God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
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
Carrot Meat Loaf
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CATEGORY
CUISINE
TAG
YIELD
Meats, Eggs
Carrots, Beef
4
Servings
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2
lb
Ground chuck
1
sm
Onion; grated
2
Carrots; grated
6
Saltines; finely crushed
1
Egg
1
ts
Salt
1/8
ts
Pepper
1
tb
Soy sauce
1
tb
Catsup
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine first 7 ingredients. Blend well. Place the mixture in 12"x8" baking
dish and shape into a rounded loaf. Mix soy sauce and catsup. Brush meat
loaf with soy-catsup mixture. Microwave at High 15 to 20 minutes. Check for
doneness at the minimum time. Let stand covered about 6 to 8 minutes before
slicing. Yield: 6 servings.
Gulf Power
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary" <[email protected]> on Feb 24,
1998
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