Foreknowledge: Did you really say the only way God can know that something is going to happen only if it happens? Doesn't He know what's giong to happen even if the person doesn't do it? What about Abraham & offering up his son Isaac? [Genesis 22:1-19] Jacob have I loved, but Esau have i Hated: God knew that He would hate Esau & love Jacob, before they were even born. [Malachi 1:2-3, Genesis 25:23, Romans 9:10-13]