Bible Prophecy

 There seems to be a conflict between God's sovereignty and man's free will. If God knows the end from the beginning then what difference does it make what we do. I have a way to understand this that works for me.

First, God is not limited by time and space. He does know the end from the beginning. God does guide us by the Holy Spirit to help us when we face decisions in life. And, as people we do have free will. We are created to make decisions and to make choices. We are not animals only guided by instinct. And God will hold us accountable for the decisions that we make. There is still a still, small voice that says to us, this is the way, walk in it.

Second, Bible prophecy does not depend on God orchestrating every minute detail of life to make His will come to pass. God knows how we think and He knows what motivates us. He sees the future after our choices have played out and the consequences of our decisions before we make the choice. He is God, not just a really smart man.

I think that prophecy is God going into the future and as it were taking a snapshot of how the world is then and showing it to prophets often without explanation or context. With some things we can change our ways and affect the outcome. Other times the issues is too important to let us mess it up. Either way, much of Bible prophecy tells us how the world will be in the future.

This is easy to understand in some aspects and impossible to understand in many regards. God's will will be done, and mankind is free to choose. This answers the seeming contradiction. This gives us hope that if we change today it can change our future tomorrow.