Ignorance Winked At

A reader writes: " Acts 17:30: 'And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.' Does this mean that the heathen before Christ were excused and will be saved?" A reader writes: " Acts 17:30: 'And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.' Does this mean that the heathen before Christ were excused and will be saved?" As our reader obviously realizes, it would be contrary to the Scriptures to...