@Glennn,
said-
"Perhaps God is testing you, Harry...two conflicting scenarios, and then watching to see which one you go with. One scenario offers you a picture of a god who is loving, compassionate, and merciful. The other scenario offers you a picture of a god who is wrathful and vindictive"
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The "test" for all of us is whether we accept or reject Jesus..
God sent a string of prophets and Jesus to help people get their act together so there's nothing more he can do, because if they didn't want God and Jesus when they were alive, there's nowhere for their souls to go when their bodies die and they're therefore sending
themselves to hell, whether it's eternal fire or cold blackness.
I mean, if Jesus-rejecters were let into heaven it'd be a case of "oops there goes the neighbourhood", and it's not going to happen..
They had their chance-
"Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish" (Matt 18:14)
"For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day" (John 6:40)