I agree with you Joe about big Mac.
There are not too many Christians I respect more than John MacArthur, but on this topic I think he is guilty of speculation and giving into his emotions. As you may or may not be aware even the great preacher CH Spurgeon held the same view that big Mac holds.
So it just goes to show that we should not take the word of even the best of theologians and pastors. We need to search the scriptures ourselves to make certain what the Bible is saying on a given topic.
We should also realize that this side of heaven, none of us will be absolutely right on all topics.

Tom