They are not believers who are born again who say that to Christ. Christ says He never knew them, and they did evil works. Christ knows those who are His, and everyone who is His departs from doing evil and does good, the immediate prior scripture, is the teaching about the good and evil tree (people) and before that the narrow way into heaven, which is only for those born of God. Those are the people He knows.
There's no such thing as a born again unbeliever. You have to be a believer first before becoming born again. What you're saying is no different than someone can be born again without having heard the gospel of Christ or the name of Jesus.
Your second theory is wrong too. Jesus said He never knew them because God/Jesus will not have a relationship with anyone who will deliberately continue to sin.
Matthew 7:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!’
When He said I don't know you, it means we don't have a relationship. Jesus knows everything about us, even the number of hair on our head. You really think Jesus doesn't know each of us, what we think and whats in our hearts?
AND, Christ is saying 'ON THAT DAY', so we know this is the Day of judgement. And yes EVERYONE will bow the knee and confess Jesus Christ as LORD to the glory of God the Father. That means non christians...will say to Him Lord, Lord... on the DAY. Right from your own reference it says this clearly!
Matthew 7:22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord!
People will say to Christ many things that are not true on the Day of Judgement, including trying to excuse themselves to Him what they did, just like ADAM tells God, 'the women you gave me' refusing to bear their own guilt right in front of Him.
Many false religions consider Christ a great teacher and prophet and could claim they did things in His name. But they of course are lying. Judgement day is judgement day, no one is excluded from this judgement EXCEPT Christians born of God. They are not going to come under this judgement!
I dont know how you came up with this stuff, except that you must to support your odd strange teaching here.
What a hopeless attempt at fabricating scripture!
First off, the words Judgment Day is a poor translation and only found in two translation, all others uses the words "that day."
https://biblehub.com/matthew/7-22.htm
That day in Matthew 7:22 is actually referring to the day of the rapture, not the second coming, there's a difference. At the rapture, nobody gets punished. Those in Christ gets taken to be with Jesus while the left over gets left behind.
At the second coming, many people including professing Christians will get punished and die. Revelation chapters 2-3. Two different conclusions.
What did Jesus do with those in Matthew 7? Did He punish and kill them? No! He told them He never knew them and depart from Him.
This is the rapture and those in Matthew 7 got left behind.
Matthew 7:21-23 New King James Version (NKJV)
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day,
‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
What else were these people doing before that day came? They were prophesying and casting out demons in His name. These are not unbelievers that just appeared before on Judgment day and decided to call Him lord. These are professing Christians that willfully continue to sin as mentioned in Revelation chapters 2-3.
Again, only Christians call Jesus their Lord. Nobody else calls Jesus lord, not atheists, not Muslims, not Buddhist, etc.
John 5
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
Off the mark again. That's not the rapture. This was already fulfilled at the first coming. The resurrection Jesus spoke about on the last day happened when Christ died at the cross. Now when Jesus said I will raise them up on the last day, who's last day do you think He was talking about? Go read Matthew 27.
John 5
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
https://biblehub.com/john/5-25.htm
New International Version
Very truly I tell you, a time is coming
and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.
New Living Translation
"And I assure you that the time is coming,
indeed it's here now, when the dead will hear my voice--the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
English Standard Version
“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming,
and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Berean Study Bible
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and
has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Berean Literal Bible
Truly, truly, I say to you that an hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard will live.
New American Standard Bible
"Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming
and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
King James Bible
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Christian Standard Bible
"Truly I tell you, an hour is coming,
and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Contemporary English Version
I tell you for certain the time will come,
and it is already here, when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen to it will live!
Good News Translation
I am telling you the truth: the time is coming--
the time has already come--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will come to life.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
"I assure you: An hour is coming,
and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
International Standard Version
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches,
and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
NET Bible
I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming--
and is now here--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
New Heart English Bible
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour comes,
and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Timeless truth I speak to you: The hour is coming,
it is even now, when the dead shall hear the voice of The Son of God, and they who hear shall live.
GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I can guarantee this truth: A time is coming
(and is now here) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who respond to it will live.
New American Standard 1977
“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear shall live.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour shall come,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live.
King James 2000 Bible
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
American King James Version
Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
American Standard Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Amen, amen I say unto you, that the hour cometh,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live.
Darby Bible Translation
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that an hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that have heard shall live.
English Revised Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
Webster's Bible Translation
Verily, verily, I say to you, The hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Weymouth New Testament
"In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming--
nay, has already come--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
World English Bible
Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes,
and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
Young's Literal Translation
'Verily, verily, I say to you -- There cometh an hour,
and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;
Matthew 27:45-53 New King James Version (NKJV)
45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard
that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” 48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled
it with sour wine and put
it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
49 The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52
and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53
and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.[/quote]