There is a time and place for everything
In this age and the ages that proceeded this age man has a free will to choose life or death.
God's kingdom has not yet been established in the EARTH for Jesus taught us to pray thy kingdom come thy WILL be done on EARTH as it is in heaven.
A very strong indication that Gods WILL is not YET being done in the EARTH.
And His WILL, will not be done until He sets up His kingdom in the EARTH as it is in heaven.
God has long cried to His people O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and YE WOULD NOT!
It is obvious that it is God's WILL to gather His children together unto Himself but the children were not willing to be gathered.
We read
2 Peter 3:9
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Isaiah 46:10
10 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:
Yet we also read that people perish even though it is Gods will that none perish.
1 Corinthians 1:18
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Luke 13:3
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
So what is going on?
God says He is not willing that any perish but its also obvious that people perish according to the scriptures.
It because there is a TIME and PLACE for everything.
So let read these scriptures again and see if we can glean a understanding of what seems to be warring scriptures.
2 Peter 3:9
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
&
Isaiah 46:10
10 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:
In both the above scriptures God is looking ahead to the kingdom age when He has set up His kingdom on EARTH. This is seen in that He is not slack concerning His PROMISES and that He declared the end from the beginning the things that are not YET DONE.
It is when the seventh angel sounds; and The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; that none shall perish and all His counsel that He declared from the beginning shall stand. Rev.11:15
And it is to this I believe the problem of free will stems, people are mixing up the ages of past and present with the age that is to come when God will create a new heaven and earth and His WILL, will be done in heaven and EARTH.
Now it has been stated by some that God wanted man to be disobedient, for how else could he know the difference between good and evil. What! Did Jesus then have no understanding of good and evil? Was He not always obedient to the Father?
One does not have to be disobedient to the Father in order to have the knowledge of good and evil.
Some may argue and say but God made man the way he is ( I also used to believe this) therefore God can be said to be the author of mans sins.
But lets learn from the parable of the sower of seeds.
The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this
He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
God sowed GOOD seed into the field and the devil came along and sowed tares among the wheat.
Thus when we look back to the garden we see that man was good (mortal but good)for when He looked at His creation He proclaimed all things good, and the serpent came and sowed tares within the field.
This is why the scriptures proclaim he that committeth SIN is of the DEVIL. 1Jn.3:8
Therefore those who state God created man with tares in him make God and the Devil one and the same being, thus blaspheming the God who made us.
I know some might take issue with me saying they are blaspheming God because they are saying God created man with tares in him, but just read Mt.12:22-37 and ask yourself if you are not doing after the same manor only in reverse. For the Pharisees said that the works of Jesus were of the devil and some here hold the works of the Devil (the tares in man) to be the works of God.
Brothers and sisters Gods PLAN was NEVER in Adam it has and always will be in Christ.
Christ is our PATTERN, not ADAM, yet so many see Gods plan through ADAM, thinking that God wanted man to sin, yet it is Christ that came to show us Gods PLAN and as He is our PATTERN the beginning and the end of Gods PLAN concerning man.
God bless, and if I offended any it was not my intent.
2 Corinthians 7:8
8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
