[Matchett-PI]

"Time is still progressing, but from God's point of view not only does it have a beginning and an ending, it has already ended and we, presently, are merely playing out our parts in it. This theory would seem to fit with the paradoxical Scriptures which seems to state that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, yet the dead in Christ rise again in the resurrection at His second coming. It would also neatly fix the perception issue we have of free-will versus election and a few other, interesting ideas that have come out of quantum mechanics.."

Since God says he knows the end from the beginning, and is outside of time, he already knows who, out of his won free-will decision, has rejected him. He already knows who are his elect.

[paladin1_dcs]

Since God says he knows the end from the beginning, and is outside of time, he already knows who, out of his won free-will decision, has rejected him. He already knows who are his elect.

I couldn't agree more. I don't know if this means I'm a Predestined Freewill Baptist or a Freewill Predestined Baptist, but it works. It does make me wonder if sometimes God just laughs and shakes His head at our attempts to puzzle out things like this.