Matthew 13:24-30 records Jesus’s parable about the Tares Among the Wheat, meaning both His followers and those who deny Him are living in this present world together. He later offers the full explanation:

Jesus replied, ‘The Son of Man is like the farmer who planted the good seed (wheat) in the field. The field is like the world. The good seeds are like the people who belong to God's kingdom. The weeds (tares) are like the people who belong to the Devil. The Devil is the bad person who planted the weed seeds in the field. The time for harvest is like the end of time. God's angels are the workers who cut the plants down. In the story, the workers cut down the weeds and they burned them in the fire. When this world comes to an end, it will happen like that. The Son of Man will send his workers, who are his angels. They will remove from his kingdom everything that causes sin. They will take away everyone who does evil things. The angels will throw those bad people into the great fire. There the people will cry and they will bite their teeth together. The people who obeyed God will shine like the sun. They will be in the kingdom of their Father. You have ears, so listen well to what I say!’

- Matthew 13:37-43 EASY

From this parable, it is clear both those who accept and obey Jesus, and those who don’t, live simultaneously in this world until Jesus’s return.

In a separate period of instruction, Jesus taught His followers how to properly treat others. During this teaching, He stated: If you live like this, you will show that you really are children of your Father above. God is kind to everyone. He causes the sun to shine on everyone, both good people and bad people. He also causes the rain to fall on everyone, people who obey him and people who do not obey him. These principles teach us that what God pours out from Heaven affect everybody.

Looking further back in history, God used death as a blessing for King Josiah. As the King of Judah between 640 – 609 BC, he repented of the evil his nation committed after reading from the Book of the Law. God accepted his repentance but still brought judgments against Judah. To spare Josiah, God used death as a blessing so Josiah would not encounter the turmoil. See 2 Kings 22, specifically verses 19-20.

John 9:1-3 reads As he (Jesus) went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi (teacher), who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. Here we see a man stricken with blindness for much of his life. It was not for any sin, rather so he could be used by God to prove who Jesus was.

These passages offer encouragement. For everyone still with breath in their lungs, eternal life is available to them through Christ Jesus should they accept it. Despite any sins of their past, forgiveness is available.