separated from God, fallen and incapable of fulfilling the original mandate. Thus the mandate was redacted, or rescinded (cf. 1:28 and 9:7). God promised to provide a means for the redemption of mankind (3:15, 12:1–3, 15:6, 22:10–18), and He fulfilled that promise in Jesus Christ (Rom 5), and gave access to all through belief in Him (Gen 15:6, Jn 3:16, Eph 2:8–9). This is God’s redemptive plan for humanity, but that is not His highest goal. That plan serves His own doxological purpose—His purpose
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