OK, hello. I have read all the way through this thread, and now I think I have a good enough picture of what is being said on both sides to weigh in on somewhere I see a fallacy. This statement that "every single person was saved...." is not what scripture seems to say (to me).
Yes, Jesus came to PROVIDE SALVATION for every person. BUT (!) not every person accepts this gift of His finished work on the cross. Therefore, NOT EVERY HUMAN BEING is saved. But the salvation is available to everyone.
That's where evangelism comes in! If every single person were saved by Christ's work on the cross, there would be no need to evangelize and preach the good news. It would just be. People would just be saved. it would just be a fact, but it isn't. That's why we are called "Dead in sins" until we become quickened and accept His finished work.
Why do some "hear it," and accept it and others do not? That is not a mystery I think we can know the answer to. My personal opinion is that it is God's Election of some and not others. Does that make God an unjust God? No, since ALL deserve hell, but God decides to offer salvation to some, it is HIS kingdom, after all! He can sentence us ALL to hell, or all to heaven. His choice. His plan.
Thanks for the thread, it's very interesting!
MB