1) Why is it hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God? If Calvinism were true, and it is not, then it would not be hard as the rich or poor would all be conveyed into the kingdom by "irresistible grace." Thus the fact that it is hard for a rich person demonstrates Calvinism is as bogus as a three dollar bill.
Again, Van, you miss the context and your lack of following a basic principle in the thinking of the Jews at that time.
You look at this as “the kingdom of God” to the Jews at that time required salvation through Christ.
Van, that was and remains a foreign concept to the majority of them.
Why do you think the Lord spent time explaining to an Old Jewish Rabbi a leader/teacher of the Jews if the concept of “being saved” was known and taught as it was by the apostles following Pentecost? Do you see the message given by Peter that day an not see the first call to turn from the Temple worship to that of the Christ? “…It was you who killed Him…”. The religious rulers who stand to loose all status and later greatly persecuted the founding churches.
The Temple and the rituals performed were all the salvation the people knew, and to get to the kingdom of God meant something Temple related. Being a “righteous Jew” meant and still means you have a right relationship to the temple (currently the local area Temple).
Part of that right relationship is acquiring wealth and giving to the temple large sums. Remember the Lord looking at the giving and remarking about the mite given by the woman.
Because you refuse to understand this basic principle of Jewish life, you then take verses such as the eye of the needle and the rulers hindering others from the kingdom as the statements that reference eternal salvation as Gentiles now understand it (for God has continued to keep the Jews hearts and minds darkened until the time of Gentiles is
finished - it is finishing),
Please do not confuse this issue any more.
It has been explained to you before.
However, I wil predict that you will be stubborn in your ignorance and blame it on Calvinism and Calvinists. For that does seem to be your theme.