I could not help but to think of Romans 12:20 after reading this. So often this verse is proclaimed as “God will punish them for your good deeds”. In contrast, hot coals on the head were once used as a medicinal formula to draw out poison. Paul was actually teaching that Ahisma is the only way to heal the violence in others. Looking at that from the eschatological horizon that you suggest there can indeed be hope for the wicked.
I could not help but to think of Romans 12:20 after reading this. So often this verse is proclaimed as “God will punish them for your good deeds”. In contrast, hot coals on the head were once used as a medicinal formula to draw out poison. Paul was actually teaching that Ahisma is the only way to heal the violence in others. Looking at that from the eschatological horizon that you suggest there can indeed be hope for the wicked.