Was our salvation completed when Christ died (It is finished)?
Or when he arose.
Had he not risen from the dead would our sins still have been paid for.
When I go to the store and purchase something - it is mine was I have paid the price ie give the dollar bill to the cashier. The receipt I am given is simply proof that the debt is paid.
Would the Resurrection be the "receipt" ie the proof that the price of sin had been paid for?
Had Jesus died and not risen from the dead, the atonement would have been of no effect, since it would meant that He was not sinless and deserved to die.
Thus he would be no better than anybody other sinner.
I think it's accurate to say His resurrection completed everything necessary for God to accept the death as sufficient and efficient.
He defeated satan when He came forth from the grave that third, and appointed morning. However, the bible states that Jesus was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. God chose Jesus to be our Redeemer from before the "get-go", as He was chosen....predestined to save sinners from their sins. He confirmed it when He arose........
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Mrk 12:34
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation. Titus 2:11
And being made perfect, he becamethe author ofeternal salvationHebrews 5:9
who is the beginning, Col 1:18
When did salvation begin?
When did the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, become reality?
What was promised by God to be hoped for, before time began?
Understand your concern.
I was trying to put the question in such a way so it was not misleading.
Thus my reason for the following statement from the OP