What did the triune God do in eternity past before creation?
Before anything was created, the triune God came together in a determining council and laid out the whole plan of the ages. That plan included the coming of Jesus of Nazareth to Israel and the nation's rejection of their king.
Les explains that the triune God did not have to deliberate all afternoon, but at some time in eternity past they came together before anything was ever created. They held a council—a meeting of minds, like a president calling his cabinet together—and laid out the whole plan of the ages. Within that plan was the coming of Jesus of Nazareth to the nation of Israel, and also the nation's rejection of their king. Les connects this to Acts 2:22–23, where Peter says Jesus was delivered by the determinate counsel of God, which Les calls the determining council.
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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When did the Trinity determine the plan of God?
Way back in eternity past the Triune God came into the Trinity and in a counsel determined the plan, not needing to debate it back and forth over an afternoon.