The Second Chance for Forgiveness in the New Testament

A question from errin in north carolina. He's wondering why death is the dead line to be saved and begin a relationship with god. I realize i only have guesses at how to answer him, and we would both like to know with more certainty. We have no promises whatever of second chances after death in the new testament. So don't expect to be glorified if you haven't had that faith,. et cetera, et cetersa. All that is true, and yet there is a sense of, shall not the judge of the earth do all right? There is a sense in romans two one 16 that God will totally just and completely rule over us as he