The Foreknowledge of God
It is my opinion that many people do not appreciate the fact that God knows everything in advance. He is outside of time and space, so He sees all of history from beginning to the end at the same time. That enables Him to make judgments on what to do, and those judgments are always right. The same is true for our lives. He knows us completely, and He knows what we will do before we do it. This is one way God is so different from us. When God sent Moses to Egypt to lead His people out of slavery and into the Promised land, He already knew what was going to happen with Pharaoh and the people. (Exodus 3:19,20) He told Moses that He was sure that the king of Egypt would not let the people go, not even by a mighty hand. Therefore, He would stretch out His hand and strike Egypt with all His wonders, and after that Pharaoh would let them go. God was directing based on His foreknowledge, as He always does. God knows all of our days before we are born. He sees what we will do at ever...