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I AM THE ALPHA AND OMEGA
May well know the Begining and the End ...
And may foreknow the various variety of of the
limited Freewill Choices we Can and May Make ...
'' But even if God should foreknow the freewill acts of his children, such FOREKNOWLEDGE does not in the least abrogate their freedom. One thing is certain: God is never subjected to surprise.'' 
GODS FOREKNOWLEDGE 
3.3.4 We are not wholly certain as to whether or not God chooses to foreknow events of sin. But even if God should foreknow the freewill acts of his children, such FOREKNOWLEDGE does not in the least abrogate their freedom. One thing is certain: God is never subjected to surprise.
4.3.4 God repents of nothing he has ever done, now does, or ever will do. He is all-wise as well as all-powerful. Man’s wisdom grows out of the trials and errors of human experience; God’s wisdom consists in the unqualified perfection of his infinite universe insight, and this divine FOREKNOWLEDGE effectively directs the creative free will.
118.7.1 7. OMNISCIENCE AND PREDESTINATION The function of Creator will and creature will, in the grand universe, operates within the limits, and in accordance with the possibilities, established by the Master Architects. This foreordination of these maximum limits does not, however, in the least abridge the sovereignty of creature will within these boundaries. Neither does ultimate FOREKNOWLEDGE — full allowance for all finite choice — constitute an abrogation of finite volition. A mature and farseeing human being might be able to forecast the decision of some younger associate most accurately, but this FOREKNOWLEDGE takes nothing away from the freedom and genuineness of the decision itself. The Gods have wisely limited the range of the action of immature will, but it is true will, nonetheless, within these defined limits.
118.7.2 Even the supreme correlation of all past, present, and future choice does not invalidate the authenticity of such choosings. It rather indicates the foreordained trend of the cosmos and suggests FOREKNOWLEDGE of those volitional beings who may, or may not, elect to become contributory parts of the experiential actualization of all reality.
161.3.2 We can understand his unique performances only by accepting the theory that he could, at will, self-limit his divinity consciousness. We are fully cognizant that he frequently withheld from his associates his FOREKNOWLEDGE of events, and that he was aware of the nature of their thinking and planning. We understand that he did not wish his followers to know too fully that he was able to discern their thoughts and to penetrate their plans. He did not desire too far to transcend the concept of the human as it was held in the minds of his apostles and disciples.
194.4.4 What has happened to these men whom Jesus had ordained to go forth preaching the gospel of the kingdom, the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man? They have a new gospel; they are on fire with a new experience; they are filled with a new spiritual energy. Their message has suddenly shifted to the proclamation of the risen Christ: “Jesus of Nazareth, a man God approved by mighty works and wonders; him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and FOREKNOWLEDGE of God, you did crucify and slay. The things which God foreshadowed by the mouth of all the prophets, he thus fulfilled. This Jesus did God raise up. God has made him both Lord and Christ. Being, by the right hand of God, exalted and having received from the Father the promise of the spirit, he has poured forth this which you see and hear. Repent, that your sins may be blotted out; that the Father may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you, even Jesus, whom the heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all things.”
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I think this is the most fundamental question a free-will being can ask. Its explanation may be the central theme of The Urantia Book as well as the scriptures of all great religious philosophies.
