God and chance

[Consecrated Life]

A common theme throughout scripture .
Human expectations , presumptions of final outcome are faulty and substandard.
Scripture is replete with this theme.

 

[Who Me]

Since when did the Bible NOT support the writing of theology, even in one verse?

Oz

When ever there is only one mention of something in scripture, like 'baptism for the dead'.
We are to read out of scripture what it says, not read into it our previously concieved ideas.

 

[Blade]

Didn't dive into this one but seems hes talking about life how long blah blah blah. To many things one has to take into effect to calculate.

 

[OzSpen]

Didn't dive into this one but seems hes talking about life how long blah blah blah. To many things one has to take into effect to calculate.

Blade,

“Time and chance” are not to be seen as above the powers and reign of God. We know this because they are things “under the sun,” under God’s control. This is indicated by the use of the singular verb, yikreh, which combines them into one compact idea, as in Isa 13:22 (judgment) and Ezek 7:7 (God’s activity). Chance (pega) is also in 1 Kings 5:28 (in the Hebrew Bible), v. 4 English Bible. It is derived from the verb meaning “to meet.” It usually has the connotation of evil as in “evil occurrence” (1 Kings 5:4).

In summary, people may have resources at their disposal to bring victory in events but God causes things to transpire (‘by chance’) that overthrow the enemy. “Time and chance” are events that happen “under the sun” but they are always under the control of Almighty God. A chance lottery is never something that happens with God.

Oz