Yes — God is absolutely sovereign, and He has still given individuals and nations genuine free will.
Les Feldick teaches that God has preplanned and blueprinted the whole of human history, yet He has never taken free will away from man. The two truths are difficult to reconcile, but Les says he believes it and sees it happening constantly. Scripture also shows human choices and God's sovereign direction working together.
Proverbs 16:9 — A man freely plans his way while the Lord directs his steps, showing both human choice and divine control.
Acts 2:23 — The crucifixion is described as both God's determinate counsel and foreknowledge and the free, wicked action of human hands.
Genesis 50:20 — Joseph's brothers acted freely with evil intent, yet God sovereignly used their choice for good.
Scripture nowhere teaches that human freedom is an illusion. Proverbs 16:9 says, "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps." The verse assumes a person genuinely devises his own way, yet it ascribes the final direction to the Lord. In the same way, human beings make real plans and choices, while God sovereignly directs the outcome. Acts 2:23 speaks of Jesus, "being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God," and yet says of the men who crucified Him, "ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain." The same event is both the predetermined counsel of God and the free, wicked action of human hands. Genesis 50:20 records Joseph's words to his brothers: "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive." Human beings chose and acted freely; God sovereignly directed their choices to His own end.
Les teaches that God is "absolutely sovereign" and has laid the whole line of human history out ahead of time. He describes God's plan as "all architecturally drawn up from eternity past" and all blueprinted before anything was created. At the same time, God has "never taken the free will away from man to accomplish it" — neither from individuals nor from nations. Les says the two truths are hard to reconcile and that he cannot explain it, yet he believes it and sees it happening constantly. He explains it through divine foreknowledge: before anything was created, the Godhead could look down through time and know exactly what every person and nation would do, so God could plan for every contingency without removing human choice.
Les says the Godhead could look down through the eons of time and know exactly what every person in every nation would do — that is foreknowledge. With that foreknowledge, God could also plan for any contingency, because He knew what was going to happen. Yet He never took away the free will of mankind.
Israel had absolute freedom to accept the King and the kingdom or to reject it. They rejected Christ, but this did not throw God a curve because He knew what they would do. God has not cast away His people, whom He foreknew; nothing Israel did caught Him by surprise.
Les asks how God can keep everything on His timetable without making human beings simply robots, and says it is beyond our understanding, yet it is factual. God has let men and governments act freely; after nearly 6,000 years, everything has fallen into place according to God's timetable.
Les observes that through wars, famines, insurrections, and revolutions, the world is exactly where God intended it to be. He points to the coming ten-nation European consortium as an example: European nations with deep, latent hatreds will freely come together, and out of them will come the Antichrist — fulfilling what the book says.
A Blueprint Behind European Politics
Les teaches that the fragile ten-nation European union, fueled by ancient hatreds, will still come together and produce the Antichrist's treaty — showing nations freely acting while fulfilling God's revealed plan.
The Fine Line Between Sovereignty and Free Will
God is absolutely sovereign and has laid human history out ahead of time, yet He never took free will away from man to accomplish His plan.
Hard to Reconcile, Yet True
God's plan is architecturally drawn from eternity past; men and nations are given free will and all meet at the end — Les cannot explain it but believes it.
Israel's Free Will and God's Foreknowledge
Nothing Israel did caught God by surprise; men and nations freely act, yet everything they do brings about the end God has planned according to His foreknowledge.
Six Thousand Years on Schedule
God has let men and nations exercise free will, yet after nearly 6,000 years everything has fallen in place on His timetable — without making human beings robots.
Foreknowledge vs. Loss of Freedom
The Godhead knew from eternity what every person and nation would do; that foreknowledge let God plan for contingencies, but never took away the free will of mankind.
The Triune God's Blueprint
Before anything was created, the triune God blueprinted everything and set it in motion, yet nations have operated freely in their governments, invasions, navies, and air forces.
Free Will Yet Right on Schedule
God turned human choice over to individuals and nations from the Garden onward, yet after 6,000 years of wars and revolutions the world is exactly where God intended it to be.
Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
This verse combines human planning with divine direction, directly addressing the sovereignty-free will question.
Acts 2:23: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
The crucifixion is presented as both God's predetermined plan and the free wicked action of the men who carried it out.
Genesis 50:20: But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Joseph's brothers made a genuine evil choice, yet God sovereignly used their free actions to accomplish His good purpose.
Yes, according to Les Feldick. He teaches that God has never taken the free will away from man — individuals and nations make genuine choices, including Israel's freedom to accept or reject the King. Yet those choices do not disrupt God's preplanned purpose.
Les does not teach that God causes sinful choices. He says God's foreknowledge allowed Him to plan for what people and nations would freely do, while God never removed their free will. Scripture shows people acting freely even when their acts are used by God — as with Joseph's brothers and the men who crucified Christ.
Les says it is hard to reconcile and he cannot explain it; he simply believes it and sees it happening constantly. He presents it as an amazing mystery of a sovereign, omniscient God who is absolutely in control, yet has not made human beings robots.
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