1gr8bldr
Senior Member
He was foreordained. He was "before". Let me explain. Issac is said to be Abrahams firstborn. Yet we know that it was actually Ishmael. Why is this. Because Issac was promised before Ishmael was born.OT saints of faith believed God's promises or word as if it already was, just not yet existing. But existing in word only, as in God said let there be rain. Apply that to Jesus. The word became flesh, or as John says elsewhere, "The life appeared".Promised from the beginning. Another thought. Everything was created in the 7 days. Nothing was created by God "as he went". As mentioned, take rain for example. Created "in word" yet not existing until times set by God. Which in this case was the flood. There was no rain until the flood, yet it was already created in word. Apply that to JesusI can see the logic in this knowing the importance of the firstborn son in OT culture. How did God come to pick Jesus? Was he forordained or did God choose him because he had not sinned?