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Assuming this, is it correct to assert that God made the good news as apparent to the native americans a thousand years ago as he does to Americans today? And if so, should not the European explorers have found that the good news had been heard there already?


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The Bible says God makes Himself known to everyone - it doesn't say the gospel has been preached to everyone.

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Not necessarily the gospel, but the essentials (I assume, correct me if I'm wrong) are that there's a God, he's really powerful, there's Jesus, accept and you're good. If that message was made known to everyone after the resurrection, then the native americans from years past (or as an even better example, the australian aborigines who were completely isolated from the whole european world) all had an understanding of Jesus, but didn't bother to discuss this fantastic revelation amongst themselves to develop the idea.

Seems like it would make for worthwhile conversation.