Openness theology posits that love is the most important attribute of God, and
God’s love involves being sensitive and responsive creation. Within this to His [1]
open view of God, love the primary divine attribute governing is God’s activity in
both the Old and New Testament. While the idea of a benevolent and loving [2]
God does not sound inconsistent with the God of the Bible, openness theolo gy
diverges sharply from a biblical God in some of the beliefs that stem from
focusing on love. One such belief is in the rejection of immutability God’s favor of
a limited immutability based on apparent changes relationship between God, in
Israel, and oth individuals the Old Testament. This view within openness er in [3]
theology seems related another openness view, which rejection of to is the God’s
omniscience. The belief that God cannot know the unknowable, leads the idea to
that God changes response choices and actions agents of free in to man’s as
will.[4]
e e e e e e e e e e The author of Malachi wrote, “For I am the Lord, I do not change” (Mal.
3:6). Likewise, the author of Hebrews wrote, Christ the same[5] “Jesus is
yesterday, today, and (Heb. 13:8). I ground child and upon seeing forever” If my
genuine regret and repentance them, reduce their grounding or offer in an
alternative punishment; I did not change a parent, I just acted according as to my
purpose a parent as to my teach child right from wrong. God altering course His
of action based on the actions of man, does not mean God changed or altered
His will toward mankind. With that said, I not agree with the notion that God do
cannot know the unknowable. I can change my child’s punishment even though I
already anticipated they would regretful and repenting. Likewise, God can be
change in in response man even knowing what was going to man to do advance.
The idea that biblical prophecy limited things which not involve the free is to do
will of man, or things which are easily predicted, completely nonsensical. is [6]
How could the messianic prophecies throughout the Old Testament possibly
adhere such rigid limitations upon biblical to prophecy?
