What About the Narrow Way?
An extremely common objection to the optimistic view of Postmillennialism (the view that the Gospel will be victorious in the conversion of mankind and that the world will be largely converted by the second advent) is the passage that speaks of the narrow way. The assumption made in this objection is that this passage speaks of an extremely limited number of mankind that will actually be saved in the scope of history. This text is used in a prophetically biased way that applies this text to all of mankind for all of time. I think that if we examine this passage carefully, we will see that it is actually better proof for a Postmillennial view. First, let's look at the main passage: Then one said to Him, "Lord, are there few who are saved?" And He said to them, "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. "When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside