Answer: The person who rejects the Son of God will not receive eternal life, (verse 36).
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In fact, that person will not see life at all. He is already dead in his sins and will remain that way:
Ephesians 2:1-2: "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient."
Colossians 2:13: "When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins..."
NOTE: The statement that "God's wrath remains on him," referring to whoever rejects the Son, is a strong expression. "God's wrath" has the meaning that God is actively opposed to everything evil. The word "wrath" occurs only here in John's Gospel. That God's wrath "remains" on the one who rejects Christ means that a sinner cannot expect God's wrath eventually to fade away. God's opposition to evil is both total and permanent. Anyone who does not believe in the Son of God, and therefore rejects Him, is evil and remains under the fearful wrath of God.
