Aside from the very obvious prediction of Christ that the masses choose not to turn back on the road to this annihilation, those who sin will die unless they turn from death to life, as Ezekiel (18:4) and Paul (Romans 6:23) teach. This is what sinners deserve. There is eternal life for those who commit to Yahweh in repentance and permanent death, not eternal conscious torment, for those who choose errors, apathy, and egoism all the way to the end. The Bible is very clear that there is no universal salvation, though there might be "second" chances for the wicked between their resurrection and their annihilation to choose reason, God, and eternal life over preferences, the self, and endless nonexistence. A deity who wants everyone to be saved would indeed be likely to extend offer this out of either justice or mercy.
Not everyone has the same exposure to Christianity, and although aspects of Christianity like the existence of an uncaused cause (Genesis 1:1) and mind-body dualism (James 2:26, Matthew 10:28) are true by logical necessity and thus knowable regardless of whether other aspects are, things like Yahweh's moral nature, the sacrificial death and resurrection of Christ, and more are not self-evident necessary truths. One cannot just know from immediate self-verification that they are true as is the case with logical axioms, accessible to all people because they are omnipresent and true by necessity, underpinning, governing, and transcending all other things. One cannot know anything here from pure reason (without experiential prompting) beyond the logical possibility of the uncaused cause having a moral nature or a willingness to save sinners, as well as what would follow from these ideas if true, by living sheltered from Christianity in a remote region or certain eras of time.
John 14:6 does say that no one comes to the Father, or Yahweh, except through Christ, and Acts 4:12 emphasizes that there is no other name for a being under heaven (though Jesus had at this point ascended to heaven, for his life, he was away from it) by which people are saved. It is not logically impossible, nevertheless, even if these verses are true for people to still be saved without knowing the probable historicity of Christ or specifically committing to him, though his death would still be what enables these willing seekers of truth, morality, and God to be reconciled to Yahweh. They would long to be on the right side of morality if only they knew what it was, or they would be genuinely submissive to the uncaused cause even if they had greatly sinned; they simply do not have access to the evidence for Christianity or to the Bible itself.
Of course, a rational person would never commit to Christianity apart from evidence and would never believe in it while under their human epistemological limitations. They would still be capable of knowing there is an uncaused cause, knowing that moral obligations are logically possible, and wishing to do what is right despite not knowing what those obligations would be. In Revelation 7:9-10, John mentions a massive group of people from every tribe, nation, and language worshipping God, and in a literal sense, this is only possible if someone from every individual society, no matter their geographical location or presence in history, was saved regardless of if they died before Christ or never heard of Yahweh or Jesus. This, especially in conjunction with every other point listed here, makes it very probable that a second chance after death is waiting for many if Christianity is true. Biblical salvation is indeed certainly not universalist, as it is not eventually received by everyone or forced upon them all, and it does not have to be in order for salvation to come from commitment to the uncaused cause rather than specifically hearing of and pledging oneself to Jesus.
Biblical salvation is also certainly not received as evangelicals think, for they believe that absolutely nothing we can do is what triggers salvation even though they also think that one must turn to God and commit to him, which is a mental act we must perform (the more irrationalistic believe that one must believe the unprovable in order to be saved, which is both irrational and unbiblical). Moreover, it is likely that there will be at least a final, clearer offer of redemption from Yahweh and/or Jesus after the resurrection for those who never heard of them, never directly received their revelation, and, most importantly, would commit to any truths but withheld commitment because they had no access to the evidence for Christianity (this last group would almost certainly be very small). At least some epistemological limitations could be removed and there could thus be be little to none of the epistemological ambiguity about the existence of morality and the exact God's will lives on Earth. How else could there actually be representatives of every cultural group in heaven unless John is exaggerating immensely?
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