Define moments.
Is it a definite unit of time or an indefinite period of time?
Which do you mean?
What unit of time is equal to a single moment, a minute, second, millisecond?
Does a moment with God equal a moment with humanity?
Now, for a litany of ad hominem attacks that show you to incapable of carrying on a serious conversation.
Grow up.
To my assertion that everything that has a beginning has a cause you said:
It’s a truism, I am not deluded enough to think that you can be persuaded of even the most basic philosophical premises so I won't be wasting my time trying to prove what is true prima facie.
If you'd like to disprove what is true on its face then just give us an example of something that has a beginning, but no cause.
Otherwise, you might consider that this truism is not only philosophically true it is biblically true for if there was something that could have a beginning without a cause, then God did not cause it, and therefore God did not create it, which falsifies John 1:3.
Do you believe John 1:3 Brandon?
Regarding Eternal you said:
And?
Just because eternal
sometimes means having a beginning but not end, does not mean it
always means having a beginning but not end. It can
also mean having no beginning and no end, as it demonstrably does in Deuteronomy 33:27 as it does in Hebrews 9:14 and as it does in Romans 16:26. If you'd like to argue suggest that they don't mean this, then do as you please, you will only prove yourself a heretic.
Why don't you tell us what eternal means in those verses Brandon?
Nope, I just believe what it says. The same goes for Prov 15:3, to which you say.
Which version are you using, none of the versions I have access to say anything about "his people" in that verse.
HCSB
Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.1
ESV Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
KJV Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
NAU Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
NET Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.
NIV Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.c
NKJ Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
NLT Proverbs 15:3 The LORD is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.
NRS Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
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Back up your interpretation Brandon, I am getting tired of abiding your unsupported assertions.
If this verse means that God only sees the behavior of His people then why does the verse say that God’s eyes are in every place (or everywhere)? Why does it say that his eyes are upon both the evil and the good?
Regarding the passages I cite for God's foreknowledge, you state:
They
all state that God has definite foreknowledge. To the extent that God can know anything of the future He knows it definitely or he doesn’t know it at all. Definite foreknowledge is a redundant phrase. If God’s foreknowledge isn’t definite then it really isn’t foreknowledge at all, it’s just an educated guess.
That’s a lie. The OV necessarily limits God’s understanding to the present and the number of present facts are finite. It’s also a lie in that your interpretation of Genesis 18 limits God’s understanding to that which He can see with physical eyes.
You don’t agree with the bible on the definition of understanding. It is used to describe the object of knowledge, discernment, intelligence and skill. And you don’t agree with the bible as to the breadth of God’s understanding because your theology assumes that God’s understanding is finite.
First, a being with infinite understanding must necessarily have an infinite existence. Again, if you’d like to expose yourself as a heretic, then go ahead and argue for a finite existence for God. Second, a being with infinite understanding cannot have his understanding limited to either geographically or temporally. A God with infinite understanding necessarily knows every present fact and must also know all future facts or it is a farce to call that understanding
infinite.
Right, God declares what will happen. Incidentally, here we see the linkage between God’s omnipotence and God’s omniscience. A God who doesn’t know the future isn’t all powerful. Unlike the Arminian, I have no problem seeing the future in terms of God’s active and God’s permissive decrees. All that happens occurs because God brings it about or allows it to happen.
And those things that God declares
come to pass because they exist as facts in the mind of God. Or God is no different from the idol He mocks for not knowing the future.