godrulz37

I would agree that elect would generally refer to corporate vs individual issues and that we should interpret Rom. 9-11 and other Calvinistic proof texts in light of this. God has intentions and plans, but these can be rejected/resisted (Lk. 7:30; Mt. 23:37). Individuals ultimately make up the group, but are not arbitrarily pre-selected in eternity past as to who will believe or not (Calvinists would say these things are irresistibly decreed, while Arminians would say it is based on simple foreknowledge/eternal now; Molinists would argue for middle knowledge/counterfactuals of freedom, while Open Theists would emphasize corporate election with individual destiny being unsettled/unknown except as possible until it becomes actual based on libertarian free will/contingency).