... if there were no Fall?
The Son's Name, His Title, and His authority are merited by the work He did on the Cross.
I know many believe that God's original will was that Adam live forever in obedience, but He knew Adam would would be corrupted and disobey, and therefore built the remedy for sin into His plan 'before' Day One.
That's not what I mean. I just want to be clear.
I mean that the Cross was always the Plan, meaning, that the Fall was intended.
Could it have been any other way, since Christ bears the marks of the Cross in Eternity?
The Son's Name, His Title, and His authority are merited by the work He did on the Cross.
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. - Ephesians 1:15-23
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. - Philippians 2:5-11
I think that the world was created for the purpose of the Cross, and that the Fall, even though God is not the author of evil, nor can He be charged with evil, was always part of the Plan. Not the original plan, or plan B, or a contingency plan. But THE Plan, and there was ever only one Plan. And that was that Christ should be the Savior of the world, and thereby assume the Throne in Heaven.I know many believe that God's original will was that Adam live forever in obedience, but He knew Adam would would be corrupted and disobey, and therefore built the remedy for sin into His plan 'before' Day One.
That's not what I mean. I just want to be clear.
I mean that the Cross was always the Plan, meaning, that the Fall was intended.
Could it have been any other way, since Christ bears the marks of the Cross in Eternity?