I don't mean to be argumentative, just discussing, ok?
Scripture states that God has placed all in one lump of sin. No Jew nor gentile but all....oh shucks...will find the scripture.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
How I've read this, is that God has placed us all in the sin of unbelief. So the one sacrifice is finished for all unbelief. Faith then is the only substance that's in the spiritual realm where Father reigns, and then is the only thing He recognizes.
Atonement then was for all. But, faith frees men to obtain Gods atoning blood.
Was it not unbelief that plunged mankind into the fall? And is not unbelief the root of every sin?
Yes.
That is essentially what I have been saying.
Mercy is for Believers.
Atonement is for Believers.
It is NOT logical and makes no sense to say EVERYONE has been ATONED for but they don't receive any other gifts such as Mercy or Salvation.
These Gifts rely on being ATONED for first and foremost. IF you are Atoned for then God has had Mercy on you. If you are Atoned for you have been Saved.
I do understand the thought process that says everyone is atoned for and all anyone has to do is receive that Atonement. That same thought process can be used for Salvation and all the gifts of God. But that is against scripture, really. Because it is God who Atones. It is God who Saves. It is God who has Mercy on whom He will have Mercy.
Romans 9:15-18
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then
it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth,
but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.