• And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short (Matthew 24:22). These verses alone suffice to demonstrate that election for salvation is biblical. The term “unconditional election” is not the most helpful from a Calvinist point of view. It implies that God’s election of some people for eternal life is an irrational process that is not rooted in anything that God Himself could define.