Judy Taylor wrote:
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jt: God in his foreknowledge had to have known it [the fall] was going to
happen since Jesus is the lamb who was slain "before the foundation of
the world". However, God always gives us space and if we hang it is
always our own choice, not His since it is not His will that any should
perish.[even though we are aware that many will].
No quarrel with what you say here, Judy, but I have often wondered something.
There is no question that God is omniscient. His word teaches us that. Yet I wonder if He could choose not to look into the future, not to know every time just what will happen next. Do you think that this ability might get boring at times? Do you think that sometimes He , like us, would like to see the movie or read the book without knowing the end before He started?
I could peek at my Christmas present as soon as my wife bought it for me, but that would ruin the surprise as we opened our gifts, so I choose not to peek. I think there may be times, though rare, when God just sets back to watch what will happen. I even think there may be grounds for thinking this scattered through scripture.
He can know anything beforehand, but does He always choose to know everything beforehand?
Terry
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