No catastrophe, no political maneuvering or national turmoil
has ever caught God off guard; from eternity past, His omniscience
foresaw every event. More important, He controls history without
coercing human volition. Free will was the issue in the creation of
man and continues to be paramount in this stage of the angelic con-
-flict. Bible doctrine in the soul is the basis for correctly evaluating our
own spiritual advance and our personal relationship to contemporary
events.
By means of doctrine we learn that the ages (dispensations)
have been put together by the word (decree) from God, with
the result that what is being seen has not come to pass from
those who are visible (expanded trans., Heb. 11:3)
Follow The Colors
By R.B. Thieme Jr.