Matthew 11:20-24: Then he began to rebuke the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent: Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.
Luke 11:32: The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
According to Matthew 11:20-24 and Luke 11:32, if Jesus had gone to the people of Tyre, Sidon and Sodom they would have repented, and Sodom would never have been destroyed. Is it fair that God never even sent a prophet to Sodom? He sent the prophet Jonah to Nineveh and they repented. How can hell (Greek: hades, the grave) be more tolerable for Sodom than for the sinners in Israel? These are hard questions, but we must remember two things: First, like all of humanity, the residents of Tyre, Sidon and Sodom were already condemned to death because of Adam’s sin. Their trial for eternal life will be in the kingdom. Second, all people are responsible for the level of knowledge they have about God. Jesus was telling the Jews that because they had the advantage of the Law and the prophets and a relationship with God, they had a greater responsibility to recognize him as God’s son and the Messiah.
Ezekiel 16:55,61,62: When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters return to their former state, then you (Jerusalem) and your daughters will return to your former state. Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed…And I will establish My covenant with you. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
Even wicked people will be raised from the dead, return to their former state and have an opportunity for everlasting life. That’s what the Scriptures say!
Isaiah 60:14: (AMPC) The sons of those who afflicted you (Jerusalem) shall come bending low to you, and all those who despised you shall bow down at your feet, and they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Clearly this verse has a future kingdom application after the nation of Israel recognizes and accepts Christ as the Messiah (Zechariah 12:10).
Revelation 3:9: Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
Those who had been wicked in this life will come to honor those in authority in God’s future kingdom on earth. Those faithful Christians who have been glorified to heaven will be earth’s judges, priests and kings under their head and master Jesus. In this future kingdom, those here on earth—the people who did not follow Jesus during this present life, including the wicked and non-Christians—will have the opportunity at that time to repent from their former evil to choose to serve and obey God and Jesus.
Clearly a deep effort to lay out the difference between Israel, those by frame of mind and heart connected to Abraham as mental offspring, “true Jews as Jesus pointed out and Israel, the National political organization, which was replaced for God’s people, would help this consideration.