Are you for or against open borders?
Is God going to save everyone or only those who meet the requirements? Does the word world mean every person on earth? Will there be any unsaved persons?
Hi old lady,
If I may...I've just been reading through the posts on this thread and I have to say that there seems to be a certain degree of hate and fear mongering going on. However, to answer your question that you asked of
@Tiberius Lee, yes, the word world means every person on the earth. You just aren't reading the text properly, it would seem. It doesn't say that God will 'save' the whole world, which seems to be how you are reading it. It says that God loves the whole world, (all people) that He gave His one and only Son that they might have eternal life. The operative word in the second part is 'might'.
We don't really understand what God's love entails. For the most part, love denotes a responsibility to and for something. I'm always bothered by those who throw the word love around and tarnish its value and meaning. Someone says, "Oh, I love chocolate!" No they don't!! They might like chocolate a lot, but they don't love chocolate. Love is for people!! Most especially God's love. So, when God's word tells us that He loves the whole world, we are being told that God cares about and feels a certain responsibility to/for them. A father loves his children. He does that by providing for and training them up as they grow. 'Loves' is an action verb!!
The Scriptures are clear that God's love for us was shown to us in that His Son died for us. So, let's put aside the idea that God's love is some kind of mushy, "Oh, I love you so much. I could just eat you up!" No!! God's love is the rain falling to grow the food that we eat to sustain ourselves and that trees will grow that we may build houses to provide a roof over our heads. God's love is that He has made every provision for His creation that it can sustain itself and support the life of the creature that He created to live upon it. But, most dramatically, God's love is that He gave His one and only Son to take the punishment that we so rightfully deserve for our sin. And He did that for everyone upon the earth.
Now, you ask if there will be any unsaved persons? Of course there will be, but they will die unsaved despite the love that God has shown them in this life. It will be their willful choice to refuse the love of God for them. Not that God didn't love them as they lived upon this earth.
As for my understanding on borders, I don't believe that God sees them as deterrents which keep people from making their home anywhere on the earth. This seems to be clear in the Scriptures when many of His people, as you have pointed out, moved from place to place. For Him, they are merely different areas operating under specific authority. I don't think that God has any problem with someone being born and sometime throughout their life making their home in China, Africa, Europe or somewhere on the North American continent. He will, because of His great love, provide for them wherever they live upon His earth.
However, here in the U.S. (and some other nations) grown fearful that 'those who are not like us' will take our stuff. Oh, and BTW, while some are touting the great accomplishments of the former guy...keep in mind that he generally filled his resorts and hotels with cheaply paid, and no benefit receiving, immigrant labor. So, if you care to pick someone as the poster child in dealing with immigration...don't pick him.
God bless,
Ted
