It seems your thinking is somewhat like Jonah's. He got furious because God didn't "keep His promise" to destroy Nineveh in 40 days.Suzana wrote:Why do we trust Him? On, what basis, if not for the fact that He has revealed His character to be one that is worthy to be trusted – and that He will keep His promises!
What was revealed to John would be classified as a prophecy or a prediction. Not all prophecies came true. And predictions are just that - predictions. Though the vast majority of inspired prophecies and of God's predictions turn out to be actualized, a few don't. God changes His mind, mostly in response to people.Dean wrote:Can anyone tell me how verses like this fit into open theism - they are about the future and yet tell us that the people involved won't repent:
Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Most open theists might say that this prophecy will surely come true, for they think that part of the future is already settled in God's mind. So this would probably include God's promises as surely coming true. However, my thinking is that NONE of the future is settled until the events occur.