why would an omnipotent and omniscient deity require that his creations, whom he has caused to act they way they do, render obedience...? are they going to do anything differently than he made them to do if they decide to act independently...? since he is omniscient, does he not know their actions beforehand, and, knowing that, since he is omnipotent, does he not have the power to make them act rightly, so as to redound to their ultimate benefit...?
All knowing is not all controlling.
Yes, God knows all before hand as He is outside of time and can look in, so to speak, at any point at which he chooses and see what’s going on.
But His foreknowledge is not compulsion.
God gave man a will and a choice was set before him, to choose to follow God or not follow Him.
God also gave man dominion over the earth to rule it and subdue it, and God has never rescinded that. However, man handed over control of the earth to Satan when Adam and Eve ate in the garden and turned their backs on the REAL God and effectively made Satan their god by choosing to follow him.
Love is not love if it’s programmed into us and acts out by instinct.