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If this were true, Christ would not be the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. In addition to that there would not be names recorded in the book of life from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 13:8 (KJV) And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 3:5 (KJV) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Luke 10:20 (KJV) Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Ephesians 1:4 (KJV) According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Titus 1:2 (KJV) In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
None of these verses make any sense whatsoever unless there was a plan ordained in heaven before the creation of mankind. And that plan would be enacted through the human birth of the Son of God, when the virgin would conceive through the Holy Spirit, and after death His body would be resurrected by the power of the Father. This is the Covenant of Redemption that was ordained in heaven, and recorded in Scripture by Zechariah.
Zechariah 3:8 (KJV) Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
Zechariah 6:12-13 (KJV) And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
No, that is just the obstacle of language and translation of terms between a timeline and a non-timeline. The point is not to explain the object of the parable of times, but to understand the subject that they are an example of, where time does not exist. If you keep referring back to the worldly terms, you are back where you started having gained no insight to the greater reality of God. Just as I warned you.