What Happens Next

Mueller has released the hounds, The Fox is at bay; What the Dems do not understand, and the least perceptive of them (the Dumbocraps) is Nadler.

Once they get ahold of the impeachment process, and actually do the deed, The process will involve many and varied charges, witnesses will be called and accusations will be brought against the Fox, but this time the Fox gets his day in court. The Fox will stay silent and wait for his chance. The process will allow that this time around, the Fox will get his chance to conduct his defense. Remember this is a trial, not an investigation. They are playing right into his wheelhouse. When the Fox gets his turn (and he will get a turn), he will call into question all the dirty tricks. And the truth shall be told, and the Fox will own the hen house. Then the feathers will fly. The Dumbo's will turn on each other quicker that a lightning strike, and the Fox will have four more years and the Dumbo party will be over.

I’ve been studying politics and political history for the past 30 years. My specialty is U.S. Presidents.  I hope that the House of Representatives actually does impeach Trump.

Let me tell you what will happen next.

1. The House can pass articles of impeachment over the objections of the Republicans, and refer to the Senate for trial.

2. The Senate will conduct a trial. There will be a vote, and the Republicans will vote unanimously, along with a small number of Democrats, to not convict the President. Legally, it will all be over at that point.

3. However, during the trial, and this is what no one is thinking about right now, the President's attorneys will have the right to subpoena and question ANYONE THAT THEY WANT.. That is different than the special counsel investigation, which was very one-sided. So, during the impeachment trial, we will be hearing testimony from James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, Glenn Simpson, Donna Brazille, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper, and a whole host of other participants in this whole sordid affair and the ensuing coverup activities.

A lot of dirt will be dug up; a lot of truth will be unveiled. Finger pointing will occur. Deals will start being made, and suddenly, a lot of Democrats will start being charged and going to prison. All this, because, remember, the President's team will now, for the first time, have the RIGHT to question all of these people under oath - and they will turn on each other. That’s already starting.

 4. Lastly, one more thing will happen – the Senate will not convict the President. Nothing will happen to Trump. Most Americans are clueless about political processes, the law, and the Constitution. Most Americans believe that being impeached results in removal from office. They don't understand that phase 2 is a trial in and by the Senate, where he has zero chance of conviction. Remember, the Senate is controlled by Republicans; they will determine what testimony is allowed -- and **everything** will be allowed, including: DNC collusion with the Clinton campaign to fix the election in favor of Hillary, the creation of the Trump dossier, the cover up and destruction of emails that very likely included incriminating information. They’ll incriminate each other for lying to the FISA court, for spying and wiretapping the Trump campaign, and for colluding with foreign political actors, especially George Soros.

After the Senate declines to convict the President, we will have an election, and Trump will win. It will be a backlash against democrat petulance, temper tantrums, hypocrisy and dishonesty. Even minorities will vote for Trump, because, for the first time, they will see that democrats have spent 2+ years focused on maintaining their own power, and not doing anything at all about black murders in Chicago, homelessness, opioids, and other important issues that are actually killing people. And, we will spend the following four years listening to politicians and pundits claim that the whole impeachment was rigged somehow.

A new high school lesson

A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give.
-- By Dennis Prager.
To the students and faculty of our high school:
I am your new principal and honored to be so.
There is no greater calling than to teach young people.
I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our
school. I am making these changes because I am convinced that most of
the ideas that have dominated public education in America have worked
against you, against your teachers and against our country.
First --
this school will no longer honor race or ethnicity. I could not care
less if your racial makeup is black, brown, red, yellow or white I could
not care less if your origins are African, Latin American, Asian
or European, or if your ancestors arrived here on the Mayflower or on
slave ships. The only identity I care about, the only one this school
will recognize, is your individual identity -- your character, your
scholarship, your humanity. And the only national identity this school
will care about is American.
This is an American public school, and American public schools were
created to make better Americans. If you wish to affirm an ethnic,
racial or religious identity through school, you will have to go
elsewhere. We will end all ethnicity, race and non-American
nationality-based celebrations. They undermine the motto of America, one
of its three central values -- E Pluribus Unum, "from many, one." And
this school will be guided by America's values. This includes all
after-school clubs. I will not authorize clubs that divide students
based on any identities. This includes race, language, religion, sexual
orientation or whatever else may become in vogue in a society divided by
political correctness.
Your clubs will be based on interests and passions, not blood, ethnic,
racial or other physically defined ties. Those clubs just cultivate
narcissism -- an unhealthy preoccupation with the self -- while the
purpose of education is to get you to think beyond yourself. So we will
have clubs that transport you to the wonders and glories of art, music,
astronomy, languages you do not already speak, carpentry and more. If
the only extracurricular activities you can imagine being
interested in are those based on ethnic, racial or sexual identity, that
means that little outside of yourself really interests you.
Second --
I am uninterested in whether English is your native language. My only
interest in terms of language is that you leave this school speaking
and writing English as fluently as possible. The English language has
united America's citizens for over 200 years, and it will unite us at
this school. It is one of the indispensable reasons this country of
immigrants has always come to be one country. And if you leave this
school without excellent English language skills, I would be remiss in
my duty to ensure that you will be prepared to successfully compete in
the American job market. We will learn other languages here -- it is
deplorable that most Americans only speak English -- but if you want
classes taught in your native language rather than in English, this is
not your school.
Third --
Because I regard learning as a sacred endeavor, everything in this
school will reflect learning's elevated status. This means, among other
things, that you and your teachers will dress accordingly. Many people
in our society dress more formally for Hollywood events than for church
or school. These people have their priorities backward.
Therefore, there will be a formal dress code at this school.
Fourth --
No obscene language will be tolerated anywhere on this school's property
-- whether in class, in the hallways or at athletic events If you can't
speak without using the f-word, you can't speak. By obscene language I
mean the words banned by the Federal Communications Commission, plus
epithets such as "Nigger," even when used by one black student to
address another black, or "bitch," even when addressed by a girl to a
girlfriend. It is my intent that by the time
you leave this school, you will be among the few your age to
instinctively distinguish between the elevated and the degraded, the
holy and the obscene.
Fifth --
We will end all self-esteem programs. In this school, self-esteem will
be attained in only one way -- the way people attained it until decided
otherwise a generation ago -- by earning it. One immediate consequence
is that there will be one valedictorian, not eight.
Sixth --
And last, I am reorienting the school toward academics and away from
politics and propaganda. No more time will be devoted to scaring you
about smoking and caffeine, or terrifying you about sexual harassment
or global warming. No more semesters will be devoted to condom wearing
and teaching you to regard sexual relations as only or primarily a
health issue.. There will be no more attempts to convince you that you
are a victim because you are not white, or not male, or not heterosexual
or not Christian. We will have failed if any one of you graduates this
school and does not consider him or herself inordinately fortunate -- to
be alive and to be an American.
Now, please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of
our country. As many of you do not know the words, your teachers
will hand them out to you.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Pass this along if you agree. . . .

The Trump Saga

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The outcome was never really in doubt, but now it is official. The Senate has acquitted President Trump of the two articles of impeachment that alleged he abused his power and obstructed Congress. He remains in office, retains all his power, and can finally focus more of his efforts on campaigning and governing the nation. The good guys won this round.

Democrats, on the other hand, once again tried and failed to oust this president from office using the most desperate and dishonest tactics imaginable. It is hard to view the impeachment sham as anything other than a political blunder for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The scorched earth tactics of the left are backfiring. The approval rating for Trump is now at 49 percent, according to Gallup, the highest it has ever been.

In stopping at nothing to remove him from office, Democrats may be helping to ensure he stays in the White House for another four years, and they would richly deserve that. Opponents of the president in Congress have exhibited a clear pattern of bad faith, not just during impeachment, but from the earliest days of his administration. Democrats have never accepted the legitimacy of his admittedly stunning 2016 defeat of Hillary Clinton. They decided that the election outcome must have been illicit, and then have desperately sought evidence over the last three years to support that belief so that Trump will be ejected from the White House.

Through a combination of delusion and denial, Democrats convinced themselves that the most extreme measures to oust Trump are justified. They do not want to beat him at the ballot box. They want him gone now. Any plot, excuse, or mechanism of removal will do. Never before has an American president been subject to such outlandish theories from the opposition political party about why he needs to be kicked out of office.

With the connivance of the mainstream media, Democrats in power have been scheming to doom this presidency by every undemocratic method conceivable. They have claimed that Trump is a traitor, out of his mind, an election cheat, subject to foreign bribery, and guilty of criminal campaign finance violations. They insist that Trump should be removed by his own cabinet under the 25th Amendment as a result of his alleged insanity, or because of a personal payoff to Stormy Daniels, or the “corruption” of foreign diplomats having beer and burgers at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. There are so many reasons Democrats claim they should be able to boot Trump that it is hard for them to focus on one.

Before impeachment, the main effort to push Trump out was the Russia collusion theory rooted in false premises that led to a special counsel. That investigation of all things Trump had involved no small amount of government malfeasance and stunning media malpractice. In the end, Trump was exonerated of “colluding” with Russia, however, the blatantly partisan team of Robert Mueller bent over backwards to hand Democrats numerous counts of “possible” obstruction crimes, within an absurd and Kafkaesque perversion of the justice system. If Mueller could not force Trump out, then Democrats in Congress would pick up where he left off.

But that scheme also failed. The Justice Department found that Trump committed no crimes, and Democrats moved on to impeachment as the latest manifestation of Trump derangement syndrome. They abandoned the long standing consensus that presidential impeachments should be bipartisan and based on clear and egregious wrongdoing. Instead, the government “whistleblower” alleged a nebulous violation of the “thou shalt not ask uncomfortable questions about Joe Biden” golden rule.

Once the whistleblower set that latest round of hysteria in motion, the only thing that mattered to Democrats was undermining Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff began an impeachment inquiry. Every move he made was calculated to undermine Trump and present the most unbalanced and distorted view of the facts possible. After a series of sham impeachment hearings, the House Democratic majority voted across strictly partisan lines to impeach the president.

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In the Senate, however, the story was different. Not only was Trump safe from Democrats reaching the supermajority vote needed for his removal, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell prevented the Schiff circus from continuing its smear campaign. House impeachment managers whined constantly about a lack of fairness, after they put on a master class in the mockery of due process when the House was in charge of the process.

With the impeachment trial over, reality has set in for Democrats. Trump has now been acquitted, and another soft coup effort has been defeated. Democrats may soon return to protests about the 25th Amendment or the emoluments clause, but this routine is wearing thin. Their endless cycle of plots to remove Trump has been shameless and contemptible. Perhaps if they had focused on economic growth policies instead of Trump removal schemes, Democrats would not be so terrified of the upcoming election. The only thing that scares them more than this president is the prospect of the American people choosing him as the commander in chief again.

Buck Sexton is the host of the Buck Sexton Show. He is a former analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency and served in the intelligence division of the New York City Police Department. You can follow him @BuckSexton.

What Impeachment???

I’ve been studying politics and political history for the past 30 years. My specialty is U.S. Presidents. That said, I hope that the House of Representatives impeaches Trump.

Let me tell you what will happen next.

1. The House can pass articles of impeachment over the objections of the Republicans, and refer to the Senate for trial.

2. The Senate will conduct a trial. There will be a vote, and the Republicans will vote unanimously, along with a small number of Democrats, to not convict the President. Legally, it will all be over at that point.

3. However, during the trial, and this is what no one is thinking about right now, the President's attorneys will have the right to subpoena and question ANYONE THAT THEY WANT.. That is different than the special counsel investigation, which was very one-sided. So, during the impeachment trial, we will be hearing testimony from James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, Glenn Simpson, Donna Brazille, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper, and a whole host of other participants in this whole sordid affair and the ensuing coverup activities.

A lot of dirt will be dug up; a lot of truth will be unveiled. Finger pointing will occur. Deals will start being made, and suddenly, a lot of Democrats will start being charged and going to prison. All this, because, remember, the President's team will now, for the first time, have the RIGHT to question all of these people under oath - and they will turn on each other. That’s already starting.

 4. Lastly, one more thing will happen – the Senate will not convict the President. Nothing will happen to Trump. Most Americans are clueless about political processes, the law, and the Constitution. Most Americans believe that being impeached results in removal from office. They don't understand that phase 2 is a trial in and by the Senate, where he has zero chance of conviction. Remember, the Senate is controlled by Republicans; they will determine what testimony is allowed -- and **everything** will be allowed, including: DNC collusion with the Clinton campaign to fix the election in favor of Hillary, the creation of the Trump dossier, the cover up and destruction of emails that very likely included incriminating information. They’ll incriminate each other for lying to the FISA court, for spying and wiretapping the Trump campaign, and for colluding with foreign political actors, especially George Soros.

After the Senate declines to convict the President, we will have an election, and Trump will win. It will be a backlash against democrat petulance, temper tantrums, hypocrisy and dishonesty. Even minorities will vote for Trump, because, for the first time, they will see that democrats have spent 2+ years focused on maintaining their own power, and not doing anything at all about black murders in Chicago, homelessness, opioids, and other important issues that are actually killing people. And, we will spend the following four years listening to politicians and pundits claim that the whole impeachment was rigged somehow.

What Will Happen Next

• I’ve been studying politics and political history for the past 30 years. My specialty is U.S. Presidents. That said, I hope that the House of Representatives impeaches Trump.
  
  Let me tell you what will happen next.
  
  1. The House can pass articles of impeachment over the objections of the Republicans, and refer to the Senate for trial.
  
  2. The Senate will conduct a trial. There will be a vote, and the Republicans will vote unanimously, along with a small number of Democrats, to not convict the President. Legally, it will all be over at that point.
  
  3. However, during the trial, and this is what no one is thinking about right now, the President's attorneys will have the right to subpoena and question ANYONE THAT THEY WANT.. That is different than the special counsel investigation, which was very one-sided. So, during the impeachment trial, we will be hearing testimony from James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, Glenn Simpson, Donna Brazille, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper, and a whole host of other participants in this whole sordid affair and the ensuing coverup activities. 
  
  A lot of dirt will be dug up; a lot of truth will be unveiled. Finger pointing will occur. Deals will start being made, and suddenly, a lot of Democrats will start being charged and going to prison. All this, because, remember, the President's team will now, for the first time, have the RIGHT to question all of these people under oath - and they will turn on each other. That’s already starting.
  
   4. Lastly, one more thing will happen – the Senate will not convict the President. Nothing will happen to Trump. Most Americans are clueless about political processes, the law, and the Constitution. Most Americans believe that being impeached results in removal from office. They don't understand that phase 2 is a trial in and by the Senate, where he has zero chance of conviction. Remember, the Senate is controlled by Republicans; they will determine what testimony is allowed -- and **everything** will be allowed, including: DNC collusion with the Clinton campaign to fix the election in favor of Hillary, the creation of the Trump dossier, the cover up and destruction of emails that very likely included incriminating information. They’ll incriminate each other for lying to the FISA court, for spying and wiretapping the Trump campaign, and for colluding with foreign political actors, especially George Soros. 
  
  After the Senate declines to convict the President, we will have an election, and Trump will win. It will be a backlash against democrat petulance, temper tantrums, hypocrisy and dishonesty. Even minorities will vote for Trump, because, for the first time, they will see that democrats have spent 2+ years focused on maintaining their own power, and not doing anything at all about black murders in Chicago, homelessness, opioids, and other important issues that are actually killing people. And, we will spend the following four years listening to politicians and pundits claim that the whole impeachment was rigged somehow.
  
  

  
  

  I’ve been studying politics and political history for the past 30 years. My specialty is U.S. Presidents. That said, I hope that the House of Representatives impeaches Trump.

  
  

  Let me tell you what will happen next.

  
  

  1. The House can pass articles of impeachment over the objections of the Republicans, and refer to the Senate for trial.

  
  

  2. The Senate will conduct a trial. There will be a vote, and the Republicans will vote unanimously, along with a small number of Democrats, to not convict the President. Legally, it will all be over at that point.

  
  

  3. However, during the trial, and this is what no one is thinking about right now, the President's attorneys will have the right to subpoena and question ANYONE THAT THEY WANT.. That is different than the special counsel investigation, which was very one-sided. So, during the impeachment trial, we will be hearing testimony from James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, Glenn Simpson, Donna Brazille, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper, and a whole host of other participants in this whole sordid affair and the ensuing coverup activities. 

  
  

  A lot of dirt will be dug up; a lot of truth will be unveiled. Finger pointing will occur. Deals will start being made, and suddenly, a lot of Democrats will start being charged and going to prison. All this, because, remember, the President's team will now, for the first time, have the RIGHT to question all of these people under oath - and they will turn on each other. That’s already starting.

  
  

   4. Lastly, one more thing will happen – the Senate will not convict the President. Nothing will happen to Trump. Most Americans are clueless about political processes, the law, and the Constitution. Most Americans believe that being impeached results in removal from office. They don't understand that phase 2 is a trial in and by the Senate, where he has zero chance of conviction. Remember, the Senate is controlled by Republicans; they will determine what testimony is allowed -- and **everything** will be allowed, including: DNC collusion with the Clinton campaign to fix the election in favor of Hillary, the creation of the Trump dossier, the cover up and destruction of emails that very likely included incriminating information. They’ll incriminate each other for lying to the FISA court, for spying and wiretapping the Trump campaign, and for colluding with foreign political actors, especially George Soros. 

  
  

  After the Senate declines to convict the President, we will have an election, and Trump will win. It will be a backlash against democrat petulance, temper tantrums, hypocrisy and dishonesty. Even minorities will vote for Trump, because, for the first time, they will see that democrats have spent 2+ years focused on maintaining their own power, and not doing anything at all about black murders in Chicago, homelessness, opioids, and other important issues that are actually killing people. And, we will spend the following four years listening to politicians and pundits claim that the whole impeachment was rigged somehow.

  
  

A Divorce...The Best of Both Worlds

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al:

We have stuck together  since the late 1950's for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. 

I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

                                    Here is our separation agreement:

-Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.

-We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them.

-You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.

-Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military.

-We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and the coal mines, and you can go with wind, solar and bio-diesel.

-You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.

-We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street.

-You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, hippies, druggies, and illegal aliens .

-We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEOs, and rednecks.

-We'll keep Hannity, Carlson, and Bibles, and give you NBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, and Hollywood.

-You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us.

-You can have the peaceniks and war protesters.

- When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

-We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.

-You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N. but we will no longer pay the bill.

-We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Volt, Tesla, and Leaf you can find .

-You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors.

-We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."

-I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine," "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," "Kumbaya," or "We Are the World."

-We'll practice trickle-down economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot.

-Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag.

Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you might think about which one of us will need whose help in 15 years .

Sincerely,

John J Wall

 Law   Student and American!

P. S.  Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin & Charlie Sheen, George Clooney, Barbara Streisand, and (Hanoi) Jane Fonda with you.

P.S.S. And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our country.

WHAT THE PRESBYTERIAN BELIEVES...

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 Jennifer Rothnie Supporter Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Predestination (as per the Biblical definition) means to set boundaries/limits/horizons upon something before hand. The Greek word (in Rom 8:29-30) is proorizó, which is from pró ("before") and horízō ("establish boundaries, limits"). Horízō is where we get the English term horizon.

The fact that God established rules and limits before time began is quite Biblical in regards to the physical universe, the path of salvation, the judgement for sin, the flow of history, etc. (Prov 8:22-31, Job 38:4-41, Psalm 136:1-9, Hab 2:2-3, Rom 9:16-18, Rev 17:16-18, Jer 51; Job 42:1, Prov 16:9, Isa 30:27-33, Isa 45:13, Jude 1:5-7, John 3:18, Mark 16:16, John 1:12, Psalm 1:1-6, II Thess 1:3-10, II Peter 2:1-22)

In regards to salvation: God set up the plan/rules/covenant of salvation before time began, that we could be adopted as sons and justified through Christ. (Rom 8:18-30, Acts 4:23-31, I Peter 1:10-12, Titus 1:1-3, John 10:9, John 14:6, Rom 1:1-3, I Tim 1:5-6, Psalm 11:2-9, Heb 6:13-20, I John 3:1-10, Dan 2:44, Eph 3:7-11, II Tim 2:1-13, etc). Unlike with nature, which God can supersede, God has bound Himself to this plan due to His own character and justice.

This plan of salvation God also predestined to include the gentiles, not just the Jews (Eph 3:2-6, Rom 3:21-31, Rom 9:1-26, Rom 15:5-13, John 1:11-13, Isa 45:9-10, etc.) 

So, when scripture speaks of predestination, there is nothing inherent in the term that would make it align with English concepts of destiny. No one is 'forced' to respond to the gospel in faith or 'prohibited' from responding; no one is 'fated' to choose Christ or not.

Rather, we are predestined according to the plan [of salvation], which was created because God works out everything in accordance to His will, so that all who put their hope in Christ will be saved! We are included in Christ because we heard the message of truth [the plan of salvation] and believed. God predestined that those in Christ, believers, be sealed with the Holy Spirit as a down payment of our future inheritance of eternal life! (Eph 1:11-14)

We didn't chose the way of salvation (God did), nor did we chose our own gifts or ministries (God did). We are, however, to have faith and follow (John 15:16, John 12:25-26).

For an analogy of how the Greek term proorizó, to set limits beforehand, differs from the concept of 'destiny', here is an analogy:

Ten people live on a tiny island with no apparent way off. A man comes and tells them their island is sinking and offers them free passage on his personal jet. Five of the islanders stay, refusing to believe the island is sinking. Three believe the island is sinking, but don't take the man's offer because they think they can find another way off. Two take the man's offer and escape - the rest drown.

'Destiny' would say the eight were fated to drown while the two were fated to be saved. Predestination, as per scripture, would hold that the way of salvation was predestined before hand (the man, free passage, airplane) and that the physics of the ocean/island/plane were pre-set.

The theory that God arbitrarily pre-chose certain people to be saved and certain people not to be saved does not seem to be biblical, as scripture states clearly that in no way has God purposed some not to be saved, as He desires that all be saved, and consistently calls men to repentance and faith. (I Tim 2:3-4, II Pet 3:9, Ezek 18:32-33, Ezek 33:11, John 3:16-17, Isa 30:15-18, II Chron 7:11-22, Rom 11:25-27, Rev 2:4-5, Mark 6:11-13, Acts 3:18-20, Rom 11:13-15, Rom 2:3-5, etc) As He did appoint the plan of salvation before time, it would be counter-intuitive that He would act by a different set of rules (Isa 45:18-25, John 14:6, John 1:1-18). God does know the end from the beginning, however, and as such those who do not believe stand condemned, as is the eternal destiny appointed for all those who refuse to believe (John 3:18, Psalm 73:1-28, Phil 3:17-21, Psalm 49:1-20, Rom 2:1-11, I Pet 2:7-9)

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