And this in itself proves that there is no election for salvation.
1. Israel was THE elect nation of God: For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. (Isa 45:4) These words were addressed to Cyrus king of Persia. The nation of Israel was in fact the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Jacob (also named Israel by Christ). But the point is that God here calls Israel "mine elect". Which according to Calvinists should have translated into a totally saved nation. No "ifs" "ands" or "buts".
2. Not a single Jew was elected for salvation: Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the Law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. (Acts 7:51-53)
The entire 7th chapter of Acts is about the nation of Israel. Yet here Stephen totally demolishes the Calvinistic ideas of Unconditional Election (U) and Irresistible Grace (I).
Since I already brought this to your attention, we are now seeing wilful blindness on your part in refusing to accept the truth.
Of course Election has saved Jews, from the Old and New Testament times. There is not two different salvations at work here. That would be ludicrous.
John the baptist said,
He that hath the bride (Notice here this is in
the past tense, He has the Bride. This cannot be the church, it hasn't even begun yet.)
is the bridegroom (Jesus
): but the friend of the bridegroom (John
), that is standing and hearing him, is rejoicing greatly
because of the bridegroom's voice (This should remind us of the parable of the sheep): this my joy therefore is made full. (John 3:29)
You said, 2.
Not a single Jew was elected for salvation:
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the Law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. (Acts 7:51-53)
I think you have the wrong view of "Resist the Holy Spirit"
What does he mean by, ".....you always resist the Holy Spirit?
This can only be understood in the context.
1) They were stubborn. (an adjective, meaning: showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so. )
2) Their hearts were uncircumcised.
3) Their ears were in the same condition.
This is a description of those who had not received the new birth. They still possessed that old stony heart.
Because of their condition, they resisted the Holy Spirit. Resisted here, means to resist the message of the Holy Spirit, are in other words, the preaching of the Gospel. They loved the darkness and would not come to the light. Just as their fathers would not except the words of Moses, the Prophets, Jesus Christ nor would they hear the present preacher. They couldn't because of their uncircumcised ears.
Resisting the Holy Spirit, cannot apply to the New Birth of John 3:3-10, because that is a direct work of the Spirit upon the individual. The person receiving it is "passive" according to the Greek, therefore they have no more say so about this birth, than they did about the conception of themselves in the flesh, wherein they were co-created by their parents.
