Were the Sodomites saved? Was pharoah who held Israel as slaves saved? Was Judas saved? Was Herod saved? Was King Saul saved? Were those who heard Noah preach saved? Was Nebuchadnezzar saved? Was Belshazzar saved?

Was Hitler saved? Stalin? Benito Mussolini? Ayatollah Khomeini? Idi Amin?

Is Saddam Hussein saved?

Joh 18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

Jesus was the New testament scape goat in a figure...He died without the gate to take the sins of many. But who? For His alone? Or even men who attempt to confound the plan of God? The biggest sin in all the above was pride..the root of the Satanic nature.

Is there such a thing as a vain prayer? (For salvation)