Message of the Latter Rain - Kelvin M. Duncan

ejoice in pardoning love, but it is because of their unbelief, because of their
choice of the world, that they are not comforted with the grace of God.[9]
For every human being, Christ has paid the election price. No one need
be lost. All have been redeemed.[10]
The Spirit of Prophecy teaches that Christ has "saved the world," not just
the believers, as argued by Arminianism. In the writings of Ellen White we
find many strong affirmations of this truth. She says that Christ "saved the
world." He "restored the whole race ... to favor with God." "He has signed
the emancipation papers of the race." He "purchased" a "title" for "lost
souls," including those who "do not accept it." "All have been redeemed."
That means everyone has already been redeemed from the curse of the law.
Were it not for this aspect of redemption, we would not have seen the light of
day. The day that Adam sinned, he would have died, and we would have
died with him. However, Christ stepped in and saved the entire race from the
premature annihilation which it deserved. Clearly, the teachings of the Spirit
of Prophecy transcend Arminianism.
Note that most of these expressions are legal expressions. The terms
redeemed, title, and emancipation are all legal terms. Thus, we conclude that
there was a legal aspect of salvation accomplished for everyone, believer and
unbeliever alike, at the cross. This idea transcends the conditional or
"provisional and potential" concepts of salvation which dominate the
Arminian perspective of the gospel. In the quotations cited above we see
explicitly presented the idea that everyone has already been "saved." The
problem is that some will not believe in salvation. The unbeliever needs to
appreciate that God has already saved him/her from the penalty of his/her
sins.
The expression legal justification is used by some to refer to what we
have called "corporate universal justification." By this terminology, we
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