C. Matthew McMahon
Christian Preacher
Dustin,
I agree with Christopher in his assessment of your thought process. You are on the right track.
Some of the questions you brought up in terms of how decrees realte in eternity past is ANOTHER big discussion on the lapsarian issue. Some are supralapsarian, some are sublapsarian, some are infralapsarian. There is a very good work called "Diversity Within the Reformed Tradition" by Fesko that deals with this issue in-depth. It is quite helpful. (However, be prepared to have your mind twisted and turned inside out - there is much to consider on that playing field...)
The reason I bring that up because the "relationships" as MDB brought up are important. It will not necessarily affect the RELATIONSHIP of the covenants that lapsarianism will dictate depending upon the camp one falls into, but it will dictate how "someone" think about how "God thinks about" how He ordained everything.
Keep studying!!
I agree with Christopher in his assessment of your thought process. You are on the right track.
Some of the questions you brought up in terms of how decrees realte in eternity past is ANOTHER big discussion on the lapsarian issue. Some are supralapsarian, some are sublapsarian, some are infralapsarian. There is a very good work called "Diversity Within the Reformed Tradition" by Fesko that deals with this issue in-depth. It is quite helpful. (However, be prepared to have your mind twisted and turned inside out - there is much to consider on that playing field...)
The reason I bring that up because the "relationships" as MDB brought up are important. It will not necessarily affect the RELATIONSHIP of the covenants that lapsarianism will dictate depending upon the camp one falls into, but it will dictate how "someone" think about how "God thinks about" how He ordained everything.
Keep studying!!