Dear All,
I think that the story of Jonah as it relates to prophesy is very interesting.
It is written,
"And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Jonah 3:4
What I find fascinating in this prophesy is that God did not mention that there was a way to advert His judgment.
Also, we read,
" In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live."
Isaiah 38:1
In both these judgments God did not say, "if you repent I may change my judgment." God only said, through His prophets that such and such was going to happen.
I think that the future is not written in stone. God says He sees the end from the beginning but is this because that He has determined what they end shall be or seen, through foreknowledge of some sort, what will actually take place? Can God, who created time, actually see the future or does he "see" the future only because He will create that future.
Are we, like Pharaoh, bound to our fates or is the future fluid and changeable? Do we even have a fate? Do we have a destiny? I think it would be nice if we were not predestined to be saved or unsaved. How do you see these things?
I think that the story of Jonah as it relates to prophesy is very interesting.
It is written,
"And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Jonah 3:4
What I find fascinating in this prophesy is that God did not mention that there was a way to advert His judgment.
Also, we read,
" In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live."
Isaiah 38:1
In both these judgments God did not say, "if you repent I may change my judgment." God only said, through His prophets that such and such was going to happen.
I think that the future is not written in stone. God says He sees the end from the beginning but is this because that He has determined what they end shall be or seen, through foreknowledge of some sort, what will actually take place? Can God, who created time, actually see the future or does he "see" the future only because He will create that future.
Are we, like Pharaoh, bound to our fates or is the future fluid and changeable? Do we even have a fate? Do we have a destiny? I think it would be nice if we were not predestined to be saved or unsaved. How do you see these things?
