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If you are saying that one's belief on the subject of predestination will effect their eternal destiny, then you have distorted or misunderstood the gospel message (http://gospel.jcsm.org) and you are incorrect.

(Fred) You are correct Jason, that what one believes about predestination will not affect their eternal destiny, however, the scriptures call us to have a complete knowledge of Christ (Col. 1:9,10). The doctrine of Predestination is clearly taught through out the scripture from one end to the other. A faithful Christian who is desiring to know Christ will want to have a working knowledge of what God has revealed about this doctrine. Thus, to sluff it off as a secondary, non-essential issue is being rather naive as a believer and displays a person with a shallow understanding of the Bible. Eventually, all Christians are going to have to deal with the doctrine, and it behooves God's people to understand it correctly.

And, I would add, that if we misrepresent the doctrine, either out of ignorance or willfully ignoring what it actually teaches, then we have dishonored God, because he has revealed it to us for a purpose. Would you not agree? In my opinion, having a correct understanding of predestination is way more important than whether or not we can reconcile what appears to be contradictory passages about the reign of a king.

Fred

"Ah, sitting - the great leveler of men. From the mightest of pharaohs to the lowest of peasants, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" M. Burns