Why did God wait so long?

[eat_2]

I should more than likely know the answer to this question, but I can’t seem to find an answer and I know there is one out there. What is the reason that God waited so long before he sent the Messiah after the fall of man? I understand that there had to be many prophets to “prepare” the people, and that there is a connection with the generations coming from the House of David, but is there any other reason?

 

[Michelle_Arnold]

Probably, although it is impossible to know all the reasons this side of eternity. One answer may be that making humans wait – as distinguished from God himself “waiting” since God is outside time – allowed humans to fully understand the need for a Redeemer and to fully understand their own inability to save themselves.