Luke, You are on the right track, and thought process. The reality is, no one can comprehend God, and how exactly all of this works. However, I do know one thing. In order for us to grasp any of this, we need to eliminate "time" from our concept og God. God created time, He is not limited by it. Now, sit back and think of this for a sec. God knows what we are going to do...... drum roll..... because He sees us doing it.... get it? Let me draw you a picture. God is represented by the entire picture... He is larger than the picture... He is infinate, so the picuture is just an illustration, but check it out. The first large white dot represents the beginning of time, which God created, and He already was in existance, the last large white dot represents the end of time, which is still to come... everything on earth happens, and falls between the two large white dots. You can see I listed a few... Adam & Eve, Noah and the ark, a "timespan" of 10,000 years, me typing this message. Now think for a second, and imagine that the human life is a microscopic dot on this timeline. Okay... now, picture God "watching" this timeline, and being Soveriegn to it... He is larger, is actually encompasses this timeline. God can see everything at once. He sees Adam in the garden, at the same time He sees me typing this message... He sees Christ dying in the very instance that He sees Him returning! God knows the future because He is there! He is presently looking at the entire scope of time. He does not force me to type this message, but He knows that I am doing it, and He "saw" me doing it 7,000 years ago. He knows because He sees. He interacts, and is involved in our lives, SURE HE IS! We ask Him to be every time we pray! Does He manipulate us to do individual tasks all day long? Absolutely not. Does the drawing make sense? God is not within the confines of linear time. He presently sees the past, present, and future all at once... that does not mean that He makes all of it happen. Sorry, I am not an artist... [img size=576]http://www.mypraize.com/components/com_joomlaboard/uploaded/images/God_and_time_2.jpg[/img]