-QUESTION: Why was Lehi given a book and told to read?
“a book”
-this
book appears to contain a record of the events soon to befall the nation of
Isreal, specifically at Jerusalem. These
are things to take place in the future!
It appears that these circumstances –and we can safely suppose all the
circumstances and events- are not only known in advance but already written in
books. These then, are the books of the
history of the world written before that history occurs! The history of the world has already played
out from the perspective of God. He has
seen things that are yet to happen as if they already have! While disconcerting, this is what we call the
omniscience of God. He knows ALL things.
This is one of the imponderables to us mortals who are so limited in our vision
and knowledge. It is one of the great
gulfs of understanding between man and God.
It simply does not comport with our frameof reference or our
understanding of reality, knowledge, free will, etc. And yet we sometimes get insight enough to
know how certain situations are going to play out as we approach them… say a
day, a week, a month or sometimes even years before they actually occur. If we have this ability then why can’t God,
who exponentially exceeds us in every way, see millennia or epochs in advance?
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