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God’s repentance

Ronald Hanko·2021-12-15
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Ronald Hanko addresses the apparent contradiction between biblical passages depicting God's repentance (such as Jonah 3:10) and those affirming God's immutability and unchangeableness (Numbers 23:19, Malachi 3:6), rejecting both Open Theism and the antinomy approach in favor of a Reformed understanding grounded in God's simplicity. The article demonstrates how God's revealed conditional will and His eternal decree can be reconciled without contradiction, while critiquing alternative theological interpretations of these difficult texts.

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. Jonah 3:10 Jonah 3:10 is one of many verses that speaks of God repenting. Others are Genesis 6:6, 7; Exodus 32:14; Deuteronomy 32:36; Judges 2:18; I Samuel 15:11, 35; II Samuel 24:16; I Chronicles 21:15; Psalm 90:13; 106:45; 135:14; Jeremiah 18:8, 10, 13; 26:3, 19; 42:10; Joel 2:13, 14; and Amos 7:3, 6. What do these verses mean? Does...

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Author
Ronald Hanko
Date

2021-12-15

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Scripture References
Jonah 3:10
Genesis 6:6
Exodus 32:14
Deuteronomy 32:36
Judges 2:18
Psalms 90:13
Jeremiah 18:8
Joel 2:13
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ProvidenceBiblical InterpretationApologetics
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