Ironic to ask that question of a Calvinist.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.Not the "elect," but "the world."
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world: but that the world may be saved by him.
>> Not the “elect,” but “the world.” <<
Careful, Petronski... Don’t lapse into universalism! In fact, the word used here, “cosmos,” has been used to refer to the universe. (That pesky Carl Sagan!)
“The world” does not mean every inhabitant of the world. Take an apocalyptic science fiction movie, for instance “War of the Worlds.” Viruses are said to have “saved” “mankind” from destruction. “Mankind” includes all human beings. Yet the destruction of human life depicted in the movie is incalculable.
Without Christ, the entirety of mankind would be destroyed. With Christ, many are saved. Mankind, as a whole, is saved from destruction. But that does not mean that no man is destroyed.
This is the faith of the Catholic church as well as the Calvinists. Unfortunately, the English mistranslation of the Latin Mass has led many to believe in universalism. Thus, many in Rome are presently insisting that “for the good of all” be changed to “for the good of many.”
***Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world: but that the world may be saved by him.
Not the “elect,” but “the world.”***
I think that they are in their own little world. Or room. Rubber, that is.