If the first statement is true, the second one can't be true...
There is no before and after, strictly speaking, in Eternity. The Almighty sees everything that ever happened or will happen, in a single glance. And Jesus Christ is the same, Yesterday, Today, and Forever.
It’s we humans, being finite and seeing reality in sequential, garbled segments, who by our natures must make these distinctions.
Do yes, what I said I’d perfectly true; and essential to keep in mind, from our creaturely point of view.