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Was that an insult?

Thank you for proving my point.

That's an argument from silence.

And this was after John the Baptist, so why would he not know about baptism upon repentance. And Washing for ritual purity was a Jewish tradition, so there's that too.

Jesus liked to hang around fishermen, and I like to fish, so I figure I'm good! :)

Jesus was always God.

Weird.

I didn't post this to argue about when we will be in heaven, so I'll leave it at that. The " when" isn't as important as making sure we make it.

So did the kings God killed go straight to heaven?

"To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:" How merciful is it to smote great kings and "slew" famous kings? I'd say about as merciful as giving rebels the chance to depart from him for eternity!

So, what was Jesus warning us about in all the "hell" passages? And God casting people out of his presence for not wanting to be in his presence sounds like mercy to me.

Which are one and the same. God promises to ethnic and spiritual Israel are conditional on faith. God could promise abraham to bless him because he knew abraham would have faith. He didn't zap abraham with faith.

What you see is irrelevant.

I see zero quotes from the first century, and some of the ones I do see don't necessarily support universalism. Although it is theoretically possible for all to be saved, it's not taught in scripture as likely. Jesus warned about eternal destruction more than anyone else.

I guess you don't believe Jesus was God?

You totally skipped over the fact that Moses didn't enter the promised land because of his sin. Gods promises to a nation doesn't automatically apply to individuals choices. If that were the case, Israel, God's sheep would have never rebeled.

Show me some first century universalists, and not some cult, but men in the church.

Says the Bible nowhere. But I can find you tons of verses that put belief before salvation.

Yes for whom? I'll give you a hint: "Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth." The eternal inheritance is conditional.

The sheep are the believers from among Jews and gentiles. Anyone can become a "sheep" as evidenced by whoever enters through Christ is his. Good grief you complicate simple metaphors!