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Predestination (Biblical)

Romans 8:28-29 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

As a student of God's Word who has studied God's Word, before hearing of other tehological views on Predestination, have come to the following understanding of Biblical Predestination.

When God drew up his plans for man he planned from the beginning that man's purpose was to be conformed to the image of His Son Jesus Christ would be like as a man.

Therefore Adam was created in a perfect state having fellowship with God.

Yet Adam had a free will, and his destination was put in his hands when God showed Adam the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and told Adam not to eat of it, for the day he at of it he would surely die.

This indicates that Adam was not dead and when his earthly body died he would go to Heaven, however if Adam were to eat of the tree, he would die and go to hell.

Predestination as I understand it from the Bible says that all men are predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ.

All men have been predirected, however have free will to chose to accept or reject Christ.