Monday, February 1, 2010

What is Plan A?


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

1 comment:

  1. Reviewed and retained. Some boxes in the first table need clarification.

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