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Omniscience has always been downplayed by what is called Determinism, in my own personal opinion.
I personally believe that Determinism condescends God.... and removes His sovereignty.
I’ve lacked the words to convey this for many years now. But I’ll start with anchoring to Principles I agree with... that most all that study God, will understand.
1) God is active within time
2) God is Active Beyond all Time
3) God Knows All things. (All Knowing)
It’s number 3 where I do believe Determinism has flopped.
The underpinning argument to Determinism is that God knows all, thus all is decided in a linear fashion by God.
This limits God. I know it sounds really super awesome to have God dictating every second of everyone’s life, but this is actually contrary to Scripture. It is contrary to scripture because it has God flat responsible for Evil existing, Of His own desire and conception. It is also contrary to scripture, because God is actively responding to humanities decisions, vice the idea that He is going through the motions of pre-decided history.
Philosophical counterpoint... If God hadn’t created everything, Evil would not exist. God is Perfect and Good. It is within God’s creation we see Evil Born. But note, there always has been the possibility that God Created infinite possibilities... and desires to respond to those Infinite possibilities in a Relational fashion that genuinely fosters... Sincere Free Will! Thus, evil is genuinely born outside of God’s will and within the will of free creation. This distinguishing difference is imperative to comprehend.
The following reasoning will be enormously jarring to many... because it addresses the inferiority of Determinism in such a strong light, it proofs Determinism as heretical as Open Theism.
Determinism Limits God to being all knowing in a linear (UniDimensional) fashion by setting a play in motion, and going through said motions... as if we are in the midst of a re-run. This human thinking is so limited that it denies the very truth that we think in a very limited Dimensional sense.., while God clearly is capable of Omni-Dimensional Thinking.
Dimension - an aspect or feature of a situation, problem, or thing.
Strategists are multi-Dimensional thinkers...
Example... A horse was not shoed properly, due to the the lack of a single nail... Because the horse was not shoed properly, A Rider was thrown off the horse... Because the rider was delivering a crucial message, and was knocked out, the message never made it to the General’s hands. Because the General never received the message, the War was lost. Because the war was lost, Wickedness prevailed and an entire nation was enslaved... Because an entire nation was enslaved, an entire people became bitter....
Do you see how that works? A strategist realizes there are an infinite amount of possibilities... and thusly takes every small variance into account, and chooses a coarse of action that will move the outcome towards their will.
I’ll give you another example... Tamar! We see Tamar’s story specifically reveal Scientia Media at work!
God strikes Tamar’s first Husband Dead, because He’s Wicked.
Onan, the brother Of The smited man, is thus given to Tamar as husband. Onan refuses to impregnate Tamar, because by Hebrew Law, the Baby would be of His smited Brother’s namesake. Onan pulls out, spills the seed and again... BAM! He’s struck dead too!
Tamar is in the literal, DNA lineage of Jesus Christ! God was working with human free choice to tend His Son’s Physical Lineage.
How’s that for being a vine pruner?
Sovereign Determinist Omniscience States That God has to order Human History and Future to know Human History and Future.
Sovereign Free Will Omniscience States That God Knows All Free Will decisions that can/could ever be made, amidst their infinite possibilities... and responds to Creation in wisdom of these decisions and possibilities to accomplish His ultimate purpose, through a genuinely relationship orientated drive, Centered from Love!
Which is more Sovereign?
God controlling everything down to the last molecule to bring about His Will?
God responding sincerely and Lovingly to Free Will decisions made by creation that make up an infinite possibility of outcomes, with each passing moment, in such a way that draws creation closer and closer to the Creator?
Before closing... I’m going to express why Open Theism is wrong.... IMO... (It binds God to Time... and thusly denies that God is beyond time). It limits God’s Omniscience... to potential failures on God’s part.
Now... In closing... I’ll express why I think this is Theologically critical...
God created All Creation with infinite potential of choice and outcome. By doing this, God allowed for Creation to Choose Good or Bad. God’s provision of Free Will is a rationally Loving provision, as sincerity cannot exist without Freedom. Creations Failure is not indicative of God’s design, but the sincerity of the Freedom God provides.
Read that one more time, mull it over and really think about this;
Creations Failure is not indicative of God’s Desire for Creation to fail, but is indicative of the sincerity of the Freedom God fosters and provides out of Love.
I personally believe that Determinism condescends God.... and removes His sovereignty.
I’ve lacked the words to convey this for many years now. But I’ll start with anchoring to Principles I agree with... that most all that study God, will understand.
1) God is active within time
2) God is Active Beyond all Time
3) God Knows All things. (All Knowing)
It’s number 3 where I do believe Determinism has flopped.
The underpinning argument to Determinism is that God knows all, thus all is decided in a linear fashion by God.
This limits God. I know it sounds really super awesome to have God dictating every second of everyone’s life, but this is actually contrary to Scripture. It is contrary to scripture because it has God flat responsible for Evil existing, Of His own desire and conception. It is also contrary to scripture, because God is actively responding to humanities decisions, vice the idea that He is going through the motions of pre-decided history.
Philosophical counterpoint... If God hadn’t created everything, Evil would not exist. God is Perfect and Good. It is within God’s creation we see Evil Born. But note, there always has been the possibility that God Created infinite possibilities... and desires to respond to those Infinite possibilities in a Relational fashion that genuinely fosters... Sincere Free Will! Thus, evil is genuinely born outside of God’s will and within the will of free creation. This distinguishing difference is imperative to comprehend.
The following reasoning will be enormously jarring to many... because it addresses the inferiority of Determinism in such a strong light, it proofs Determinism as heretical as Open Theism.
Determinism Limits God to being all knowing in a linear (UniDimensional) fashion by setting a play in motion, and going through said motions... as if we are in the midst of a re-run. This human thinking is so limited that it denies the very truth that we think in a very limited Dimensional sense.., while God clearly is capable of Omni-Dimensional Thinking.
Dimension - an aspect or feature of a situation, problem, or thing.
Strategists are multi-Dimensional thinkers...
Example... A horse was not shoed properly, due to the the lack of a single nail... Because the horse was not shoed properly, A Rider was thrown off the horse... Because the rider was delivering a crucial message, and was knocked out, the message never made it to the General’s hands. Because the General never received the message, the War was lost. Because the war was lost, Wickedness prevailed and an entire nation was enslaved... Because an entire nation was enslaved, an entire people became bitter....
Do you see how that works? A strategist realizes there are an infinite amount of possibilities... and thusly takes every small variance into account, and chooses a coarse of action that will move the outcome towards their will.
I’ll give you another example... Tamar! We see Tamar’s story specifically reveal Scientia Media at work!
God strikes Tamar’s first Husband Dead, because He’s Wicked.
Onan, the brother Of The smited man, is thus given to Tamar as husband. Onan refuses to impregnate Tamar, because by Hebrew Law, the Baby would be of His smited Brother’s namesake. Onan pulls out, spills the seed and again... BAM! He’s struck dead too!
Tamar is in the literal, DNA lineage of Jesus Christ! God was working with human free choice to tend His Son’s Physical Lineage.
How’s that for being a vine pruner?
Sovereign Determinist Omniscience States That God has to order Human History and Future to know Human History and Future.
Sovereign Free Will Omniscience States That God Knows All Free Will decisions that can/could ever be made, amidst their infinite possibilities... and responds to Creation in wisdom of these decisions and possibilities to accomplish His ultimate purpose, through a genuinely relationship orientated drive, Centered from Love!
Which is more Sovereign?
God controlling everything down to the last molecule to bring about His Will?
God responding sincerely and Lovingly to Free Will decisions made by creation that make up an infinite possibility of outcomes, with each passing moment, in such a way that draws creation closer and closer to the Creator?
Before closing... I’m going to express why Open Theism is wrong.... IMO... (It binds God to Time... and thusly denies that God is beyond time). It limits God’s Omniscience... to potential failures on God’s part.
Now... In closing... I’ll express why I think this is Theologically critical...
God created All Creation with infinite potential of choice and outcome. By doing this, God allowed for Creation to Choose Good or Bad. God’s provision of Free Will is a rationally Loving provision, as sincerity cannot exist without Freedom. Creations Failure is not indicative of God’s design, but the sincerity of the Freedom God provides.
Read that one more time, mull it over and really think about this;
Creations Failure is not indicative of God’s Desire for Creation to fail, but is indicative of the sincerity of the Freedom God fosters and provides out of Love.
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