Naaji
After I sent that mail I realised given this forum and it's feeling towards Paul that Romans was not the best example to use as a means of saying Jesus is Saviour of all mankind. My apologies.. I too was on my way out when I sent that mail.
So let me keep all our discussions within the Gospels and the Old Testament from now on.. and even the words of Jesus Himself only. There are plenty of indictions that Jesus Himself said He came for the whole world.
The best example of this is found in John 4 and the incident of Jesus speaking to the woman of Samaria.
Jesus chose to go through Samaria in order to travel from Judea to Galilee. He then went to get a drink from the well. He went at about the 6th hour, which is not the usual time that the women drew water. He then broke rules of social etiquette by talking to the woman who was also a Samarian. That this was not the normal is seen not only in knowledge of the thoughts at the time but in the words of the woman to Jesus herself.. "you are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Vs9.
Jesus replied to her.. "If you knew the gift of God and who it is who asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." There is then a discussion over who Jesus is and Jesus answered her "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him like a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
Then Jesus tells this stranger all about her life and her "sins". The woman says to him "I can see you are a prophet" she then describes the differences between the Jewish and the Samaritan place of worship, to which Jesus replies to her "A time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth." The woman then speaks of the promised Messiah (called Christ) who is coming and will explain everything to us. Jesus declared "I WHO SPEAK TO YOU AM HE!
Later when many in her village became believers they said "now we believe.. not based on the words you said, but because we have heard for ourselves and we KNOW thiss man really is the Saviour of the world.
Jesus later in the same Gospel was discussing with the Jews the about who he was. John 8:48. ) In the course of the discussion, He made His clearest and most definite claim to Deity... He said "Your Father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day, he saw it and was glad." They asked him.. "you are not yet 50 years old and yet you have seen Abraham" Jesus then used the name for Himself that Jews reserve only for God "I AM" The Jews knew what that claim meant, for they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself and slipped from their midst. In chapter 10, the Jews said to Him " we are not stoning you (for the miracles), but for blasphemy, that you a mere man claim to be God." (vs 33)
Finally look in Mark 13 and the discussion on the end times. Jesus said "many will come in my name claiming I am He" and will deceive many (Logic my answer to your question in your post re an appearance of Jesus is answered in this verse.. I would not believe any one claiming to be Jesus yet not being consistent with what I know of Him in the Bible). After discussing what will happen in the world in the end times, He then declares He will send His angels to the four winds to collect the elect. In Matthew 24 the when this will happen is declared vs 14 "and this Gospel will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come".
At the Judgement seat as described by Jesus in Matthew 25 and after the Son of Man has come in all His Glory (vs 31) then ALL the nations will be gathered before Him" (Vs32)
His Great Commission as described in Matthew 28: 18 -20 iss His declaration that ALL authority in Heaven and Earth has been given to Him, and that His Followers were to go into ALL the world and make Disciples of ALL nations, baptising them in THE NAME (singular) of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit."
and in Mark 7 Jesus spoke to the Syro-Phonecian woman "first let the children eat all they want." For her reply He gave her what she asked for
Jesus came not only to give eternal life to the Jews,(through whom he has chosen to work and bring the saviour into the world) but for all the world. and that includes you and me