God, is spirit (not a spirit) and exists outside of time or beyond the restrictions of time. Yet when He interacts with us, as He does in the Eons, He has a clock that keeps perfect and accurate time.
The number seven is a number of completeness, divine perfection or something that is finished, as in the creation week in Genesis one. So we have 5 Eons plus the period before the Eons and the period after the Eons to give 7 periods of time. A perfect and complete work.
When we begin to see something of the absolute hugeness and omniscience of God we realise that everything is working out exactly as planned and in the order planned. All will end in His time and in His way.So let's not think too highly of ourselves:Someone said "We are not robots" No we are less than robots: mere clay in the hand of the potter: The world would get on fine without any us but ...... God has graciously designed it so we are involved in huge and weighty matters: God has works prepared for us and He "wills and does" within our spirits (Phil 2:13). We respond to his Rhema by bringing to the birth those things gestating inside us. That is His way of arranging things!
The psalmist (Psalm 131:15) had an understanding that his times were all in God's hand. What exactly was he saying? Another psalm says:
"My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth. (Psalm 139) Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them".
God is hands on! He is intimately involved in the timing and outcome of even the most mundane aspects of our lives: Wonderful to know!
Sovereign Ruler of the skies,
Ever gracious, ever wise,
All my times are in Your hand,
All events at Your command
Ever gracious, ever wise,
All my times are in Your hand,
All events at Your command
The only way God can predict the future is if He not only allows things to happen but declares what will and what won't happen: Otherwise it's all guesswork on His part and He is anxiously sitting there hoping that all go as planned. If that was so how could you explain over 2000 prophecies that came true already, accurately and at the appointed time?
This means that Free Will as most understand the term does not exist. Man may enjoy an element of free will in his mind and thoughts but not in his actions. Proverbs 16: 9 says: "The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps."
Unique among all books ever written, the Bible accurately foretells specific events-in detail-many years, sometimes centuries, before they occur. Approximately 2,500 prophecies appear in the pages of the Bible, about 2,000 of which already have been fulfilled to the letter—no errors.
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