Would it not be amazing if some man who is regarded in history as among the most vile, should turn up in Heaven because that wicked man trusted the Lord Jesus as His Savior right before He died, like the thief on the cross.
Manasseh was a very wicked king of Judah, yet he repented (had a change of mind) and was apparently saved.
Then imagine some Pharisaical person, who would not admit his depravity and insisted how he would be saved by his righteous good works, then finds out at the judgment how he is going to the Lake of Fire, but the vile sinner who cried out, "God be merciful to me a sinner," trusting the Lord Jesus and His atonement, went to Heaven. Chagrin time.
I do appreciate you atwood, glad you are not stuck on the cross, have left the wood for the next believer to see truth to the new life in Spirit and truth by the resurrection of Christ
1 Peter 2:24 who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 Timothy 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
and the more one sees their forgiveness in depth, the depth in return they forgive.
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.