Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 2069 If God knows all things, every event from eternity to eternity and every possible outcome of every unchosen choice, is there anything genuinely new in his experience? Can he be surprised, delighted, or grieved in a way that is real rather than merely theatrical? The question sits at the intersection of omniscience and…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 2067 When we speak of God knowing the future, we naturally reach for spatial metaphors: God “looks ahead,” he “foresees” events, he “knows in advance” what will happen. These metaphors are comfortable, but they may be more misleading than helpful. The question of how God’s relationship to time shapes our understanding of prophecy is…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 02033 The question has a sharp edge to it. If God knew before the world was made exactly what every person would ever choose, in every circumstance, across all of time — then in what meaningful sense are those choices really free? When you sat down this morning and decided what to have for…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 02038 The word omniscience comes from the Latin omnis (all) and scientia (knowledge). Applied to God, it means that His knowledge is complete, perfect, and without limit. He knows all things that are, all things that were, all things that will be, and all things that could have been under different circumstances. Nothing escapes…