that nation, but not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad" (John 11:51-52). The text does not say, "not for that nation only, but for the entire human race or all men without exception." Jesus died for the Jewish nation (but not every individual Jew) and for all the elect Gentiles who, being Jesus "other sheep" (John 10:16), must also be gathered by Him. Similarly, Revelation 5:9 states that Christ "redeemed us to God by [His] blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation." But this does not refer to every individual member of every nation. Louis Berkhof notes that the word "world" is employed "to indicate that the Old Testament particularism belongs to the past, and made way for New Testament universalism." 49 In the second place, Scripture speaks of Christ dying to save the world because of the organic nature of salvation. Christ's intention is not to save individuals but an elect human race. Christ has redeemed the entire creation. This was also Calvin's view as Rainbow explains it, Calvin's universalistic language expressed the theological conviction that the elect, chosen by God, redeemed by Christ, and gathered through the Spirit from all places and peoples, constitute a new and representative humanity. Calvin was not content to think of the elect as a scrap of mankind or of Christ's redemptive work as a desperate salvage operation. It was in fact a construction