How can we be on God's timetable despite free will?

Despite humanity receiving free will and not being puppets on strings, God's timetable remains exact. Nearly six thousand years after it began, events are still right on schedule, not off by a month. This is presented as one of the miracles of Biblical history.

Les explains that God turned man loose with a free will; man is not just a puppet on a string. Yet in spite of that free will, nearly six thousand years after it all began, we are right on God's timetable—not off a month. He calls this one of the miracles of Biblical history. To show it, he goes to the board and traces the timeline, noting Adam at about 4004 B.C. and the later adjustment that Christ was born 4 B.C. because of King Herod's rule and death.

How can history still be on God's timetable if humans have free will?

Even though God gave humans free will and did not make them puppets on a string, history has still unfolded exactly on God's timetable. Nearly six thousand years after it began, it is not off by a month, which stands as one of the miracles of Biblical history.