God's Original Plan

By: Mike Mazzalongo     Posted: Sat. Feb 28th
Discussion Questions
  1. How does viewing redemption as restoration rather than replacement affect your understanding of God's character?
  2. What does the presence of the Tree of Life before and after the fall teach us about God's unchanging purpose?
  3. In what ways does your daily life fulfill humanity's original calling to reflect and rule under God?
Sources
  • ChatGPT Interactive Collaboration, December 2025 – "God's Original Plan."
  • Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book IV – on humanity's growth toward divine likeness.
  • Augustine, City of God, Book XIV; Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I.q.102–106 – on the state and destiny of unfallen man.
  • Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter VII; Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics II/2 – on the covenantal and Christ-centered purpose of creation.
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