Chapter One: Explaining Predestination And Foreknowledge

CHAPTER ONE
EXPLAINING PREDESTINATION AND FOREKNOWLEDGE The word "predestination" comes from the Greek verb "proorizo." It means, according to Vine's Expository Words on the Greek New Testament, to "mark out beforehand, to determine before, foreordain." In essence, "predestination" means that something has been predicted by God and it must and will come to pass. The word "predestinate" as translated in the KJV is found only twice; that being in Romans 8:29-30. "Predestinated" is found only twice and that is in Ephesians; once in Ephesians 1:5 and once in Ephesians 1:11. These two words do not appear in the Old Testament.

We shall examine who is predestinated, what event is predestinated and when it will take place.