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JJJ - A guy at work gave me a good thought on your query.
He said us humans live chronologically. We are stuck on the time line. God is not limited by laws of physics. He is now, in the past and in the future at all times.
God knows what will happen, but He does not decide what will happen. We do.
Just read a very interesting part in The Bible that shows this.
"But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do." 1 Samuel 8:6-9
The people wanted to vote in their own king, not the leader God would have.
"When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. The LORD answered, "Listen to them and give them a king." 1 Samuel 8:21,22
God accepts the peoples wishes.
"Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the LORD was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel." 1 Samuel 15:35
In the end, God grieves over the results.
There are often surprising sides to Gods character that arise when I read His book. Very "feeling" human traits. I guess, since we were made in their image ... some of us is reflected in their characters ??
Interesting, thanks JJJ
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