The Bible is interesting because it is written in parable fashion (Psalm 78:1-2, Mark 4:34). A Bible word that seems to have an obvious English meaning might have an unexpected Bible meaning instead. For example, we all know that the lamb in the Bible is Jesus, not really an actual young sheep, but a person. We know that in the Bible 'the rock' might refer to Jesus rather than to the rock of Gibraltor or to some piece of quartz. In English, we say that a person is 'blessed' if something good happens to them. They are blessed to get a good grade on their report card, or they are blessed with a nice job. However, as positive as those things are, it really isn't quite the Bible's use of the term. The Bible calls someone blessed only when they are saved, or in some cases, of God himself. That is why the Bible says: " Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered." It has a slightly different meaning than ordinary English would give. It is much like that with the word 'all' in the Bible. Some people have read scriptures which seem to say that all persons will be saved. As wonderful as this sounds, it is hard to reconcile that with other verses that talk about few being saved, or about sheep and goats having different outcomes of salvation. We see the word 'all' in the following verse: "we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe." To my mind, this is a way that the Bible explains who all men are. Those who believe. We get another look at this in Romans: "all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:" The term all is shown to mean "all Israel" here, meaning all who believe. The deliverer mentioned is Jesus who turns away ungodliness from Jacob (Jacob being a picture of all believers). Again, we read:"Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." This sounds like it is saying all persons on planet earth will be saved, which I could hope to be true. But it is more likely that this is saying that ''all men'', meaning all who believe, will be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. In other words, all Spiritual Israel will be saved. All who believe will be saved.