Of course it is our duty to preach The Gospel to them.
God says those WHO SEEK HIM SHALL find HIM.
I don’t believe He is limited in his capacity to insure that.
It would not rock my theology if God allowed Christ to present Himself at the point of death to ‘pickininnies’ in Africa or Observant Jews at their point of death. I wouldn’t make that a doctrine, just a statement of ONE way God could match the above Scripture with NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH CHRIST.
Certainly that’s NOT an option ANYONE SHOULD COUNT on.
ETERNITY IN THEIR HEARTS
as well as
SAMUEL MORRIS, THE MARCH OF FAITH
both describe plenty of examples of God reaching out and SAVING PEOPLE unconventionally.
It is not wise to pretend we can package God in tiny tidy little boxes.
Certainly Biblical Prophecy indicates that AS A NATION, Israel will not realize they bet on the wrong horse until the AntiChrist sets up his image in the rebuilt 3rd Temple in Jerusalem . . . to be worshiped as God.
THEN they begin to wake up as they are slaughtered by the thousands.
Certainly Scripture is clear that they WILL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY HAVE PIERCED.
You know we both agree on this! :-)
It would not rock my theology if God allowed Christ to present Himself at the point of death to ‘pickininnies’ in Africa or Observant Jews at their point of death. I wouldn’t make that a doctrine, just a statement of ONE way God could match the above Scripture with NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH CHRIST.
I believe it was Origen who first theorized about this. It's one of those things we just don't know, but we do know God is just and merciful.
It is not wise to pretend we can package God in tiny tidy little boxes.
I agree.
I was only getting at the distinction between the pre-Trib and Trib periods. Often Dispensationalists are accused of believing there are different paths to salvation running concurrently.