According to reformed theology, how does the fall glorify God?

## What this question is not about: This question is NOT about: Is God omniscient (all knowing?), omnipotent (all powerful?) and benevolent? Then if God foresaw the first sin, and had the power to stop it, why did he not? This question is also not about: Did God predestine Satan revolt? Did God predestine Adam/Eve to fall? ## What this question is about: In my understanding, Reformed Theology views everything in terms of the glory of God. Thus, original sin -- Satan's revolt and the fall of men -- exists to glory some aspect of God (either his righteousness, his mercy, his grace, his love, or ...) Aside: Erwin Lutzer's "The Serpent of Paradise" somewhat gets into this: namely, the interaction of Satan and God reveals certain attributes of God. What are the main arguments that Reformed Theologists use for how Sin + the fall Glorifies God? Please cite references (As great as a 5-6 paragraph essay can be, certain subtleties can only be captured in a 100 page or so book.) ## Hints (none of these are required for a correct answer; they're mainly incomplete thoughts /intuition on my part) For example, arguments expanding on thought along "Redemptive history is about the Glory of God in predestinating a group of people to be saved to showcase his grace" ... would be very helpful. ## Clarifications: I think it's agreed that Sin + Satan somehow glorifies God. But I think the interesting question is the mechanics of _how_ it Glorifies God. In a similar manner, the old testament faithful knew that God was somehow going to redeem humanity, but he fascinating part was how God was going to do it (Christ dying o the cross); similarly, we know that Christ will establish a kingdom, but the fascinating part is how Christ establishes his kingdom (book of Revelations, not as how worldly empires do). Similarly, the fascinating issue here is _how_ does Sin / Satan exist to glorify God?