Foreknowledge is a biblical word...
15 Bible verses about God's Foreknowledge
It is written to us, in scripture.... from our perspective to reveal God’s Divine knowledge of all things.
When we examine its actual use, we find it is abused and misconstrued from many perspectives of known theology.
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';
Here.... we see that God is speaking of Prophecy... through Isaiah.... and uses the phrase “I will accomplish” verses what could have been “I have accomplished”...
This is a clue...
Isaiah 42:9 "Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things; Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you."
Here... this supports God speaking prophecy and God proclaiming new things... before they spring forth.
Daniel 2:8 "However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.
Here, again, Prophecy... with the addition of “musterion”... mystery.
Now, I’ll re-emphasize a verse...that takes some dragonology <~ conjured that word from thin air.... to comprehend. We know Satan was attempting to appear towards God as His right hand man in the OT (Zechariah 3:1 Joshua is the English way of saying Jesus) and wasn’t expelled from heavenly authority until Christ’s ascension. (Revelation 12:1-12)
Knowing this... Hebrews 2:14 assists in the why of the matter... in conjunction with Genesis 3:14-15 and Genesis 3:5... and lastly 1 Corinthians 15:54-56 with Romans 7:8
This is important because Satan is seen having linear access to timeless knowledge in Luke... Luke 4:5 ... Satan was showing all major kingdoms to come and possibly that had been... to emphasize his legitimate lordship over the souls and kingdoms of the earth... we see here... Ezekiel 28:14-15 that Satan was granted the position of a Guardian over Humanity at some point and hadn’t been removed from the position yet. It is quite possible that during Satan’s heavenly time, he was granted heavenly access to a linear form of foreknowledge.
Knowing this and recounting Luke 4:5... consider this passage, now... 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 but especially 1 Corinthians 2:8
“If they had known”... which implies that God has a strategic Omni-Dimensional Omniscience That allowed Him to thwart Satan’s plan... and further assert His Divine Authority over the angelic rebellion... beyond the abilities the pre-fall Angels had been granted.
God’s foreknowledge is not a linear wisdom of an Author that has written a book, but in the view Of Responding to His created Autonomous beings... a series of events with infinite Possibilities... where His intercession reshapes the flow of all things. In other words... God relates to Humanity and Angels with wisdom of all possible outcomes... of an infinite possibility... to bring about His Desire... (1 Peter 3:9)... and because we see that there will be losses of souls... in scripture... we know God is relating to Autonomous beings, that He granted Autonomy to.
My point is that the word foreknowledge and the word predestination need to be separated from a linear flow that reads our existence as a Divinely Determined Book... and be more understood as the manifestation of Our Creators Relational workings with Autonomous creatures... to bring about the most positive outcome possible.
This is to say that scripture reveals that God Willed it to be so... that rather than create a blind Play, or Choo Choo train on tracks where salvation is predetermined... we are experiencing genuine relation to God that is dependent on our Autonomous relation to reality and especially to God, as He Lovingly relates to all humanity... (towards us).
To be more precise... God set it up so our experience is genuine and Relationship orientated with Him... with His Omniscience fully intact and put to a use beyond our finite minds comprehension.