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Martin Cioffoletti wrote:

Hi, guys —

  • What percent of the souls living will be accepted into Heaven? or more generally,
  • What percentage of humans who have lived, or who ever will live, get to Heaven?

While I believe that everything comes from God, and eventually everything will return to God,
it is hard to miss the meaning of:

"Few will find the back door to enter into Heaven."

The story that hits the hardest is the one of the two criminals being crucified with Jesus —
one was certainly a sinner and presumed to not get to Heaven and one was guaranteed to be in Heaven that day with Jesus.

  • Is the answer 50/50, meaning only half of all souls make it to Heaven?

Martin
  { What percent of the souls who have lived, or will ever live, be accepted into Heaven? }

Paul replied:

Dear Martin,

This is one bit of information that God has not revealed to us. Nor can we even make any kind of educated guess at the percentages are.

We do know that God wills all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth:
(1 Timothy 2:4), and those that reject Christ will go to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. (Matthew 25:41)

Paul
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