Uncurse?

Before starting in on the main topic, there is an important addition to my previous anti-spamdits webpieces.

If you have read such recently-hotlinked masterpieces within the upper-webpage parts of both http://cdccmn2.tripod.com and http://computerarium.tripod.com in which I strongly objected to both free-and-no-cost-to-me gmail.com and facebook.com requiring me to state my personal mobile phone number to access my account at all because of their questionable stated excuse of what they alleged as "suspicious activity concerning my account," there is no need, in my opinion, for me to endanger my personal phone security by disclosing that personal phone number of mine to them (which then obviously can be used, by simple reverse Google searchbox query, to reveal my actual geographical location, for whatever perhaps nefarious and and dangerous-to-me purposes they and/or their pro-homosexual-activist cohorts non-admittedly-but-in-fact have in mind), being that they do not disclose their personal staff and management and friend's home and mobile phone numbers (and thus their real and actual geographical residence or office location) to me.

As long as I do not do, have, nor maintain financial transactions with gmail.com and/or facebook.com, there is no need to reveal my real non-anonymous identity to them, and one advantage of that is that they (nor anyone else except probably the FBI or NSA) then cannot trace me if there is what they consider or mis-consider copyright or other violations which could involve entanglement in one or more lawsuits against me personally.

'Nuf said about that. Now on to the main topic!

The Biblical text for this piece is:

Mark 11:12 And on the next day, as they were going out of Bethany, [Jesus] was hungry.
11:13 And seeing a fig-tree with leaves far off, He went to it, if perhaps He might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
11:14 And Jesus answered and said to it: "No one shall eat fruit of you forever." And His disciples heard that.
11:15 And they came to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, Jesus began to throw out those who bought and sold in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
11:16 And He would not allow any to carry a vessel through the [rebuilt] temple [which Ezekiel, in the last chapters of his Old-Testament book, predicted would be rebuilt, per the specifications Ezekiel stated].
11:17 And He taught, saying to them: "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?' But you have made it a den of thieves."
11:18 And the scribes and the chief priests heard. And they planned how they might destroy Him. But they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His doctrine.
11:19 And when evening came, He went out of the city.
11:20 And passing on early, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
11:21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him: "Rabbi, hey, the fig tree which You cursed has withered away."
11:22 And answering Jesus said to them: "Have faith of God.
11:23 Truthfully I say to you that whoever shall say to this mountain, 'Be moved and be thrown into the sea,' and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said shall occur, he shall have whatever he said."
11:24 "Therefore I say to you that all things, whatever you ask praying, believe that you shall receive them, and it will be to you.
11:25 And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive it so that also your Father in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
11:26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in Heaven forgive your trespasses."

At first glance, there is a seemingly bizarre abrupt change in the context pertaining to the passage above.

Not forgiving either the fruitless tree nor people engaged in temple commerce.....and then advocating forgiveness to and for whatever or whoever for whatever cause (if any).

Weird.

Most of the Mark 11-12-26 passage involves negative cursing, which even is Christ's basis for effectively moving some mountain (whether fruitful or fruitless)....by at least belief but maybe even faith in addition.

[Recall "Luke Skywalker" then "Yoda" of Star Wars trying to lift, then successfully lifting, the mini-starship out of the swamp "by the Force"].

Apparently(?), there is another necessary component involved with moving whatever selected object or objects to wherever whenever, which is other-person forgiveness (whether they deserve such or not?) -- which seems somewhat out-of-place pertaining to the stark contrast between initially cursing whatever and whoever (for whatever cause).....and then forgiving whoever of whatever (for whatever reason or cause).

Do the two premises not seem oxymoronic and contradictory to each other?

Why did Jesus not forgive the out-of-season-for-figs fig tree for not having figs on it?

Did the Lord know that it was not the season for figs? Was He ignorant of that?

Or did He know, but cursed it anyway - for whatever non-disclosed cause?

Does it matter whether He knew it or not?

If He did know it, was He not being unfair to the fig tree?

Good thing that it was not a human, but instead merely a tree! It would be insidiously inhumane for Jesus or His Father to curse someone who honestly did not know and thus honestly did not deserve to be cursed.

There were other scenarios in Scripture which bespeak of situationally-ignorant persons uttering irreversible remarks with even mortal consequences [worse than not being able to access accounts of gmail.com or facebook.com accounts anymore without disclosing one's private mobile phone number to them].

Before such are referred to, consider the following:

Let's assume that it is a cold day, below freezing. Let's further assume that a relatively responsible driver is rather carefully cruising along at 40 mph on a stretch of highway. So far, underneath the light snow covering the road, the traction has been perfectly adequate. Let's say that the driver then comes to an intersection with a green light, and when somewhat close to the intersection, the traffic light changes to yellow at the wrong distance at the wrong time, and the driver decides to quickly slow down instead of running a red light. Unbeknowns to him or her, a slippery sheet of non-salted solid ice is hidden underneath the light snowcover right at the intersection. Remember, the road has had perfect traction up until then. The driver puts on the brakes, the car slips and slides into the intersection, smashes into a car crossing the intersection, and the driver of that car is instantly killed.

What will the police decide about the situation when they arrive? Will the driver who involuntarily ran the red stoplight be written up in the police report as being to blame, get a traffic ticket, or even be handcuffed and taken away with his or her car impounded? Will the relatives of the newly-deceased file a lawsuit for negligent or reckless driving against the driver who - albeit accidentally - killed their close relative? Whose insurance will pay for what, and whose insurance premium will then dramatically rise?

Deuteronomy 4:41 Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan,
Deuteronomy 4:42 that the human-slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him (or her) in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he/she might save his (or her) life...

Deuteronomy 19:4 "This is the provision for the "man"-slayer, who by fleeing there may save "his" life -- if any one kills his neighbor unintentionally without having been at enmity with him in time past....
19:5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he may flee to one of these cities and save his life;
19:6 lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and wound him mortally, though the man did not deserve to die, being that he was not at enmity against his neighbor in time past.
19:7 Therefore I command you: 'You shall set apart three cities.'"

Even if Jesus did not know that it was not the season for figs is, as mentioned before, perhaps irrelevant - in one sense - to show that words spoken at the behest of God's Divine impetus and call cannot be retracted, and some of them have permanent and maybe even devastating consequences:

Joshua 24:19 But Joshua said to the people: "You cannot serve the [unconditional-love?] LORD; for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will [tolerantly with reconciliatory pardon?] not forgive your transgressions or your sins." ["But I presumed that we live by grace through faith without doing works of law, and that all Old-Testament legalistic law has been abolished by a perfect Jesus, so that we can now sin like the Devil and get away with it."]

First Samuel 15:29 And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; because He is not a man, that He should nor will change His mind."

Job 2:9 Then [Job's] wife said to him: "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die." [Even she knew the moral-sin consequences!]
Job 2:10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Proverbs 6:12 A worthless person, a wicked "man," goes about with crooked speech,
6:13 winks with "his" eyes, scrapes with "his" feet, points with "his" finger,
6:14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually disseminating discord;
6:15 therefore calamity will come upon "him" suddenly; in a moment he/she will be broken beyond healing.

Proverbs 29:1 He/She who is often reproved, yet stiffens "his" neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing. Past the point of no return. Forever!

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon Earth; therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:6 Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the Messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

Matthew 12:31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven "men" [actually: humans] (if they are penitent and thus deserve to be forgiven), but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Matthew 12:32 And whoever says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven [maybe - depending upon inner motive and intent]; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not [i.e. never] be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. ["But I thought that God is love as it says in The Bible - unconditional love - always forgiving and tolerant, never judgmental nor harsh nor inconsiderate nor impolite, ready for adjusting to and reconciling to our wicked lifestyle by simply getting used to it, then live with it, and let it slide without condemnation or negativity"]

Luke 12:10 And every one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven [perhaps, if he or she takes it back, repents, attempts rectification]; but he [or she] who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not [i.e. never] be forgiven. "Watch your mouth, boy!"

First John 5:16 If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he [or she] will ask, and God will give "him" life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that.

The impulsive remarks of ignorant-of-the-situation humans can be, and usually are, irreparably disastrous:

Genesis 27:1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son, and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."
27:2 He said, "Hey, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.
27:3 Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me,
27:4 and prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat; that I may bless you before I die."
27:5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,
27:6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau [who has indifferently and irreligiously misregarded and sold his God-blessing birthright for a single meal],
27:7 'Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food, that I may eat it, and bless you before the LORD before I die.'
27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you.
27:9 Go to the flock, and get me two good animals, that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he loves;
27:10 and you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies."
27:11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Hey, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
27:12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."
27:13 His mother said to him, "Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my word, and go, fetch them to me."
27:14 So he went and took them and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared savory food, such as his father loved.
27:15 Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;
27:18 So he went in to his father, and said, "My father"; and he said, "Here I am; who are you, my son?"
27:19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your first-born. [Liar. You'll get it back when your offspring lie to you about Joseph getting killed by a beast when actually he was sold instead]. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that you may bless me."
27:20 But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the LORD your God granted me success." [tricky answer, being that the LORD allowed Rebekkah to grant him success]
27:21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not."
27:22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
27:23 And he did not recognize him [or maybe he subconsciously did, knowing the irreligiousness of Esau in contrast to God-fearing Jacob], because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.
27:26 Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near and kiss me, my son."
27:27 So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, "See, [sort of], the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed!
27:28 May God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the Earth, and plenty of grain and wine.
27:29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be every one who blesses you!"
27:30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
27:31 He also prepared savory food, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, "Let my father get up, and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me."
27:32 His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" He answered, "I am your son, your first-born, Esau."
27:33 Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? -- yes, and he shall be blessed."
27:34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father: "Bless me, even me also, Oh my father!"
27:35 But he said, "Your brother came with deceit, and he has taken away your blessing."
27:36 Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright [You let him do that, Esau] ; and hey, now he has taken away my blessing." [And what does that matter to you, you irreligious thing?] Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"
27:37 Isaac answered Esau, "Hey, I have made him your master, and all his brothers I have given to him for slaves, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?"
27:38 Esau said to his father: "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, Oh my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
27:39 Then Isaac his father answered him: "Hey, away from the fatness of the Earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.
27:40 By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you break loose you shall break his yoke from your neck."

Hebrews 12:16 that no one be immoral or irreligious like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
Hebrews 12:17 For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

Numbers 22:34 Then Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned, for I did not know that you did stand in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in thy sight, I will go back again."

Judges 11:30 And Jephthah made a [stupid and ridiculous] vow to the LORD, and said, "If you will give the Ammonites into my hand,
11:31 then whoever comes out from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the LORD's, and I will offer him [how about "her?"] up for a burnt offering." [and who is going to be the unlucky one?]
11:32 So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them; and the LORD gave them into his hand.
11:34 Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and hey, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
11:35 And when he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my vow."
11:36 And she said to him [Thanks a lot, you insane idiot], "My father, if you have opened your mouth to the LORD, do to me according to what has gone forth from your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites."
11:39 And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did to her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. [Perhaps she had never wanted to, was incapable of, too ugly to do it, or whatever] [And then the police came, arrested him, cuffed him, brought up to trial, convicted him, and put him in prison for 50 years for cruel-and-unusual-punishment first-degree homicidal child abuse(?)].

Judges 12:7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his city in Gilead.
First Samuel 12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Barak, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you dwelt in safety.

Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets
Hebrews 11:33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Hebrews 11:34 quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

First Kings 13:1 And hey, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
13:2 And the man proclaimed to the altar by the word of the LORD: "Oh altar, altar, thus says the LORD: 'Hey, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and he shall sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burned upon you.'"
13:7 And the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
13:8 And the man of God said to the king, "If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;
13:9 for so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying: 'You shall neither eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that you came.'"
13:10 So he went another way, and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel. And his sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words also which he had spoken to the king, they told to their father.
13:12 And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
13:14 And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."
13:15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
13:16 And he said, "I may not return with you, or go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place;
13:17 for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.'"
13:18 And he said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying: 'Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him.
13:19 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
13:20 And as they sat at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;
13:21 and he declared to the man of God who came from Judah, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have disobeyed the word of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,
13:22 but have come back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, "Eat no bread, and drink no water"; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.'"
13:24 And as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.
13:25 And hey, men passed by, and saw the body thrown in the road, and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
13:26 And when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, "It is the man of God, who disobeyed the word of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word which the LORD spoke to him."
13:28 And he went and found his body thrown in the road, and the ass and the lion standing beside the body. The lion had not eaten the body or torn the mule.
13:29 And the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it upon the burro, and brought it back to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
13:30 And he laid the body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!"
13:31 And after he had buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

Job 34:31 For has any one said to God, "I have [already] borne chastisement; I will not offend any more;
Job 34:32 teach me what I do not see [Oh really?]; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
Job 34:33 Will He then make requital to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.

Proverbs 24:12 If you say: "Hey, we did not know this," does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will He not requite man (and woman) according to his (or her) work?

Matthew 22:8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
22:9 Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'
22:10 And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
22:11 But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment;
22:12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' [Tuxedo good works done in faith, as previously and clearly stated as an entrance requirement in the wedding invitations sent out, are not simply an option, but instead mandatory] And he was speechless.
22:13 Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into The Outer Darkness; there humans will weep and gnash their teeth.'
22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

Luke 12:48 But he who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.

Romans 2:12 All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
6:5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,
6:6 if they then commit apostasy, being that they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold Him up to contempt.
6:7 For land which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.
6:8 But if it bears thorns and thistles [no good works actually done, but instead evil committed and not "performed" in faithlessness], it is worthless and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned. [Indeed.]

Matthew 5:48 You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 7:21 "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he/she who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'
Matthew 7:23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.'"

Matthew 25:8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your [enough and adequate good works, done by faith] oil, for our lamps are going out.'
25:9 But the wise replied, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' [start doing enough good works for clean-and-white-attired party entrance, done in faith]
25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.
25:11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.'
25:12 But he replied, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.' [It's either doing good works to get in, or instead giving in to lawlessness, and if the latter choice is the case, join the ranks of the damned-to-become, and excluded away from Heaven, man-of-lawlessness antichrist]

Luke 6:46 "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?

Hebrews 10:10 And by that will we have been permanently sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for us [penitent].
10:14 For by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws [laws!] on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
10:17 then He adds, "I will remember their sins and their misdeeds [and how are "deeds" defined - if not by reference to Law?] no more."
10:18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. ["Baptists cannot "sin" - everything's already been forgiven." No?]
10:19 Therefore brethren [and sistern], being that we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
10:26 if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
10:27 but a fearful prospect of Judgment, and a fury of Fire which will consume the adversaries.
10:28 A man who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses.
10:29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by the man who has spurned the Son of God, and profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified [by willfully not doing good works but living like the Devil with the accursed excuse of being "saved by grace through faith apart from works of law"], and outraged the Spirit of grace?
10:30 For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge His people."
10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

There comes a point or a time when it is too late to repent, and that time is not only upon our death and prompt entrance into either Hades or Paradise, but also the time of the Lord's return for Judgment, at which time it is too late to change either one way or the other, and we do not know when that Cut-Off Time is going to happen:

Revelation 22:11 "Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."

James 4:17 Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him (or her) it is sin.