Jesus Saves

Luke 7:42 "Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both.  Now which of them will love him more?"

None of us have the means to repay our debts.  The key is simply that we ask, or in this case that the moneylender simply forgive the debts, which would be an analogy for accepting Christ's sacrifice.

Revelation 1:7 "Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him."

The first section of Revelation says every eye will see, even those who pierced him (showing an independence from the constraints of time we see here on Earth).  God, Jesus, will be providing proof.  So even if we don't plan to ask for forgiveness, this will be the first moment that everyone understands their debt to God, and mourn because of it. Per Luke 7:42 the debts will be forgiven, as no one has the currency to repay God for sin.

Isaiah 45:23 "Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear."

When put in the light of Revelation 1:7 and the New Testament, this once more indicates all will acknowledge God.  If God removes this freedom of will, by turning belief into knowledge, it also makes sense that the result will be similarly sweeping (all-encompassing).

John 6:40 "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 him up at the last day."

I believe the vast majority of people, if not everyone, if presented with evidence of Jesus' irrefutable sacrifice would believe (edit: belief is likely the wrong term here, because when evidence is irrefutable, we will instead know).  If this is the case, we would all be raised at the last day, and God's perfect love would not allow for imperfect evidence to be presented before final judgement.  It seems like one's measure of faith prior to this perfect proof being provided will dictate crowns and other differentiation in heaven, as opposed to being allowed in or not.

Luke 6:35 "But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.  Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."

This clearly states that God loves his enemies and wants us to do the same, and is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.  Combined with the fact that no one here yet understands the mystery of God, and Jesus goes down to the grave to unlock all sinners held therein, this paints an image of a full reversal coming before final judgement.

Matthew 13:14-15 "In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.  For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.  Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'"

This quotation of prophecy once more paints the picture that God will not turn down anyone that asks for healing (or, as a logical continuation, forgiveness), and that if we understood His message, we would turn to Him and ask for this healing, without any exception presented.  Once more it seems like a direct proof that if we fully understood Christ's sacrifice, we would accept it fully, and God would absolutely forgive us in that case.

John 5:25 "I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live."

Once more this seems all-encompassing.

Matthew 20:14-15 "Take your pay and go.  I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you.  Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money?  Or are you envious because I am generous?"

God, I believe, was speaking to all believers, as there will be those saved that we don't see logic in saving.  There are many instances where this takes place, like the prodigal son, where the hardest move believers must make is walking into the party God has arranged for us all.

Matthew 18:12 "What do you think?  If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go look for the one that wandered off?"

We are all God's children, better than sheep, and none are beyond His reach.

Luke 15:24 "For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found."
Luke 15:28 "The older brother became angry and refused to join.  So his father went out and pleaded with him."
Luke 15:31 "'My son' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.  But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'"

Jesus is showing the final issues with judgement by perfect love; the issue people will have is that the logic of man does not fit into God's mercy, that God is always glad when one of His sons returns, but some may refuse to come to the party because of that fact.

Revelation 21:25-27 "On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.  The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.  Nothing impure will ever enter into it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life."

We see that God leaves the gates open, and it is our sin that keeps us out.  I believe the concept of eternity shifts with the next age, but the gates remain open.

I believe Jesus came to save all, in accordance with how willing, or how much faith, we have, to be saved.  In the end though, I believe Revelation paints a picture, along with the gospels, of a message so compelling and pervasive that no one will deny it, in the end.  Jesus is warning us to forgive while on Earth, and love our neighbors, and our enemies (as he does), and provides that example as well.  When considered logically, one must either be God's ally or enemy from an overall perspective, with the only exception being one who is neutral, which is where the concept of spitting the lukewarm from his mouth comes from, I believe.  Jesus warns us that being sanctimonious is just as detrimental as being a "sinner" repeatedly in Matthew, but may also carry with it the additional baggage of jealousy, for having a sense of entitlement to salvation based on works, which may even be tied to how early in life or this timeline we accepted Christ.  All of this is dangerous, as the "sinner," as highlighted in the Gospels, is seen as much more ready to acknowledge their position, and therefore acknowledge Jesus as their savior.  My personal understanding of "Love thy enemy" extends far beyond just non-Christians now, but also at final judgement, as the mysterious complexity of God's Word is unlikely to be understood by anyone until the point of final judgement.  What punishments are inflicted, and how or in what way they will be are strictly the purview of God, but my understanding of how Jesus approached everyone in his life on earth gives indication that it will be even more gracious than most loving Christians would see coming, and that much like his last appearance, where the Jews were upset at their LORD appealing to anyone who would accept Christ, Christians may be upset at how God saves his children through the sacrifice of His Son so broadly.  This is simply the persona of Jesus, and God, being loving, and always seeking His lost sheep.  I believe this also leads to a misunderstanding, through obfuscation, of the true nature of hell, as well as the passage of time after death or judgement.  This obfuscation may be necessary for some to be saved, or to vehemently present the Word of God, much like the Old Testament prophecy was misunderstood so that Jesus would be largely missed the first time, so the prophecy might be fulfilled.