"...I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure....'" Isaiah 46:9b, 10
The will of God is set in stone, a foundational reality laid down before the foundations of the world. Contrary to what you may have heard, there is a plan, an over-arching scheme to all things, and nothing has or can prevent it: not a war in Heaven, not a Fall, not tribulations, not death or life, not angels or demons, not kings or kingdoms, nor the limitations of the physical world. It is an abiding reality that serves as a comfort to those who are with God (Romans 8:28), and a terror to those who are against Him (Isaiah 47:12-14).
"I have set before you life and death...therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live." (Deuteronomy 30:19) The great mystery of this whole thing is that God's immutable will is never forced upon us. We have the choice to reject it and go astray. Our rejecting it does not inhibit it or hinder it; it will merely roll right over you, and you will be crushed underneath it, if you choose so. We have no choice in whether or not God's will is fulfilled; it shall be fulfilled. The only choice we have is whether we are with Him or against Him when it is fulfilled.
"Destined for either fire or fire.
May Your presence be the only burning
That I know..."
-Jon Vowell
The will of God is set in stone, a foundational reality laid down before the foundations of the world. Contrary to what you may have heard, there is a plan, an over-arching scheme to all things, and nothing has or can prevent it: not a war in Heaven, not a Fall, not tribulations, not death or life, not angels or demons, not kings or kingdoms, nor the limitations of the physical world. It is an abiding reality that serves as a comfort to those who are with God (Romans 8:28), and a terror to those who are against Him (Isaiah 47:12-14).
"I have set before you life and death...therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live." (Deuteronomy 30:19) The great mystery of this whole thing is that God's immutable will is never forced upon us. We have the choice to reject it and go astray. Our rejecting it does not inhibit it or hinder it; it will merely roll right over you, and you will be crushed underneath it, if you choose so. We have no choice in whether or not God's will is fulfilled; it shall be fulfilled. The only choice we have is whether we are with Him or against Him when it is fulfilled.
"Destined for either fire or fire.
May Your presence be the only burning
That I know..."
-Jon Vowell
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