How much of history's details could God see in His foreknowledge?
In His foreknowledge, God could see every detail of history coming down through the ages. Scripture teaches that Jesus was delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, showing that from eternity past the Triune God determined a plan for the ages, and every detail unfolds exactly as He predetermined.
Les explains that from the beginning of time until the end of God's plan for the ages, everything falls in place exactly as God has predetermined it. Even though men and nations have a free will and do pretty much as they think they want, the end result brings everybody and everything to the end of God's purposes. Using Acts 2:23, Les points out that Jesus was delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God; in eternity past the Triune God determined this plan for the ages, and in His foreknowledge He could see every detail coming down through history.
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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What did God's predeterminate counsel and foreknowledge include from eternity past?
God's predeterminate counsel and foreknowledge in eternity past included everything, so nothing in all of God's working was unknown to Him, and His foreknowledge extends from eternity past through consummation to the end of time.