My rant against predestinationism.

 Genesis18:25ASV"That be far from thee to do after this manner,... shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 

Of all the despicable defamations being trafficked by the churches of Christendom against the Lord JEHOVAH, surely the lie that God has foredoomed the majority of his human creation to an eternity of subjection to sin and irrational cruelty ,and this from eternity past tops the list. 

Some wonder that there are so many atheists , given what is being pedaled as biblical orthodoxy I marvel that there are so few. 

What does JEHOVAH'S doing what is right entail?

2Peter3:9KJV"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" 

As I have repeatedly stated any doctrine that requires that we toss logic, common sense and scripture under the bus should raise a red flag. 

The only reason that those foredoomed from eternity would be thus foredoomed would be the desire of JEHOVAH i.e if he were the amoral beast being painted by Christendom's professors. Likewise if the eternal salvation of elect individuals were a done deal God's patience would be neither here nor there. 

1Peter1:20KJV"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you," 

Firstly what the verse does not say i.e that our Lord's redemptive work was fore-determined from eternity, wickedness is NEVER part of JEHOVAH'S design.

James1:13NIV"When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each person is tempted when..." 

The world mentioned here i.e 1peter ch.1 is not a reference to the stars and planets but legitimate candidates for JEHOVAH'S salvation. 

John3:16NIV"For God so loved the WORLD( Grk. Cosmos)that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." 

Thus it was before the founding of this 'world' that our Lord's role in mankind's reconciliation with its creator was foreordained specifically here: 

Genesis3:15ASV"15and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." 

Indeed our Lord identified the Founding of this world with the birth of mother eve's firstborn. 

Luke11:51,52ASVhat the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. " 

The Greek word rendered founding/foundation here is 'katabole'  here is thayers commentary:  a throwing or laying down: τοῦ σπέρματος (namely, εἰς τήν μήτραν), the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb, Lucian, amor. 19; Galen, aphorism. iv. § 1; of the seed of animals and plants, 

 Thus before the first legitimate candidate for JEHOVAH'S mercy was birthed JEHOVAH foreordained that his Son would play the primary role in reconciling mankind to its creator. He also foreordained that he would lead an ecclesia the members of which would be mental and moral clones of Christ. Firstfruits to JEHOVAH and his high priest. Individuals blessed with this high calling take nothing for granted. 

Phillipians3:13NIV"Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead," obviously our brother Paul did not consider his final judgment a done deal. It is JEHOVAH'S ecclesia that is elect from of old and not any man, with one obvious exception.