The Bible says the future belongs to God, who knows the end from the beginning, while the people who plan for it do not know what tomorrow will bring. Isaiah 46:10 makes the first claim, Ecclesiastes 8:7 and James 4:13-15 make the second, and Proverbs 16:9 holds both together: people plan their course, and the Lord establishes their steps. The best-known promise, Jeremiah 29:11, was written to exiles in Babylon about their return home. The New Testament passages look further…
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