Direction, while I know what you mean, that those who do not accept Christ will not be forgiven... but we don't know the mind of God. Maybe there is that parallel universe, away from God that He gives ppl a second chance? I wouldn't want to tempt God that way, but things haven't stayed the same result already. By that I mean, before Christ died and rose again, believers went to Paradise, unbelievers went to hell. After His resurrection, he took the believers with Him to heaven from Paradise. After the White Throne Judgment, unbelievers will be taken from hell and cast into the lake of fire with satan, death and hell.

BTW I think there is hope for unbelievers even after the "rapture." It won't be easy, but if someone is left behind (an unbeliever) who wishes to believe, they can't take the mark of the beast (666) which will be required for anyone to buy food, stuff or sell anything, or trade for anything. BUT that means there WILL be some who won't take that mark, and will be saved from hell, imo. I'm sure that anyone who never heard of Christ and His salvation WILL have a chance during the tribulation, to come to Him. The Bible is more about NOT rejecting Christ once someone's heard.

AND there are verses in the NT about the spouse, or family of a believer, also being saved from hell. While I know the connotations of that, I really can't discern (yet) if that's because of the marriage making the two as one, and if one is a believer, see...????

We do not know the mind of God. He is a just God, He is a fair God. Because of His purity, he cannot allow sinful people in His presence. I get that.

My mom was resistant to accepting Christ. Her first inclination was, if she accepts that, then HER MOM went to hell??? As if her own rejection would change her mom's destination? Or, her own rejection would allow her to deny all of the faith of God? Her mom was Catholic. I explained that "just because" of that doesn't mean she won't be in heaven. (Catholicism was quite a bit different back then.) How does denial suit any of us? She did accept Christ, btw. (On her own, in her own time.) I would hope that no one puts any excuses in front of them to block truly realizing the power of God, and His Son's precious payment for our misgivings.

TC