Decoder Terminal
FOREKNEW
PRE-MISSION IDENTIFICATION — ASSETS DESIGNATED BEFORE DEPLOYMENT
PROTOCOLSpecs
meaning
to know beforehand — relational, electing knowledge
greek term
proginōskō
ot background
yada — to know intimately, choose (Gen 18:19, Amos 3:2)
theological weight
not mere foresight but prior relational choice
Intelligence Brief
The Greek 'proginōskō' means to know beforehand, but in biblical usage 'know' often carries the sense of relational choice (Gen 18:19, Amos 3:2). God's foreknowledge is not passive observation of future choices but active, electing love set upon persons before they existed. This is the first link in the 'golden chain' of salvation (vv. 29-30). The scarlet thread: Christ was 'foreknown before the foundation of the world' (1 Pet 1:20) — the plan of redemption was not reactive but eternal. Those the Father foreknew, he gave to the Son (John 6:37). The chain is unbreakable because it begins in eternity.
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