An Interview With The God Who Sees The Future
If God can see the future, have you ever wondered what it would be like if you were granted a live interview with Him?
Sheep: "Oh, God! Thank You so much for this interview! Imagine me getting to talk to Almighty God! This is so exciting!
God: "Not for me."
Sheep: "Oh my, I'm sorry, did I offend You or say something wrong?"
God: "No, it's just that I knew you were going to say that."
Sheep: "You knew I was going to say what?"
God: "Before you first spoke to Me, I knew what you were going say, and also what you just said now...and everything else you are going to say as well."
Sheep: "Oh, hmmm, sure, of course...I forgot...uh, uhm, wow, uh, well, this is definitely weird trying to talk to You when you already know ahead of time what I'm going to say."
God: "It might be weird for you, but you've no idea how weird this is for me...and boring too, like watching reruns on TV."
Sheep: "Boring? How could we who You've created in Your own image be boring?"
God: "I knew you were going to ask that...maybe we should just end this conversation right now."
Sheep: "No, wait! I don't understand. I've been told we were created for Your pleasure! What about me personally? Have you always thought of me as boring?"
God: "Frankly, yes. Just imagine for a moment how this looks from My point of view. I actually already saw and heard this conversation a long time ago, and not just a week, a month, or a few years ago, either. In fact, I already saw us doing this interview before you were even born, before your mother was born, even before Adam was born. I also know everything you are ever going to say or do, how, where and when you will die, and what you will do forever and ever for all eternity. Now you please tell me if you would find this boring or not!"
Sheep: "Wow, Lord, I never really considered Your situation before, in fact I always thought it would be rather awesome to be able to see the future."
God: "It is not only not awesome...it's depressing."
Sheep: "You, depressed? Can't You just do something to cheer Yourself up?"
God: "Actually, no. You see my child, for Me, there is truly nothing new under the sun. Not only do I have the ability to see your future, but unfortunately I also see Mine, and I can't do anything other than what I already see Myself doing. My omniscience effectively imprisons Me. Our future is fixed, settled for all eternity. I can't change a thing from what I already see, otherwise how could I really have seen it, if I could just change it whenever I felt like it? That wouldn't make any sense."
Sheep: "But what about prayer? People are always asking you to intervene in their lives, to change things for the better, and so forth. How does that all work?"
God: "I knew you were going to ask Me that."
Sheep: "Seriously, Lord, what's the deal? What about that new job I was praying to You about last week, and my mother's cancer I've been asking You to heal? Aren't You going to help me out here?"
God: "This really is embarrassing. No, I'm afraid that what I already saw was going to happen in your life from millions of years ago is still going to happen...there is nothing I can do to change it. What will be, will be."
Sheep: "Now I'm the one getting depressed. It's really odd, because I used to take comfort in thinking You knew everything that was going to happen. Now I realize it's bad news rather than good. Um, I don't think I have anything more to say to You right now. Maybe I'll get back to You some other time."
God: "I knew you were gonna say that..."
Think about it...if God sees the future, the entire universe becomes incoherent and hopeless. Think about it. Just imagine yourself having your own conversation with a God who sees the future...
Back again. I have been thinking about no future. I know that my salvation does not depend on whether or not I believe in the future. I can compare it to people in outer space. If they are out there,God knows it. If they are not, He doesn't know. I am not saying God doesn't know something, He knows everything. I am saying He knows everything there is to know. I talked to Jim about it tonight, and he seemed shocked that I would say maybe God doesn't know the future. Jim said what do you mean!! God knows everything. He knows the hairs on our head etc.etc. That is exactly what I said, if you remember. I told him I would read your blog to him tomorrow. I haven't given this a lot of thought until your blog. I am going to get on line and read about open theism simply because I lack knowledge. I trust my God will help me and lead me as always. I am looking forward to reading your next article.
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