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To: The Grammarian
If God foreknows an event ,and that event ,or portions of it are within his power to change..is it forknowlege or predestination?
7 posted on 11/16/2002 2:09:22 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
If God foreknows an event ,and that event ,or portions of it are within his power to change..is it forknowlege or predestination?

It's foreknowledge. God's decree about how an event shall turn out is predestination--God's power is the effective cause of the event. Foreknowledge is simply God's omniscience played out in chronology, and God's omniscience is not the effective cause of an event's occurance. Omniscience/prescience is contingent upon the events, whereas predestination necessitates the event.

10 posted on 11/16/2002 3:22:35 PM PST by The Grammarian
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