One other brief comment.
Jesus Himself implies that much wisdom is self evident. Paul says this in Romans 1 as well,"because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
and he speaks to the issue of how God judges men outside of the faith in Romans 2.
For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, 15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, 16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus. "The foundation of God bears this engraving, ‘God knows those that are His’ "
So I want to make it clear that I am not saying every unbeliever is going to suffer some kind of punitive judgment(Jesus is not an exclusive bouncer). Wisdom justifies her children and God knows the secrets of each heart and the consciences of men are the books that will be read, revealing their thoughts motives and deeds in the light of the Day- which is the face(presence) of Jesus Christ, the Lamp that searches the minds and hearts.
But I do believe that evry eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and every heart will be opened by Him because, “nothing is hidden that will not be brought to light” and “all creatures are open to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do”.
The sword that divides asunder soul and spirit making manifest the thoughts and intentionsof the heart is the word that comes from His mouth, which is the testimony of who He is(the singular and supreme emanation of God’s love) and will reduce every stronghold and tower, pierce evry veil, until all behold His love without distortion, and embrace it unfetterred because of the love His inevitable revelation brings- the glorious liberty of the children of God. nBecause of this He will gather everything into one in Himself and deliver all to the Father, at which time there will be no more need for rule, power, or authority because God will be all in all, through the overwhelming superiority of His love- a river into which every drop of water will fall, and flow in unrestrained joy and union.
So I don’t see God or Jesus as an exclusive judge, but as the singular gem, the I AM, drawing all into union as the Behold Him, as the veils are torn. Paul makes this clear in Acts 17…
I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.
In the course of this groping, of which Paul speaks, for that which gives life and breath to all and surrounds all- both wisdom and foolishness have come forth. But all of it is subsumed into the wonderous beauty of Jesus Christ once He is Beheld.