What is their fate?

Will those who have never heard the Gospel spend an eternity in Hell because they have never heard the name of Jesus Christ?

The question is...what about those who have never heard the name of Christ? What is their fate? Where will they spend eternity? Will God have mercy upon them since they have never heard of His Son?

Almost two billion people all across the globe have never heard His name. No one has ever told them of His coming to earth and dying for all of mankind. These people have no knowledge of the blood that was shed and the grave that was left.

So what would you say to someone who asked you about their fate?

This is a legitimate question to have, however it is the wrong question?

No one will ever go to Hell because they have failed to hear of the name of Christ. They will go to Hell because they have transgressed the Law of God by breaking His righteous commandments.

These people are not innocent. They are guilty, just as you and I are apart from Christ. They are covetous, idolaters, drunkards, evil thinkers, malicious gossips, fornicators and adulterers, thieves, liars, etc.

They are without God, just as some of us were...

However, something is happening. Can you see it?

In my parents' generation alone there were over four thousand unreached people groups and now there are just under two thousand. Over half of them were knocked out of the park by one generation.

I believe God is bringing in the finale for all to see. This could very well be the last generation that will ever again, for all of eternity, have the privilege of joining in on the family business in taking Christ to the ends of the earth.

Is it possible that we are the forerunners of the long-awaited Messiah? If one generation before us accomplished over half of the work, imagine what God can do in our generation on the mission frontier!

Therefore, the fate of them as of now may be unreached, but God is on the move. Their fate is in His hands.

Come, LORD Jesus, come!