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J_Edwards said:
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Now does nto imply that we have not been Justified in eternity. Now can also mean the realization to our assurance.
Really? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/Ponder.gif" alt="" /> Did you have faith in eternity, though you did not exist?

Rom 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

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Again, I may be wrong, but how were the OT saints justified prior to the historical even of Christs death?
They looked forward to the Cross, we look backwards....
Read Romans 4, Hebrews 11, etc

Well if one can be elect in eternity, then one could be justified in eternity. Existence has no bearing on our election, or our sin in Adam.

I know they look forward and we look backwards. THis is my point. If the OT saints were justified prior to the event, then just because the event took place historically in our past does not mean there is another hurdle for us to jump.

There never was a sinner half as big as Christ is as a Savior.