Christ: who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world.
This was foreknownunto Allah Almighty ere He created Adam, and the proof and manifestation attached thereto is the warning He gave him against eating of the tree and His informing him that, if he ate of the fruit he would be disobedient.
Q "Was it foreknownunto Allah Almighty (exalted be His power!
It is enough for me to have you concede that it must necessarily happen, that he [Judas] does what he does of his own volition, and that he cannot conduct himself otherwise if God has so foreknown it.
But the simple question is, Does the event take place because it is foreknown, or is it foreknown because it will take place?
According to that, a certainty must exist in order to be foreknown; and it must be foreknown in order to exist!
As the sacrificial death of the Lamb of God was foreknown and foretold so the circumstances of the betrayal were foreseen.
The future may be foreknown in two ways: first in its causes, secondly in itself.
Consequently it is impossible to acquire foreknowledge of the future from an observation of the stars, except in so far as effects can be foreknown from their causes.
Consequently such like effects cannot be foreknown unless they be considered in themselves.
Yet in this matter we must observe two things: first, that such observations must not be applied to the foreknowledge of future things other than those which can be foreknown from the movements of heavenly bodies, as stated above (AA.
Wherefore we must consider what things can be foreknown by observing the stars: and it is evident that those things which happen of necessity can be foreknown by this means: even so astrologers forecast a future eclipse.
Further, future contingencies are foreknown by the prophets "with unchangeable truth.
Those things that are not in themselves, exist with God, inasmuch as they are foreknown and preordained by Him, according to Rom.
Accordingly the eternal concept of the Divine law bears the character of an eternal law, in so far as it is ordained by God to the government of things foreknown by Him.
It follows, then, that things foreknown come to pass inevitably.
Now, surely the sole ground on which thou arguest the necessity of the future is that things which are foreknown cannot fail to come to pass.
But if at that perfectly sure Fountain-head of all things no shadow of uncertainty can possibly be found, then the occurrence of those things which He has surely foreknown as coming is certain.
He applies this doctrine to sinful actions in the following manner: "Now, that the whole of Pharaoh's conduct had not only been foreknown but foreordained is indisputable.
That all things that come to pass in time, have been eternally and unchangeably foreordained, because most certainlyforeknown to the infinitely perfect Jehovah.
A book is written before a certain event, in which this event is foretold; how could the prophet have foreknown it without inspiration?
If they have, how could the Earl have foreknownthem without inspiration?
Roughly stated, we may say that Schleiermacher elects all men subjectively; Lutherans all men objectively; Arminians all believers; Augustinians all foreknown as God's own.
God must have foreknownwhom he could wisely save, prior in the order of nature to his determining to save them.
Christ, "who was foreknownindeed before the foundation of the world.
In his definition of the simple Term, the Proposition is at the same time assumed to be foreknown as the correlate or antithesis to it.
Whether he will do so or not must always have been positively foreknown to Omniscience; but that fact in no degree affects his power of deciding for himself.
Need was there, by austere experiment, To test the frailty and the fall foreknown Of man, beneath o'erwhelming burthen bent?
Hence, the volitions infallibly foreknown by God, have an indissoluble connexion with his foreknowledge, and are therefore necessary.
But He may also have foreknown that it is only temporary, and that it will lead to a more than compensating permanent good, which could not be obtained in any other way.
Therefore, it is said, it is impossible for the Creator to have foreknown what man's condition would be, because free will and foreknowledge are necessarily inconsistent.
Nor is this in any way trying to persuade Him to change His Will, since as everything was foreknown to God, the prayer with all it involved, may have been part of His Will from all eternity.
God may have foreknown how a man would use or misuse his freedom, but without foreordaining or compelling him to do either.
This is a most important distinction, and we have no reason for thinking that God foreordained any man to misuse his freedom, though He may have foreknown that he would do so.
It is that the early history of Christianity with its continual triumph amidst continual persecution, seems to have been foreknown to its Founder; as well as His own marvellous influence in the world.
Next, it follows that the Creator must have foreknown the consequences of His acts, judging by the marks of design which they present.
The history of Christianity, which seems to have been foreknown to its Founder, forms another strong argument in its favour.
Yet the coincidence of this occurring just when and where the prophet wanted it, would tend strongly to show that God, Who must have foreknown and designed the coincidence, meant to confirm what the prophet said.
And as to the existence of evil, it is undeniable that God must have foreknown all the evil in the world when He created it; and in this sense He designed it.
And consequently, as everything was designed by God, he must have been the foreknown and intended end, from the very beginning; the first thought in creation, as well as the last.
It would probably be safe to guess that, for a century past, two-thirds of every audience have clearly foreknown the outcome of the situation.
And further, if it is not true that all things happen just as they have been foreknown by Him, there is not, says he, in God any foreknowledge of future events.
For all future events will certainly and infallibly come to pass, whether they are foreknown or not; and foreknowledge cannot make the matter any more certain than it is without it.
If we assume them to be future, it is just as much a contradiction to deny that they will come to pass; as it is to assume that they are foreknown and yet deny it.
It appears from these things, that those persons who have endeavoured to clear up this matter, by supposing that some things are not foreknown to God; have only got rid of one of the divine attributes, and not of their difficulty.
And if all human volitions will be brought to pass, by the operation of moral causes; then this manner of their existence is foreknown to God, and will all come to pass in this way; but to take this for granted, is to beg the question.
If God should cease to foreknow all future volitions, or if he had never foreknown them, they would, nevertheless, just as certainly and infallibly come to pass, as if he had foreknown them from all eternity.
If Edwards means that a thing cannot be foreknown unless it has a sufficient ground and reason for its existence, and does not of itself come forth out of nothing, we are not at all concerned to deny his position.
As all events yet future areforeknown to God, they are in themselves, it is said, alike certain.
The argument runs thus: all acts of the Will, however remote in the distant future, are foreknown to God.
The constructor of the enigma adapted its conditions to a foreknown solution.
By implication, you have granted, that in times past the future wasforeknown of Oro; hence, in times past, the future must have been foreordained.
God made mankind and the circumstances which surrounded them, and must have foreknown what would have been the effect produced upon man; why not have made better circumstances?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "foreknown" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: forecast; foreseen; foreshown; predicted; presaged; prophesied
