In Paul’s context, by virtue of Christ’s sacrifice "all men" are legally entitled to "be made alive" eternally, and will be if they do not interpose a rebellious will (Jn. 3:16-19; SC 27). All that Adam did, Christ reversed; otherwise Paul’s contrasts become meaningless. Every wicked person who comes forth in the second resurrection will realize that by his stubborn unbelief he himself has forfeited the eternal life that was already given him "in Christ." He has deliberately thrown it away. The second resurrection will demonstrate to them and to the universe at large that the wicked have disqualified themselves for eternal life by their own unfitness to enter the city (GC 543). We must remember, of course, that such unbelief and rejection need not be conscious in order to be real, but will become manifest in the second resurrection (DA 58).