Right you are, no one is 'saved' until the end of the 1,000 year reign, until then those seeking are only 'candidates'.
" And he journeyed through from city to city and from village to village, teaching and continuing on his journey to Jerusalem.  Now a certain man said to him: “Lord, are those who are being saved few?” He said to them:  “Exert yourselves vigorously to get in through the narrow door, because many, I tell YOU, will seek to get in but will not be able," Lk13;22