Romans 8:29-30 – “Those whom He FOREKNEW (Proginosko), He also PREDESTINED to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that he would be THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN. And those whom He predestined, He also …. called … justified … and …. glorified.”
Romans 8:29-30 also informs us when the “foreknown (1 Peter 1:20)” Son became a living Son. Jesus as a Son is called “the firstborn among many brethren” because he was born first in God’s mind and plan before God’s elect were born in God’s mind before creation. For the Son of God and God’s elect were already “foreknown” and “predestined” (Ephesians 1:4-5) before the creation of the world.
Hence, the Son is called “the firstborn among many brethren” long before the “many brethren” were actually born. Therefore God’s elect were already predestined to be “conformed to the image of His Son, so that he would be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29) “before the creation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4) actually took place.
Wherefore, the Son of God was already “the firstborn among many brethren” in the foreknowledge of God, just as Christ’s brethren were also “born” after the “firstborn” in God’s predestined plan. Romans 8:30 concludes by saying, “And “those whom he predestined, he also called” … “justified and” … glorified (past tense).”
These scriptural facts prove that God’s elect were already called, justified, and glorified before they were actually born on the earth.
Therefore God’s elect were already born after “the firstborn” (Christ) by already being “conformed to the image of His Son” as “the firstborn among many brethren” before the actual creation began (Ephesians 1:4;