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Predestination - Apple TV. Available on Pluto TV. Based on the short story “All You Zombies” by Robert A. Heinlein, Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career. Now, on his final assignment, the ...
Calvin defines predestination as “God’s eternal decree, by which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each [person]. For … eternal life is foreordained for some, eternal damnation for others.”. So predestination is an act of God’s will through which God elects or chooses those whom God calls to faith and thus to ...
Even though predestination is a biblical doctrine, many people resist it. However, the key is understanding what the Bible says about predestination. The word translated 'predestination' used in Romans 8:29-30, Ephesians 1:5 and Ephesians 1:11 comes from the Greek word proorizo , which means "determining beforehand", "ordain" and "to decide ...
The whole issue has much to do with the meaning of causality in Calvin’s double decree. Predestination, according to his definition, is an a priori, exclusive business within the triune Godhead. It is an eternal decision for the eternal destiny of each human individual. Nothing about the temporal world is yet mentioned.
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
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The meaning of God's foreknowledge. "For whom he FOREKNEW, he also predestined . . . The aim of predestination for our good. " . . . to become conformed to the image of his Son . . . The aim of predestination for Christ's glory. " . . . that he might be the first-born among many brethren." 1.
Logically, predestination should precede a study of the application of grace for it is the ground of salvation, but Calvin treats it after the doctrines of justification and sanctification. By placing it in this context Calvin calls attention to its relation to redemption in Christ. [120]
