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I agree that "... the one who endures to the end will be saved." (Matt. 24:13, ESV) But, to argue over whether the person who does not endure was ever saved is purely academic. It might make sense from the human standpoint, but to God the argument is ridiculous. The reality is the same. The rest is hypothetical.

I agree that "... the one who endures to the end will be saved." (Matt. 24:13, ESV) But, to argue over whether the person who does not endure was ever saved is purely academic. It might make sense from the human standpoint, but to God the argument is ridiculous. The reality is the same. The rest is hypothetical. God is all-knowing. Everything is reality. Nothing hypothetical. The hypothetical is empty logic to God. The hypothetical is of use only to us with incomplete knowledge.

Example of scriptures that show God knows who will be saved:

I agree that "... the one who endures to the end will be saved." (Matt. 24:13, ESV) But, to argue over whether the person who does not endure was ever saved is purely academic. It might make sense from the human standpoint, but to God the argument is ridiculous. The reality is the same. The rest is hypothetical.

Example of scriptures that show God knows who will be saved:

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. (John 10:27–29, ESV)

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. (1 John 2:19, ESV)