Ok. I had never ever thought of this statement: If Adam had not fallen, only the predestined would have been born. WHOA. So then, where do the implications of this go?? I think of the billions of lost from history, they would not have existed. It adds a whole new depth to the verse about being sons of God versus being sons of Satan. Going along with this thought stream, a lot of obvious things that we already know take on new meanings. For one thing, that means those billions only exist because of sin. They wouldn't otherwise. Now of course the only reason anything happens is so that God's glory will be magnified. But wow. The implications for human existence here. I'm very interested to read deeper into this topic.
P. S. I commented on Brydon's blog.
Also! To think about the complexity of God's plan for the elect if you had to this thought!! The elect would have been born anyway. This means now that so much more glory is wrought for the elect are born of the reprobate. And they are showing God's light into that life. Wow.
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