Was The Fall Necessary? – Ep.168 – What About Evil? – The Fortunate Fall & God’s Greatest Glory – Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJa2yKjI8OE

Was The Fall Necessary?

One of the biggest questions that comes from the Greater-Glory Theodicy is this – Was The Fall necessary? Because that’s what it seems to imply. Well, that’s actually what it comes right out and says. It’s nothing to blush at or be embarrassed about. It’s the necessary outcome for God’s purposes.

To focus on the negative, however, is to miss the “glory” of the Greater-Glory Theodicy. In this episode, we cover four of them and cover what is the purpose of evil as it relates to magnifying and displaying God’s glory more fully than if The Fall never occurred.

Timeline:

00:00 – Introduction
01:05 – Was The Fall Necessary?
05:33 – A Better, Best-Of-All-Possible Worlds Theory
08:44 – 4 Hopes Of The Greater-Glory Theodicy
11:00 – 1) Christ Bears Our Sins
12:43 – 2) Christ Bears Our Sorrows
14:35 – 3) Focus On Future Glory
17:07 – 4) Raising The Banner Of Divine Grace
17:58 – Evil Allows God To Display His Glory More Fully
22:49 – Conclusion

The episode link is cavetothecross.com/ep168/

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Books mentioned in this episode:

What about Evil? A Defense of God’s Sovereign Glory by Scott Christensen
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