You have no way of knowing that possibility. Otherwise you don't know that heaven is an actualizable world. It may be that the only way in which God could actualize a heaven of free creatures all worshiping Him and not falling into sin would be by having, so to speak, this run-up to it, this advance life during which there is a veil of decision-making in which some people choose for God and some people against God. Heaven may not be a possible world when you take it in isolation by itself.But to pretend that people are not sinful and in need of salvation would be as cruel and deceptive as pretending that somebody was healthy even though you knew that he had a fatal disease for which you knew the cure. I truly wish with all my heart that universal salvation were true. If we reject Jesus’ offer of forgiveness, then there is simply is no one else to pay the penalty for your sin – except yourself. But if we reject Christ, then we reject God's mercy and fall back on His justice. In order to receive forgiveness, we need to place our trust in Christ as our Savior and the Lord of our lives.1.1 Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (1994).
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