Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
And I will find that in the book of Stumpmaster 1:1-2...will I?My signature says:
"All that is knowable is always known by God"
and the follow on from that is
"If He doesn't always know all that is knowable then he isn't God."
I don't think you have a clue what that actually means.....but carry on....Eph 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, (4) just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, (5) having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, (6) to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Yes I guess he would be well aware of all his works.....he just might not be aware of all of ours unless you think he's got nothing better to do? His declaring "the end from the beginning" is saying what he says in Isaiah 55:11...Act 15:18 "Known to God from eternity are all His works.
Isa 46:9-10 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, (10) Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,'
"So my word that goes out of my mouth will be.
It will not return to me without results,
But it will certainly accomplish whatever is my delight,
And it will have sure success in what I send it to do."
He has a purpose not a plan.....what he purposes in the beginning will be realized in the end, and in the middle he will use human choices to teach lessons, and he will adjust his actions in response to theirs.
God does not "cause" any wicked activity. A knowledge of evil was chosen in direct disobedience to God's stated command....and the humans have 'reaped what they have sown' ever since.....but are humans today any the wiser for all these lessons down through history?Divine Foreknowledge of Adam and Eve's disobedience did not cause it, just the same as Divine Foreknowledge of every detail of everyone's existence doesn't predetermine their every thought, word, and deed.
The fact that Christ's return as judge was to be "just like the days of Noah".....then apparently not. The message is being delivered as per Jesus' instruction in Matthew 28:19-20, (and Matthew 24:14) but 'just like the days of Noah'.....who is listening?