Salvation is for the Whole World
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Many scriptures that pertain to the wicked, including the one that you posted, are describing the wickedness of God's born again children, when they have been enticed to sin. When they sin, They do not lose their eternal inheritance, but they do lose their fellowship with God, temporary, until they repent.
By implication, many, meaning a multitude; in Mt 20:28, pollṓn must be taken as "for all" in view of 1Ti 2:6 which says "for all," (hupér [5228], for; pántōn [3843], all), each individual and all together. However, one may speak of all without distinction as opposed to all without exception. Christ's death, though sufficient for every individual person, was efficient for His elect, who, according to Rev 7:9,10, consist of every kind and class of humanity.
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Spiritual Israel, not the nation of Israel, is made up of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation (Rev 5:9)
Spiritual Israel is representative of Jacob, of whom God changed his name to be no more called Jacob, but to be called Israel (Gen 32:28 & Rom 9:11).
God blinded the eyes of most of spiritual Israel, from understanding the gospel, until they repent, due to their turning away from him, and worshiping idols. These are the "wicked that he has no pleasure in their death=separation. They are referred to in the scriptures as "the lost sheep of the household of Israel". (Jer 50:6, Matt 10:6, Matt 15:24).
He left in the midst of them a remnant that shall trust in the name of the Lord. The remnant's responsibility is to teach the disobedient spiritual Israel the error of their ways, and pray for their repentance. (Zeph 3:11-13).
When a child of God commits a sin, they die=separate themselves, temporary, from the fellowship of God, until they repent, they do, however, not lose their eternal inheritance.
The inspired scriptures are written to God's born again children, as instructions on how God wants his children to live their lives, while they sojourn here on earth. They are not written to the natural mankind, who cannot discern spiritual things (1 Cor 2:14) to tell them how to get themselves saved eternally.
The point is that if the scriptures do not harmonize with each other, then you are not understanding the truth. We are not supposed to exclude scriptures that do not agree with our theology. If you think that I have a false view of Christ's doctrine, then it is your responsibility save me from my ignorance, in, patiently. proving me wrong , with scriptures.
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It takes a cold heart to say that God wants to save all of mankind to heaven, but that he just does not have the power over mankind to accomplish his will (Dan 4:35).
Eternal salvation was accomplished, not offered, by Jesus redeeming all of those that His Father gave to him on the cross, and his work was finished on the cross, as far as eternal redemption is concerned, (John 6:39).
The erogenous interpretation that "all" means everyone is a manifestation and result of the reader not following the biblical admonitions, that to gain correct understanding, one must first compare spiritual to spiritual, and that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation. Until and unless that is understood and followed, all manner of absurd conclusions will be drawn by them.
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