and those who maintain that the incarnation would have happened even if humanity had not fallen into sin (e.g., Duns Scotus and Barth). Yet we need to recognize that these are distinct questions. As we will see later in this chapter, it is entirely possible to affirm that eschatological consummation is intrinsic to God’s purposes for creation and still deny that the incarnation would have happened irrespective of sin. Consequently, the conclusions drawn in the prior chapter do not necessarily determine