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Get ready to use your imagination.
Let's just say that an eternally existing, triune God really did create everything else that exists. Let's say that this God created human beings to represent him and to live in dependent relationship under him. Their job would be to rule his creation in his place like he would rule it.
Let's say that these humans rebelled against God, foolishly thinking that they could become like God and live independently from him.
Let's say that God, in his mercy, chose to suspend judgment and instead of evicting these evil tenants committed himself to wooing them back into trusting dependence upon him.
Let's say that as the human race multiplied and spread across the face of the earth God continued to care for them, providing rain and sun in their seasons. He also revealed himself to certain men and sent them into the world with words from God. In so doing he created a unique people who, in the middle of a rebellious world, knew and served God.
Let's say that, in the fullness of time, God the Son (one person of the trinity) came as a man, born into this unique people. He came to teach, heal, be rejected and killed, and to raise again from death. Let's say that all of this happened.
Let's say that he ascended back to the Father and will come again to judge rebellion once and for all, but for now he extends mercy and forgiveness through the foolish preaching of this obscure, peculiar people who believe on him.
What would you expect this world to look like? How would it be different from the actual world?
Let's just say that an eternally existing, triune God really did create everything else that exists. Let's say that this God created human beings to represent him and to live in dependent relationship under him. Their job would be to rule his creation in his place like he would rule it.
Let's say that these humans rebelled against God, foolishly thinking that they could become like God and live independently from him.
Let's say that God, in his mercy, chose to suspend judgment and instead of evicting these evil tenants committed himself to wooing them back into trusting dependence upon him.
Let's say that as the human race multiplied and spread across the face of the earth God continued to care for them, providing rain and sun in their seasons. He also revealed himself to certain men and sent them into the world with words from God. In so doing he created a unique people who, in the middle of a rebellious world, knew and served God.
Let's say that, in the fullness of time, God the Son (one person of the trinity) came as a man, born into this unique people. He came to teach, heal, be rejected and killed, and to raise again from death. Let's say that all of this happened.
Let's say that he ascended back to the Father and will come again to judge rebellion once and for all, but for now he extends mercy and forgiveness through the foolish preaching of this obscure, peculiar people who believe on him.
What would you expect this world to look like? How would it be different from the actual world?