Packaged in God’s eternal plan of salvation: The death of Christ was part of God’s
eternal purpose to provide the Lord Jesus Christ as the only eternal sacrificial Lamb
(Acts 2:22-23; 1 Pet. 1:18-20; Rev. 13:8; see Gen. 3:15-21; Is. 52; 53; Gal. 4:4-6; Jn.
1:29, 36; Acts 8:26-35; Eph. 1:3-12; Rev. 5:5-12; 6:16; 7:9-17; 12:11; 4:1-14; 15:3;
17:14; 19:7-9; 21:9, 14, 22-23, 27; 22:1, 3).