No, repenting after death is not an option presented in the Bible. Numerous passages call upon the living to repent of their sins (Matthew 3:2; 4:17). “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead” (Acts 17:30-31 NKJV). Repentance, we see from this verse, precedes judgment and is not something that dare be put off until after death and when judgment is imminent. In addition, the rich man of Luke 16:19-31 was very much interested in repentance for his brothers who were yet alive (Luke 16:30). Yet, he was not afforded an opportunity after death to repent whereby he could change his eternal destiny. His eternal disposition following death was fixed and unchangeable (Luke 16:26). Hence, the culminating point of the first recorded Gospel sermon is a divine message regarding repentance that every man and woman urgently needs to embrace. “Then Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins…’” (Acts 2:38).
