The material which is presented cryptically in this table is discussed at length here.
If Plan A was the original creation, then:
Plan A | Plan B | Result |
Creation | Redemption | Restores plan A |
Low (but definite) revelation of the trinity. | Trinity fully revealed only in redemption. | Full revelation of the Trinity was originally unnecessary for divine religion. Was, and is, the religion of “God.” |
No Incarnation. | Incarnation, only to repair the problem of sin, and to restore the original creation. | Christology was originally unnecessary for divine religion. |
Establish social and political order of the First Creation. | Restoration of the order of the First Creation. | The order of the First Creation can now be implemented in the present aeon. No “deification” (2 Pet 1:4). |
First Creation based on Law, not Gospel. | Restoration of the First Creation through the Gospel restores the effectiveness of the Law. | The Current (and Final) Kingdom is based on the restored Law. |
The Old Testament is the Canon of Creation. No Messiah in the original creation. | The New Testament restores the Covenant and Canon of the original Creation through contingent Messiah. | The New Testament is not the normative revealer of God’s purposes. |
Not Redemptive-Historical |
If the original intent of creation is actually redemption, then:
Plan Zero | Plan A | Result |
Creation. | Redemption. | Implements plan A (redemption). |
Low (but definite) revelation of the trinity. | Trinity fully revealed only in redemption. | Full revelation of the Trinity is necessary for divine religion. Is the religion of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. |
No Incarnation. | Incarnation, to save mankind and elevate them to a higher level than the original creation. | Christology is truly necessary for divine religion. “Deification” possible (2 Pet 1:4). |
Social and political order of the First Creation. | Elevation of the mankind to a new level in the New Creation. | The New Creation is fully inherited only in resurrection. |
First Creation based on Law, not Gospel. | Redemption and Elevation of the First Creation through the Gospel, not the Law. | The Kingdom is based on the Gospel, not the Law. |
The Old Testament promises the New, in the Person of Messiah. | The New Testament fulfills the Old, in the Person of Messiah. | The New Testament is the supreme revealer of the prophet, priest and king, in the Person of Messiah. |
Redemptive-Historical |
Reviewed and retained. Some boxes in the first table need clarification.
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