Originally Posted by
JeffDoles
No, explaining physics to them was not necessary. And perhaps that was because it was not at all involved, or even hidden, in what God was saying to and through them. So, to appeal to modern physics as some sort of explanation is not exegeting the Scriptures but reading later ideas back into the Scriptures.
When I consider what the biblical authors meant in the Scriptures when they speak of God's knowledge or foreknowledge, I consider, first, what was in evidence in the Scriptures, then what was in evidence in the historical, cultural and linguistic context at the time. The theory of Time-Space relativity, however true it might be, does not inform us about the meaning of the biblical authors and what they wrote, because it comes from a much later period and a much different context.
Appealing to the "hidden things," whatever that might refer to (the Scriptures do not necessarily say), is not a sufficient reason for reading whatever later things we wish back into the biblical texts. It has no accountability, and so does not make for a sound hermeneutic.
So I am looking for what the Bible authors, and their readers, would have understood their what they were saying. And also how the NT authors would have understood the OT texts.