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Let's try another application of the word "salvation." Exodus 14:13 - "And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord..." In that verse, I believe salvation refers to the deliverance God provided the Jews from the murderous Egyptians following them.

Claiming to be anti-religious? What in the world are you talking about? I am a Bible-believing Christian and I do not believe vain religion will benefit anyone who refuses to read and believe God's Word.

With whom was God grieved for 40 years in the wilderness? His chosen people the Jews. Those who displeased God were given God's promise they would never enter into His rest (Hebrews 3:11). Likewise, God has warned Christians not to follow the example of those OT children of God who rebelled...

Did God cast away those of His chosen people who fell (Romans 11)? Yes, because of their unbelief, which is why He tells Christians not to think they are incapable of falling lest He prove to them otherwise. (1 Corinthians 10:12.)

How many Constitutional and traditional American rights and values will have to be sacrificed to leftist democrats intent on destroying gun rights, voting securities, free-market capitalism freedoms, religious freedoms to preach the Biblical condemnation of homosexuality, immigration laws and more?

True. Nobody can be saved until God turns on the light which He has promised to do at some point for every sinner born into the world (John 1:9) But those who reject the Light God clearly shows them and causes them to understand will be sent to hell without excuse (Romans 1:18-22.)

God does not grant life-saving faith to those who refuse to come to Him in repentance, but He does show mercy on those who believe and receive the Light when the Light is turned on, giving them the power to become the sons of God (John 1:9-12.)

That's right. The unsaved are unsaved because they have not yet believed and received the Gospel. John the Baptist came preaching the baptism of repentance for those who were unsaved to repent and come to God for salvation, but only with fruits meet for repentance.

At what age do Calvinists believe the elect become born of the Spirit, at birth? In the womb? At puberty? Are the elect blind because of the flesh until then?

Nobody is born saved. Jesus told Nicodemus he needed to be born again. Did Nicodemus need to be born again before he could understand Jesus? Absolutely not. That nonsense is stupid.

You are totally butchering what the Bible says. Of course lost people are blind to the truth, and of course Christians are lost before they believe and receive the truth. But your assumption that nobody can ever get saved who starts out lost is unbiblical, ridiculous and heretical.

I would suggest that if there was a time when God intended animals to live forever He must have also intended for them to never have offspring as well, or the planet would have quickly become a vast wasteland of extinct creatures because of the shortage of available food to feed them all.

I find it hard to believe Jesus is not God when the Bible says He created all things for Himself for His own pleasure and purposes. Colossians 1:16

I agree. God is not bound by time. He always is, always has been, and will always be God. Nevertheless, there are appearances of God in time which are described as past, present, and future, as in Revelation 1:18 and Revelation 4:8.

It sounds awkward to say there is a side of God which is Jesus.

Jesus lived and interacted with men before Abraham was born. But that is because Jesus was and is God before He laid His deity aside and took upon Himself the form of a man and was made in the likeness of men. Philippians 2.

To be clear, let me define what I believe the word "Salvation" means as used in 1 Peter 1:9. I believe it is deliverance from the condemnation of hell reserved for sinners who refuse to believe and receive the Word of God as the Word of God.

If a baby dies of natural causes then murder was not committed. But if a human butcher severs a baby's head from its tiny shoulders in order to satisfy a mother's desire to kill her baby then a murder was committed.

Humans, including Christians, should not try to venture too far into areas which cannot possibly be understood in human terms.

How many years did God exist before He created the universe and everything in it? What was happening during all that 'time' when there was nothing but God and nothing in existence apart from God?