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We also recall again the point that eschatology precedes soteriology: the goal of redemption is not simply restoration, “paradise restored,” but the consummation; and for this not only forgiveness but the perfect fulfillment of the law was required. Jesus recapitulated in himself the history of Adam and Israel in order to bring us not only out of ruin into a state of innocence, or guilt into forgiveness, but to bring the whole creation into the everlasting Sabbath. Thus, “the cross” can only be regarded synecdotally as standing for the whole of Christ’s life and obedience. Paradise restored is the eschatological correlate of an atonement theology that concentrates on forgiveness through Christ’s death without giving due weight to justification and glorification through Christ’s life, before and after his death. What God is after in redemptive history is not merely the forgiveness of humanity and restoration to an original state but the fulfillment of the original commission for humanity and, through a successful outcome to its trial, entrance into God’s own glory.