The pre-sight view of election makes God seem absurd in His language if not somewhat dishonest. You see, God has gone to great lengths to say that some are elected, chosen, foreordained, predestined as part of His eternal purpose. For God to say that He saw those that would choose Him and then He calls them elect (select from a number) is linguistic trickery. It is like the Queen decreeing that the sun will rise in the morning, as others have said. God’s words about His action toward man would mean nothing but could only be construed as a way of presenting an authoritative front that God is in charge, whereas the decisions of eternal life and death are really within man alone. Apply this to prophecy. Much of prophecy is presented to us as that which God determines to do in the future. Is this the truth of it? Did God prophesy that John the Baptist would be the forerunner of the Messiah (Isa. 40:3-5; Luke 3:3-6) on the basis of pre-sight, and then declare that it would happen? Doesn’t language lose all meaning to say that? Does it not make sense of the language to say that the action predicted was based on God’s determined plan and not just what He saw happening?

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Flour
2	tb	Dry mustard
1	ts	Basil
1/2	ts	Each of thyme leaves; chervil, salt
5	lb	Baron of beef
2	tb	Worcestershire sauce
1		Chopped onion
2		Chopped carrots
2		Chopped celery stalks
1		Bay leaf
1	c	Red wine
1	c	Beef broth or water

INSTRUCTIONS

The following is a recipe for roast beef taken from my Simply Delicious
Cooking 2 cookbook, just exchange the baron of beef for an equal weight rib
roast. Try to get a rib roast that is at least "aged" for 21-28 days, Never
buy any red meat from a local supermarket chain. they simply do not age it
long enough. You may begin your roast in the high oven for 10 minutes which
sears the meat and locks in the juices, then turn the oven down and
continue to cook as per instructions.
Preheat the oven to 325 F (160 C). Mix the flour, mustard and seasonings
together. Rub into the roast. Place roast into a roasting pan. Pour
Worcestershire over. Surround roast with the vegetables and bay leaf. Pour
in the red wine and water. Bake to desired doneness see chart below,
basting often. Use the pan juices to make gravy.
SERVES 8
Roasting Chart:
Rare medium well done 27 34 44 minutes per lb (454 gr)
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by Ron Kalenuik <[email protected]> on Nov 24, 1997

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