He marvels at their unbelief. (
Mark 6:6)
I'm only going to go through these once for you - not turning it into a career endeavor.
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Mar 6:6 KJV] 6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
They should have believed given that they saw it first-hand, yet they didn't, why? Because they did not have the Holy Spirit in order they believe. So, that confirms, not refutes, my point.
He expresses a willingness despite their unwillingness. (
Matt 23:37)
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Mat 23:37 KJV] 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
That verse is speaking of the OC Jewish religious infrastructure, being typified by Jerusalem - that God would leave it desolate - that it would not be used by Him to convey His true gospel message as He did/does with/by the true Church. It does not mean that God desired to save people, but they just refused to cooperate with Him, if that's your point,
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Jer 7:34 KJV] 34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
He rebukes them for rejecting the purpose God had for them. (
Luke 7:30)
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Luk 7:29-30 KJV]
29 And all the people
that heard [him], and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
The hearing of those "that heard", was spiritual hearing with spiritual ears, not human hearing with human ears. The Pharisees
and lawyers, without spiritual hearing, rejected the council of God. Those that "heard" had the Holy Spirit to hear spiritually.
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Mat 13:16 KJV]
16 But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
He doesn’t wish that any perish but all to repent and live (
Ezk 18:31-32)
That was for the Old Covenant (OC). The OC was works based, of which, choosing was one of its required works. It was an earthly covenant, not heavenly in essence. The New Covenant (NC), on the other hand, is eternal and has no works nor choices associated to it whatsoever as God had accomplished all on the behalf of those whom He had chosen for the NC. The stipulations of the NC are listed in the following verses - those stipulations being there are none for man, only for God - that He did it all - and those He chose for it do nothing.
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Heb 8:9-10,
12-13 KJV]
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 For this [is]
the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their mind, and
write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: ...
12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
13 In that he saith,
A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.
Rom 10:21, is OC.
In
Matt 11:25 we are told that God reveals Christ to His chosen; for all others Christ is hidden. Only those to whom Christ is revealed, find rest in Him. Those of
Mat 11:28-29, were those whom Christ was/are revealed to.
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Mat 11:25 KJV]
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.
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