That did not really address the question I asked... Though verses were or have been quoted that
speak of judgment on/in the last day. If judgment is future, why would anyone be in hell now?
speak of judgment on/in the last day. If judgment is future, why would anyone be in hell now?
“I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”
John 8:24
in other words they rejected the gospel
“and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
Luke 24:47 KJV
they rejected this so they enter condemnation
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
and so they are bound here
“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”
John 5:28-29
that’s why it says thier judged by thier works they reject the remission of sins and so when they die , they enter condemnation and aren’t those who receive remission of sins that’s reserved for those who accept the gospel it lasts until the end of the world
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
Matthew 24:14 KJV
we can either accept the gospel and be saved now from the condemnation and death or we can be raised up the last day and judged according to the same word preached to all nations