If you read scripture as written, you will see that in the creation of humankind God acted once...He created all things, and then rested on the 7th day and allowed the humans to make their choices in accordance with his instructions.......he obviously had in mind an idyllic existence for them and all they had to do was to comply with one limitation that he placed on them.......it wasn’t difficult, nor did it impose any hardship on them......but when the original rebel stepped in and derailed God’s purpose for their creation, only then did he react to their free willed choices.
Ah, so God didn't know, He was totally taken off guard. He had no idea that in creating free-will, it could be abused? Not much of a God you have there. You see, my Jehovah knows it all. It's a thought-out plan, because no matter how many times He could create or even re-create the world of mankind, sin was always at the door, and how would He deal with it? He couldn't stop it! So, he let it play out, but He was always in control.
Silly? Does God automatically know everything or can he choose not to know? If he gave humans free will, it is obvious that they can make any one of several choices concerning many matters. God would have a contingency plan for all eventualities so that whatever they chose to do, he would respond accordingly.
And as I said, He did. But he knew that "contingency plan" before it even happened, because that's what any architect does when he creates. He counts the cost, he tests everything. He doesn't just create and then thinks to himself, "alright, let's see how this goes."
How long did it take you to find translations that rendered the word “prothesis” as “plan” rather than “purpose”?
You wanna play Scripture? Ok, also From NASB Strongs....
So Adam and Eve can PLAN, but Jehovah can't?
And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be impossible for them. Gen. 11:6
So the Tabernacle just erected itself or did the Israelites follow Jehovah's PLAN?
Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to its plan which you have been shown on the mountain. Ex.26:30
Hmmm .... a Divine Plan?
Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind and said, “Who is this who darkens the divine plan By words without knowledge? Job 38:1,2
Jesus was a Predetermined plan??? Oh my!
22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a Man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— 23 this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. 24 But God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. Acts 2:22-24
The Plan of his will
In Him we also have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things in accordance with the plan of His will. Ephesians 1:11
A Plan hidden for ages?
and to enlighten all people as to what the plan of the mystery is which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things. Ephesiasn 3:9
Proof
Yes, and that is why Jehovah cannot have a plan as much as he has a purpose. Free will makes a plan impossible.....a purpose is achieved regardless of obstacles placed in the path.
"Free will makes a plan impossible"? Really? How so?
God never alters his purpose, but sometimes he has to get there via a different route.
Going a different route is an alteration.
Did God plan for the devil to rebel? Did he plan for Adam and Eve to sin? Did he go to all the trouble of making them a garden paradise, only to evict them for abusing their free will?
And that my dear is the whole purpose of why God permits evil, and when you understand that, you'll understand why God has a Plan.
Do you really think that God planned for the flood to happen? Or was it a reaction to what the demon angels had done?
Genesis 6:6 says that “Jehovah regretted that he had made men on the earth, and his heart was saddened.” (NWT) And, in response, God determined to destroy all life on the earth. Now, it would be easy to read this and see a God who was caught off guard by how sinful humanity had become. A God who became so angry that he decided to wipe out the whole mess and start over again. But it is hard to reconcile that with a God who is omniscient, who knows the future. A God who had chosen Christ as our atoning sacrifice before the foundation of the world (1 Pet. 1:20). The word translated as “regretted” in Genesis 6:6 could also be translated as “be grieved.” And that seems to be to better fit here. This is an emotional response from the creator over what his creation has become. Even though he knew it would come to this, it was still destressing to him. God is not an impersonal force or entity with no feelings for his creation. Rather, he is intimately involved with his creation. We see him expressing delight in what he has done. And disappointment in what we have done with his creation.
Did he plan for Israel to be disobedient and to worship other gods, or did he have to keep correcting and punishing them in order to keep his purpose in connection with them, on track. They were chosen for a specific purpose and God fulfilled his purpose, even though they made it very difficult for him
Israel's rebellion is a result of sin, just as Adam and Eve rebelled and they were perfect, how much so from imperfect beings?
God revealed his purpose from Genesis to Revelation and we see how often he was forced to take a side-step to keep things as they should be. Did he plan for the Israelites to wander in the wilderness for 40 years? Did he plan for them to be exiled in Babylon for 70 years? Did he plan for Moses not to enter the promised land when he had liberated his people and guided them through the wilderness all that time? Did God plan for John the Baptist to be murdered? Where do you stop and think about how often things had to be dealt with as they arose?
Yes he did.
Free will does not fit in with a plan.....but it does fit in with a purpose. A plan is the route....a purpose is the destination. God always reaches his desired destination, no matter what route he has to take to get there.
God has a Plan, and whatever doesn't conform to that Plan is done away with. There are prophecies set out in Scriptures, they were to begin and end at a certain time. God's time, was that God's purpose or did He plan it that way? I believe the latter.