There was also a gate named "the eye of the needle" in the first century Jerusalem, and it was so small that anybody having any chance of getting a camel through it would have had to take down all of the baggage. However, 1 Timothy 6:6-14 gives us a good perspective. St. Clement wrote on this topic, and it is quite an edifying read. "Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?" is the name of the treatise available on the newadvent.
Thanks for your comment! However, the archeological evidence for there actually being a gate is pretty much nonexistent (see classictheology.org/2021/10/12/through-the-eye-of-an-actual-needle-the-fake-gate-theory/). It's likely hyperbole by Jesus. Nonetheless, it is not *literally* impossible for anyone to be saved!
There was also a gate named "the eye of the needle" in the first century Jerusalem, and it was so small that anybody having any chance of getting a camel through it would have had to take down all of the baggage. However, 1 Timothy 6:6-14 gives us a good perspective. St. Clement wrote on this topic, and it is quite an edifying read. "Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?" is the name of the treatise available on the newadvent.
Thanks for your comment! However, the archeological evidence for there actually being a gate is pretty much nonexistent (see classictheology.org/2021/10/12/through-the-eye-of-an-actual-needle-the-fake-gate-theory/). It's likely hyperbole by Jesus. Nonetheless, it is not *literally* impossible for anyone to be saved!