Not Fallen, Not Broken, Just Incomplete
The Mystery of God from the First Adam to the Last Adam and Beyond
Gerard Majella
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Dedication
Table of Contents
Section I – The New Creation in Christ
Chapter 2 – An Everlasting Kingdom of Glory
Chapter 3 – Completing the New Creation for the Faithful
Chapter 4 – Completing the New Creation for Israel
Chapter 5 – Completing the New Creation for the Nations
Chapter 6 – Completing the New Creation for the Dead
Chapter 7 – The Image of God for the Children of God
Section II – The Mystery of God
Chapter 8 – Introduction to the Mystery of God
Chapter 9 – The Mystery of God Revealed
Chapter 10 – The Mystery of God Fulfilled
Section III – Gospel of the New Creation
Chapter 11 – Context for the New Creation
Chapter 12 – Revelation to the Apostle Paul
P1 – The New Creation in Christ was established before the foundations of the world
P2 – Humanity and Creation are subjected to futility in hope
P3 – God’s Righteous Judgment ends in mercy, not wrath
P4 – The Mystery of God in Christ
P5 – The Son of God succeeded where Adam could not
P6 – The Significance and Supremacy of Christ
P7 – The Spiritual comes after the Physical (Natural)
P8 – Resurrection as a means to Glorification
P9 – Resurrection: Process of the New Creation
P10 – Christ’s Goal is to Lead Many into Obedience to God
Chapter 13 – Revelations in the Fourth Gospel
L1 – The participation of the Logos for the New Creation
L2 – In Christ Alone is Life Eternal
L3 – His Mortal Life for our Eternal Life
L4 – Eternal Life in Christ comes through the Resurrection
L5 – Christ alone is the Light of Men
L6 – Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
L7 – The light in Christ is God’s Righteous Judgment revealed
L8 – Eternal Life is Given to those God Chooses
Chapter 14 – The Most Important Equation in the Universe
Chapter 15 – A Larger Context for Romans 5:12
Chapter 16 – Is Death a Fitting Punishment?
Section IV – The New Creation Perspective
Chapter 17 – Through the Lens of the New Creation
Chapter 18 – In the Beginning, God Created . . .
Chapter 19 – In Our Beginning, God Created Again . . .
Chapter 20 – A New Creation Perspective of Genesis
Exiting the Garden
Creation as a Process
Creation will bear Fruit
There is No Plan-B
Reactive or Proactive?
God’s Faithful Purpose
Life is a Test
With Choice Comes Suffering
Salvation through the Last Adam
Chapter 21 – Resolving the Traditional Views
What was prior was Better?
What Adam Did Vs What Adam Is
Are Adam and Eve Losers?
Misery only increases After the Fall
God is only Good; We are made Likewise
Shame and Guilt upon Humanity
Chapter 22 – Contrasts and Tension in Genesis 2-3
Made Like God, yet Incomplete
Emergence from Innocence into Shrewdness
Leaving the Father’s House
Blessed, but Under a Curse
First Command, Second Command
Under the Command, Freed by Grace
Desire and Deception
Chapter 23 – Impacts of the New Creation View
In Need from the Beginning
Walking through the Water and the Fire, but not Alone
Ongoing Work of Creation
The Kingdom of the Father
Extended Footnotes
Appendix B – Israel’s Birth from Egypt
Appendix C – Origin of Futility, Original Sin
Appendix D – The Case for Lazarus
Appendix E – Who are the Called, Chosen, and Faithful?
The Source of Our Faith
Who Are The Called?
Who Are the Chosen?
Who Are the Faithful?
And What of Those Who Now Remain in Unbelief?
Appendix G – Lazarus and the Rich Man
The Unfiltered Gospel 