world” (Revelation13:8; 17:8, emphasis mine). That God would create something while not knowing what He was creating and what would happen to it is absurd. If an earthly king is deemed wise by Jesus in Luke 14:28–32 because he knows ahead what he is going to do, how much more the heavenly King of the universe! Hannah rejoiced because, “The Lord is a God of knowledge” (1 Samuel 2:3), not of ignorance. In Psalm 139:1–6, the Psalmist claims that God knows everything about him before he opens his mouth. Jeremiah 32:19