How can Jesus be the Savior of everyone when Israel rejected and crucified Him?
Jesus became Savior of the whole human race, not Israel alone, because God's covenant promise to Abraham declared all nations blessed. Although the covenant people rejected Him and Rome crucified Him, God's redemptive plan still extended salvation to Israel and the non-Jew alike through faith.
Les teaches that the promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:3—"In thee shall all nations be blessed"—meant the whole human race would enter a salvation experience, because through that promise came the Christ. Even though the covenant people rejected Him and nailed Him to a cross by the Roman army, He became the Savior not of Israel alone but of the whole human race. Abraham entered in by faith and faith alone based on what God said to him, and Les notes that Abraham was already declared righteous before he left Ur. Likewise, works and a changed lifestyle follow genuine salvation; they do not produce it.