In a previous article on predestination, I acknowledged that what is going to happen to us in the future is already known and willed by God. This is a necessary belief from our understanding of God as the ground of all being, the reason for everything, beyond space and time, and therefore incapable of being either surprised or disappointed.
Being, as He is, outside time, God must also be incapable of changing His mind. Change is something that takes place in time, and God, being eternal, must also be changeless. And indeed, if we could change God’s mind in any way, then we would have some power over Him, which is not to be thought of.
