What is the Real Meaning of
Easter?

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1: Calvinism/Predestination

Focus Text:

"It shall come to pass"

How does Micah know what will "come to pass?"
Answer: God told him (see "Bibliolatry" above).
How does God know what will "come to pass?"
Answer: He predestinated it.

God is omniscient, and knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10), because the future has already been created.

When is your birthday? Why did you choose to be born on that day? Did God ask your permission to be born on that day?
There is no such thing as "free will."
So you must face this question:
Were you brought into existence by the meaningless, impersonal "laws of physics," or were you brought into existence by a personal God who is Love?

Some say that predestination "makes man a robot." But you and I both know that we are not robots. We were created in the Image of God. We have the capacity for reason, to plan for the future, to compose and appreciate symphonies. We understand God's Commandments, and we have a moral obligation to obey them. No other animals can do these things.

Calvinism

Providence
Protection is an act of love
Prayer  = anti-deism

Futurists say that "prophecy" reveals a grim future. War, tribulation, and Armageddon are all predestined (though not all futurists would use that word -- but what's the difference between "prophesied" and "predestined?").

Micah does not say that tribulation has been predestined, but a Vine & Fig Tree world.

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