Can people be totally ignorant of who Jesus really is even in a Bible-based Western culture?
Yes. Scripture-based Western cultures can be full of religion while remaining totally ignorant of who Jesus Christ really is. Many do not recognize Him as the Creator of Genesis 1, the one who hung on a Roman cross, who created the wood and the mount and all the hosts of heaven.
Les teaches that even in our own Western cultures, much religion is based on this book, yet people can be totally ignorant of who Jesus Christ really is. He says the lost will be speechless before the great white throne, no matter how many other gods they promoted or how much religion they practiced, because they refuse to recognize who He really is. Les recalls an early home Bible class of people from various denominations. When he stated that Jesus Christ was the Creator of Genesis 1, mouths dropped all over the room; they had never heard it before. Later some asked if he was sure. He adds that the more you get into this book, the more convinced you are that the one who hung on that Roman cross created the wood it was made of, the mount it was planted on, and all the hosts of heaven.