Jarthur001
Active Member
you are kidding right?"Many" can mean "all" and I will show you from scripture an example of this.
Matt 22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found,both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
This parable shows many things. First, it shows a man can resist the will of God. God bid the Jews to the wedding of his son, but they refused to come. He sent again, but they were too busy with the affairs of the world to be bothered (parable of the sower). They also killed the servants God had sent (the prophets).
So God told his servants to go out into the highways and call as many as they could find (the Gentiles). And notice it says they gathered "ALL".
So here is a case where "all" and "many" mean the same thing.
But one man who was bidden came without a wedding garment. This man did not have the garment of righteousness, he was not saved. And there are those who come to church and participate, but who have never put their trust in Christ. This man was cast out.
So many (which in this parable is all) are called (as many as can be found), but few are chosen.
All that they could find does not mean all the people in the world. Would you not say that there were others that they did not find?
You really do need to study Calvinism, because you keep saying things that are in left field.