastics that have proposed in OP these people now having been killed and entered the afterlife are also eligible for their "second chance".
Oh what a tangled web we weave with feebly thought out ad-hoc interpretations.
This would actually be a third chance for these people because they rejected Christ twice while in their physical bodies .
Not only rejecting once through the Word, but then rejecting Christ twice at His actual Appearing.
And not only rejecting Christ at His appearing, but then seeking to murder Christ .
They are still afforded a third chance according the afterlife parameters detailed in the OP.
 
Consecrated Life said:
There will be people on earth who have already rejected Jesus a first time when Christ does return in power and Glory to rule the world for a period of time.
These haters of Jesus will not submit to His rule and will seek make war with Christ:

Psa 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed

This decision to reject Christ Again and attempt war with Him will constitute their " SECOND CHANCE "
Of course they will then be killed in such a foolish attempt:

Psa 110:6
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

So by the spiritual gymnastics that have proposed in OP these people now having been killed and entered the afterlife are also eligible for their "second chance".
Oh what a tangled web we weave with feebly thought out ad-hoc interpretations.
This would actually be a third chance for these people because they rejected Christ twice while in their physical bodies .
Not only rejecting once through the Word, but then rejecting Christ twice at His actual Appearing.
And not only rejecting Christ at His appearing, but then seeking to murder Christ .
They are still afforded a third chance according the afterlife parameters detailed in the OP.
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Straw man argument. Nothing in the OP says people who will not repent will be given a second chance. Nor will those guilty of "eternal sin" like accepting the Mark of the Beast or blaspheming the Holy Spirit.

But Jesus was very clear, there is forgiveness possible for just about every sin, if they repent:

31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matt. 12:31-32 NKJ)
 
Consecrated Life said:
Why wouldn't they repent in the afterlife ?
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Unlike this life there is no deception in the Afterlife. The wicked can't pretend, feign repentance. There are children of the Devil who cannot live with God in holiness, and they won't repent.
 
Alfred Persson said:
The truly wicked cannot, will not repent. Their free will choice is to be evil. They won't repent.
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I wish you would just lay this all out for everybody.
Lets be clear.
So if you have only rejected Jesus 1 time on earth you are classified as being not "truly wicked" and therefore remain eligible for chance #2 in the afterlife.
But if you have rejected Christ 2 times while on earth you are then officially designated as truly wicked" and you then lose your eligibility for chance #3 in the afterlife ?
Is that permanent ?
What if you rejected Christ the second time on earth while you suffering from cancer and your judgement was influenced by drugs they were giving you ?
 
Consecrated Life said:
I wish you would just lay this all out for everybody.
Lets be clear.
So if you have only rejected Jesus 1 time on earth you are classified as being not "truly wicked" and therefore remain eligible for chance #2 in the afterlife.
But if you have rejected Christ 2 times while on earth you are then officially designated as truly wicked" and you then lose your eligibility for chance #3 in the afterlife ?
Is that permanent ?
What if you rejected Christ the second time on earth while you suffering from cancer and your judgement was influenced by drugs they were giving you ?
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Straw man argument. The "second chance" is to believe the gospel of Christ "never fully understood or considered before."

In other words, God extends to all born on earth the chance to accept Christ, even those born before Christ came. Even those who died after Christ came, but who never heard the gospel nonetheless. Also, all who because of self delusion and addiction to sin, were prevented from making a free will choice for Christ.

In a real sense its a "first chance". I call it the second chance because it happens in the Afterlife.

Your quibble isn't really against me, its against Christ:

31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matt. 12:31-32 NKJ)

Everything is "put on the table" and then people make an informed decision to accept or reject life with God. Seems fair to me.
 
Alfred Persson said:
Straw man argument. The "second chance" is to believe the gospel of Christ "never fully understood or considered before."
.In a real sense its a "first chance". I call it the second chance because it happens in the Afterlife.
Your quibble isn't really against me, its against Christ:
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Christ never stated any such thing, in fact He said the opposite .
If your opinion was part & parcel of Christ's gospel we would have scripture ofChrist saying something such as:

" Fear not for there will be a second chance after death for all those true of heart who have failed to accept My Word due to.......(fill in the blank)

Therefore my "quibble" is with you since it is your opinion, not Christ's
Jesus was not shy at all about giving the exact confines and constraints of the afterlife in hell.
The Jesus I know would not leave any eternal life or death matter to be resolved in afterlife a tight lipped unmentioned mystery.
He would be just as forthcoming with any second chance possibility.
But obviously you cannot quote Him doing so.
I'm sorry you think of Jesus as being a withholder and a non-deliverer of such information.
For the life of me I cannot fathom what you believe His reason for withholding all information concerning such a critical issue would be .
 
Consecrated Life said:
Christ never stated any such thing, in fact He said the opposite .
If your opinion was part & parcel of Christ's gospel we would have scripture ofChrist saying something such as:

" Fear not for there will be a second chance after death for all those true of heart who have failed to accept My Word due to.......(fill in the blank)

Therefore my "quibble" is with you since it is your opinion, not Christ's
Jesus was not shy at all about giving the exact confines and constraints of the afterlife in hell.
The Jesus I know would not leave any eternal life or death matter to be resolved in afterlife a tight lipped unmentioned mystery.
He would be just as forthcoming with any second chance possibility.
But obviously you cannot quote Him doing so.
I'm sorry you think of Jesus as being a withholder and a non-deliverer of such information.
For the life of me I cannot fathom what you believe His reason for withholding all information concerning such a critical issue would be .
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But Christ did say it, right here:

31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matt. 12:31-32 NKJ)

That's a second chance, getting forgiven "in the age to come".
 
Alfred Persson said:
But Christ did say it, right here:

31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matt. 12:31-32 NKJ)

That's a second chance, getting forgiven "in the age to come".
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The verses you quote are not what you say they are.
The section of the verse says "speak(ing) against the Holy Spirit will NOT be forgiven him"... The part about the age to come is about the forgiveness... not forgiveness.
You inverted to Scriptures to say the opposite of what they say so that it will match your philosophy.
Not a very honest way to view the Scriptures... or any writing for that case.
 
Consecrated Life said:
Christ never stated any such thing, in fact He said the opposite .
If your opinion was part & parcel of Christ's gospel we would have scripture ofChrist saying something such as:

" Fear not for there will be a second chance after death for all those true of heart who have failed to accept My Word due to.......(fill in the blank)

Therefore my "quibble" is with you since it is your opinion, not Christ's
Jesus was not shy at all about giving the exact confines and constraints of the afterlife in hell.
The Jesus I know would not leave any eternal life or death matter to be resolved in afterlife a tight lipped unmentioned mystery.
He would be just as forthcoming with any second chance possibility.
But obviously you cannot quote Him doing so.
I'm sorry you think of Jesus as being a withholder and a non-deliverer of such information.
For the life of me I cannot fathom what you believe His reason for withholding all information concerning such a critical issue would be .
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Alfred Persson said:
But Christ did say it, right here:

31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matt. 12:31-32 NKJ)

That's a second chance, getting forgiven "in the age to come".
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Jesus saying "this age" is reference to the worldly realm He is standing in as He says this.
" in the age to come " likewise is Jesus also speaking of a future worldly realm.
"Age' can only apply to that which is limited in time.
The realm of God has no "age" and God is subject to time or age.
The fact that that you forced to make term "age" equally applicable to this world & to the eternal realm of God to facilitate your shoehorning a "second chance" into an afterlife shows once again to what degree your spiritual discernment is lacking .
 
Consecrated Life said:
Jesus saying "this age" is reference to the worldly realm He is standing in as He says this.
" in the age to come " likewise is Jesus also speaking of a future worldly realm.
"Age' can only apply to that which is limited in time.
The realm of God has no "age" and God is subject to time or age.
The fact that that you forced to make term "age" equally applicable to this world & to the eternal realm of God to facilitate your shoehorning a "second chance" into an afterlife shows once again to what degree your spiritual discernment is lacking .
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That is truly the most strained evasion of the text I ever read.

"AGE to Come" is how the apostles refer to the coming Kingdom:

7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:7 NKJ)
 
Alfred Persson said:
That is truly the most strained evasion of the text I ever read.

"AGE to Come" is how the apostles refer to the coming Kingdom:

7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:7 NKJ)
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Kingdom on earth is what the Apostles were anticipating , and soon.
Again showing your biblical discernment to be miles wide and inches deep.
The age of His earthly rule to come is what the disciples are speaking of.
Christ's Return & rule from His throne on God's Holy hill of Zion.
Age is a simple concept of various periods on earth that have a distinct beginning & end.
It is really a simple concept, amazing to me that it continues to elude you.
The spiritual realm of God that we enter the moment we die has no age, because it never had a beginning And it will never have an end.
We have ages because we & the earth all had a beginning,
Not so with God & the afterlife in His realm where there is no concept of time .
 
Consecrated Life said:
Age is a simple concept of various periods on earth that have a distinct beginning & end.
It is really a simple concept, amazing to me that it continues to elude you.
The spiritual realm of God that we enter the moment we die has no age, because it never had a beginning And it will never have an end.
We have ages because we & the earth all had a beginning,
Not so with God & the afterlife in His realm where there is no concept of time .
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A simple word study proves that nonsense, wrong:

"who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time-- houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions-- and in the age to come, eternal life. (Mk. 10:30 NKJ)

NKJ Lk. 18:30 "who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life."
 
Consecrated Life said:
Kingdom on earth is what the Apostles were anticipating , and soon.
Again showing your biblical discernment to be miles wide and inches deep.
The age of His earthly rule to come is what the disciples are speaking of.
Christ's Return & rule from His throne on God's Holy hill of Zion.
Age is a simple concept of various periods on earth that have a distinct beginning & end.
It is really a simple concept, amazing to me that it continues to elude you.
The spiritual realm of God that we enter the moment we die has no age, because it never had a beginning And it will never have an end.
We have ages because we & the earth all had a beginning,
Not so with God & the afterlife in His realm where there is no concept of time .
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Alfred Persson said:
A simple word study proves that nonsense, wrong:

"who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time-- houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions-- and in the age to come, eternal life. (Mk. 10:30 NKJ)

NKJ Lk. 18:30 "who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life."
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If you knew Jesus's Word concerning the realm of heaven which has no age you would know that having " lands, houses, children, husbands, wives, etc,etc,,," is no part of that.
We are as the angels of heaven in regard to those earthly things that will still be part of His ruling return to earth.
You are very consistent in your lack of spiritual discernment.
In addition It does not speak well of your faith at this moment that you do not believe you currently have eternal life?
When do you expect to receive your " eternal life" ?
My advice to you would be to decide that today is the day to receive it
Mat 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Mar 10:36
What would ye that I should do for you?
 
Consecrated Life said:
If you knew Jesus's Word concerning the realm of heaven which has no age you would know that having " lands, houses, children, husbands, wives, etc,etc,,," is no part of that.
We are as the angels of heaven in regard to those earthly things that will still be part of His ruling return to earth.
You are very consistent in your lack of spiritual discernment.
In addition It does not speak well of your faith at this moment that you do not believe you currently have eternal life?
When do you expect to receive your " eternal life" ?
My advice to you would be to decide that today is the day to receive it
Mat 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Mar 10:36
What would ye that I should do for you?
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A straw man invention of yours. Of course all who believe have eternal life, I've been citing John 5:24 proving that very point.

"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (Jn. 5:24 NKJ)
 
All who believe have Jesus Christ who is eternal life. Believing in Jesus is believing in the one who layed His life down, so we believe in doing the same.


John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
 
gordon777 said:
All who believe have Jesus Christ who is eternal life. Believing in Jesus is believing in the one who layed His life down, so we believe in doing the same.


John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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Well said.

Now, do you want to comment on the OP, its statement God gives sinners a second chance in hell?
 
Alfred Persson said:
Well said.

Now, do you want to comment on the OP, its statement God gives sinners a second chance in hell?
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Sure, it would make more sense to comment about the chance sinners have now, ( repent. Acts 17:30.) before they go to the place of transgressors/perdition.


John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Acts 1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
 
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