They live their lives in existence separated from God, but the hope of salvation through repentance is available for them to accept any time before it is too late, for after the judgement it is too late for repentance. God will no longer look over man’s ignorance, but require an answer from him.
Acts 17:30-31; During the times of ignorance God winked at it, but now command all men everywhere to repent: because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that a man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the