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Originally Posted by Miller  I was under the impression that particular atonement meant that Christ's death atoned for the sins of the elect and not the human race. Am I mistaken? or maybe when I say human race I mean all of humanity, is that where the problem is? |
One of the issues is that you are adding "all" when that is not in Calvin's quote.
Another issue is that a Calvinist can say that Christ died for all of the human race, or the entire world. But it would be in a biblical context. What we would mean by that would be that He died for all races, all nations, etc...and not only for Israel. The Bible reveals God's salvation through a man (Abraham), a family (Isaac), a nation (Jacob/Israel), and finally the entire world in Christ.
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