Silverhair
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You dont believe or understand propitiation, nobody under Gods wrath can have Christ being their propitation. Impossible and all permanent final unbelievers are under Gods wrath Jn3:36
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
The wrath of God abiding on them is in the present tense
But now the ones of 1 Jn 2:2 Christ is their propitiation Christ is in the present tense, and their sins are being covered My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have[present tense] an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
BF once again PROPITIATION does not mean saved. Thatis your mistake.
And the Lord Jesus is not only our Advocate, but He is also the propitiation for our sins. This means that by dying for us, He freed us from the guilt of our sins and restored us to God by providing the needed satisfaction and by removing every barrier to fellowship. God can show mercy to us because Christ has satisfied the claims of justice. It is not often that an advocate (or lawyer) pays for his client's sins; yet that is what our Lord has done, and most remarkable of all, He paid for them by the sacrifice of Himself.
John adds that He is the satisfying sacrifice not for our sins only, but also for the whole world. This does not mean that the whole world is saved. Rather it means that the work of the Lord Jesus is sufficient in value to save all the world, but it is only efficient to save those who actually put their trust in Him. It is because His work is sufficient for all men that the gospel can be offered to all the world. But if all men were automatically saved, there would be no need of preaching the gospel to them.