I just saw the movie Bladerunner last night for the first time. I thought it was extremely cool yet eerie.
What really made me take notice was the predestination of the androids. Beautiful creatures, made in their makers image, yet predestined to an existence entirely not of their own making.
This got me thinking about some of the prophetic books of the Bible and how God tells us that He pretty much predestines the entire world.
"He truly can see the future because He lives there (as well as in the past and present). Thus, when ancient Judah was invaded by the Assyrian army in the 8th century B.C., futurists would have predicted that Assyria would conquer and destroy Judah, just as Assyria had conquered and destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel. The Assyrian army seemed invincible. Yet God reassured the people of Judah not to worry since the Assyrian army would soon be shattered (2 Kings 19). Sure enough, when the Assyrian army approached Jerusalem, God miraculously destroyed that army. God explained, ?Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass? (19:25).
In the same era, God went on to tell of a Kingdom that would come centuries later ? Jesus? Kingdom of love which would impact the whole earth.
God knows the future from the past because He is eternal and knows everything. He declares, ?I am God and there is none like Me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come? (Isaiah 46:9-10). God also knows the future because He creates it: ?My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please? (Isaiah 46:10)."
An eerie thought, but could we all just be replicants for God??
What really made me take notice was the predestination of the androids. Beautiful creatures, made in their makers image, yet predestined to an existence entirely not of their own making.
This got me thinking about some of the prophetic books of the Bible and how God tells us that He pretty much predestines the entire world.
"He truly can see the future because He lives there (as well as in the past and present). Thus, when ancient Judah was invaded by the Assyrian army in the 8th century B.C., futurists would have predicted that Assyria would conquer and destroy Judah, just as Assyria had conquered and destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel. The Assyrian army seemed invincible. Yet God reassured the people of Judah not to worry since the Assyrian army would soon be shattered (2 Kings 19). Sure enough, when the Assyrian army approached Jerusalem, God miraculously destroyed that army. God explained, ?Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass? (19:25).
In the same era, God went on to tell of a Kingdom that would come centuries later ? Jesus? Kingdom of love which would impact the whole earth.
God knows the future from the past because He is eternal and knows everything. He declares, ?I am God and there is none like Me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come? (Isaiah 46:9-10). God also knows the future because He creates it: ?My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please? (Isaiah 46:10)."
An eerie thought, but could we all just be replicants for God??
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