tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post115021949984275326..comments2023-10-26T01:37:49.599-07:00Comments on The Evantine Abbey: Believing He is MercifulEvan B. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070442133774056436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-1150588171309110172006-06-17T16:49:00.000-07:002006-06-17T16:49:00.000-07:00Good question. You have made an assumption about p...Good question. You have made an assumption about prophecy. With our western tradition of either Calvinist exhaustive, unchanging decrees or Arminian muddle-headed claim of future sight we think that prophecy is in some way merely a description of that which is seen in one of those two unalterable pictures. What if prophecy is the plan of God? What if it is clear that His plans change? Those "what ifs" would give any Biblical saint some pause about making assumptions on God's will. In fact, the passage you cite, shows an element of this. The angel tells Daniel that the 70 years that were prophesied have been extended to 490 years. It wasn't a total change. The people were sent back to Canaan but things were added. Daniel, if he had a Biblical perspective, knew that God was in relationship with His earth and much can happen in 70 years. We had better pray, make confession, and align our souls with the condition that God would want to bring about what He had planned.Evan B. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070442133774056436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-1150586563846533552006-06-17T16:22:00.000-07:002006-06-17T16:22:00.000-07:00Oracle, Daniel 9:2-17 does not seem to fit with t...Oracle,<BR/> Daniel 9:2-17 does not seem to fit with the idea that "prayer effects, causes, prompts Our God, <I>not merely participating in what He was already effectually doing." Daniel reads a prophecy and immediately prays for its fulfillment</I>." What answer would you give for this apparently contradictory case to your position?<BR/><BR/>NuallainNuallainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10284752933284385360noreply@blogger.com