An essay by Dr. Charles Ozanne, written in 1972 as the Introduction to his book of this title. [Read more…]

The purpose of this chapter, following Charles Ozanne’s exposition, is to show that the righteousness of God cannot be undermined by a prevalent attitude amongst evangelicals who insist that God must honour His prophetic word regardless of man’s intransigence. This attitude is mainly based upon the future of Israel. We shall produce Biblical evidence showing that prophecy is not set in stone, but accomplishes only that which God had in mind when directed towards His people, and cannot be forced to apply to situations which arise hundreds, or even thousands of years later, and where circumstances have changed dramatically, requiring a fresh outpouring of the Divine Mind. [Read more…]

We have seen from Charles Ozanne’s analysis that one needs great care when interpreting prophecy. Here are some further examples of the problems that can arise, and how they may be understood. [Read more…]

28.4 1971.  The Lord spoke to me, saying, “When a plan fails through human failure, the Lord never patches it up but starts something new.” [Read more…]

Freewill is always coupled with unpredictability in human behaviour. It cannot be otherwise. God gave man freewill, therefore He has set fluidity in motion, which means that He Himself is willingly deprived from knowing the future for each human being, simply by virtue of the nature of freewill. [Read more…]