What is the Lord's promise --to save as many as possible? No, according to the context, he, not being willing to lose even one of those he had chosen, will keep his promise, but it will take some time. God is not a victim of time and circumstance --he causes them.
Interesting take. It sounds like you are saying that nobody will go to hell, because God has a plan to save all of us.
I don't think that's what most Christians believe, and I'm surprised to hear it from you. Perhaps you'd like to clarify your meaning.
Going throughout the whole world spreading the gospel to everyone sounds pretty much like spreading the Gospel.
Look at the facts. Less than 1/3 of the world believe the Gospel. That doesn't sound very effective to me. Are you saying that God's plan is for everyone to
know about Christianity but He doesn't care if they believe it or not? Because if He
does want people to believe in Him as well as know about Him, then He has failed. I know it's impossible for God to fail, but when it walks like a duck...
God happy? First Cause with Intent happy. Of course he's happy --none more. Read some of the old philosophers concerning the attributes of God, and think about it a bit. But your remark is more than a little more snarky than reasonable. His plan is for some to be saved, and the others to reject the gospel.
Try to grasp the points rather than dismissing them as snark, please. If I'm being ironic here, it's because the situation itself calls for it. What do you call a failing plan that Christians refuse to call failure?
If he is God, just for starters, it is impossible for him to make a mistake. Again, read the old philosophers regarding God's attributes. He needs no plan B.
Exactly the problem. He's God, he can't make mistakes.
So, when it's manifestly obvious that He
has made a mistake, you must deny it, or use ad hoc rationalisations. Or just fall back on "there must be something we don't know", as you just did.
As for "our current predicament" I'm not sure what you are referring to with "ideal state". Ideal according to God --according to us? Ideal for what --the dominion of Christianity? Do you suppose we are in favor of Christianity to be pervasive or even to "usher in" the kingdom of God? What is it really you think the Bible teaches that is supposed to be happening here, and what is it you think is the goal of the gospel?
I think the goal of the gospel is for everyone to be a Christian.
Look, if someone isn't saved, then what happens to them? They go to hell.
That, to put it mildly, is a Bad Thing.
Presumably, since God loves us, He doesn't want Bad Things to happen to us.
However, right now, most humans are not Christians.
You should see that as a problem, but you can't unless you admit that God has problems. You are facing a logical inconsistency. Such things have caused people to re-evaluate their beliefs before now. Even the smartest of us regularly have to do this, you know.
FWIW absolutely and precisely everything is going exactly as planned. Not as commanded, but as planned and predestined. No, I don't know what exactly God is doing, but the Bible has a lot to say about it --more than I understand, but there is a lot that IS understandable, if you really wanted to understand.
If you don't know what God is doing, then you can't be sure that He is doing it right.