Originally posted by Lokrian
I think this is demonstrably untrue. The Bible says point blank that God anticipates a great turning away before the end times, not an obedient and Godly Israel.
There's a difference here between God's purpose, namely what God would prefer to happen, and God's foreknowledge of what will happen, and His consequent planning, if you call it that, because there are some things in which He will not be thwarted. I'm using very loose terms here and above, in an attempt to avoid the overused jargonny terms that lose their meaning, but fear I'm going too far the other way... you'll doubtless pull me up where I go TOO loose