Promise and Prediction

The last time I called attention to the paragraph of Dr. Schilder's article, translated in Concordia by the Rev. B. Kok, which I consider the heart of the entire article. I will quote it once more. "But now comes the fine point of distinction: God does give us promises, but no predictions. Thus He does not say to N.N.: you shall sometime go to hea­ven, and to another N.N.: you shall forever remain without. "Therefore He gives a promise, with a command, even as it is taught us in the Canons of...