The parable in today's Gospel passage shows that it's impossible to rescue anyone from hell after they've died.
It also teaches that it's impossible to rescue an alive person who is headed for hell -- that is, if they are not willing to unite themselves to God's love. Jesus points out the lack of repentance in those who reject what God has revealed to them.
It's the people who reject God's love because they don't want to give love that go to hell.
When someone dies without knowledge of Jesus but they lived in the spirit of Christ by loving others, it's safe to assume that he or she will want to live forever with him when they meet him on their personal judgment day at the hour of their passing from earth.
But those who heard of him and rejected him because they had no desire to give up their unloving ways -- they will want to avoid Jesus at the hour of their death. Thus, they decide to separate themselves from God forever.
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