I don't know if you mis-spoke there, or what. Are you supposing someone is saying that God purposed to have foreknowledge? We are saying that the word, "foreknowledge", when speaking of God "foreknowing" a fact, implies purpose--implies cause.
Nothing will be altered. There is no need for a plan B, with God.
Of course, and that, usually because of different worldviews and related assumptions.
Would be helpful for you to make your point if you were to show where Strong's ends, and your remarks begin. Did Strong's say all that? Or did you rewrite what he said? I don't know what is what there.
Anyhow, you seem to want to get across the notion, (whether via Strong's having the same notion or not, I don't know), that God only purposed the larger theme and end, and the general use of Christ's life and death, the apostles and prophets and such things as interventions.
Going off of what you said at first about "viewing it in different ways", the worldview that assumes absolute validity to this life, as if it was its own reality apart from God's sustaining its existence (in every particular that exists), is to deny what and who God is. There is no reality in any large sense, NOR IN ANY DETAIL, apart from what God has caused. He is the cause of very reality.
And nothing I am saying, lest you go there, implies that we don't actually cause--indeed we do. Most (if not all) effects are also causes of further effects. Therefore, it is all, in every detail, effects of God having caused all things.
Thanks for the quote marks. Yes, how does that seem to you that I missed something? If Strong's comments intended, as I suppose, to add definition to the notion that God's foreknowledge is not like ours, were stated as, "lovingly fix his regards upon his people...", in your opinion of what he said as though only in a general way intending goodwill to particular ones God saw as though only through "the corridors of time", you have God reacting to our goodwill, instead of being the cause of it. Do we really have some good in and of ourselves? God is the only source of good.
1 Corinthians 4:7
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For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?"
Yet you illogically--self-contradictorily, actually--would say that God causes/caused your ability to choose uncaused. That, or causation by mere chance--which is equally self-contradictory-- is what is implied by the notion that God merely and only plans general long-term great things, and provides a way by which we can choose to cooperate in them. There really is no middle ground there, but it has become habitual for humans to think there is, anyway. We demand, insist on, self-determinism, but we 'humbly' call it "limited autonomy". But John 1:3 says that all things were made by him. That is not just objects. That is facts. All facts.
I asked
Chat GPT-4o mini, "John 1:3 says all things were made by him. Does that mean just objects, or all facts."
In John 1:3, the phrase "all things were made by him" is generally interpreted to mean that everything in existence—both physical objects and abstract concepts, including facts, truths, and principles—originates from the divine (in this case, referring to Christ).
Breakdown of the Interpretation
1. Physical Objects:
- This includes all tangible creations—nature, human beings, and the universe itself.
2. Abstract Concepts:
- This encompasses ideas, truths, and moral principles. The verse suggests that everything that exists, whether seen or unseen, is part of creation and underlies the framework of reality.
Contextual Understanding
The broader context of the passage emphasizes the divinity of Christ and His role as the Creator. Thus, it's reasonable to conclude that the phrase extends beyond mere objects to include all aspects of existence, including truths and facts. This theological interpretation reflects the belief that God is the ultimate source of all reality.
