Isaiah 46:9-10 “Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. 10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.”
Only God is omniscient. The devil is intelligent, though not wise or he wouldn’t have rebelled against God. But he is smart, and he is superhumanly experienced, and can somewhat figure out from Scripture what will be happening in the future. That is why Revelation 12:12b-c states “…But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” Jesus pointed out that many people, saved or not, can read weather indicators to know what weather is coming. From that Jesus has said that people, even those unsaved in His audience, should be able to read what was coming from what was predicted in scripture. (Luke 12:56) So the devil can know some of what is coming from knowing scripture and so should we be able to do that. After all, we have the Spirit of God within us teaching and instructing us. We should be better at understanding the prophecies from God than the devil. We need to be guided by the Spirit of God when studying the Word of God since the Holy Spirit is the one who opens the Scriptures up to us. (1 Corinthians 2:12-16)
Further proof that the devil is not omniscient is in Daniel 2:1-49 when King Nebuchadnezzar wanted his wise men of the world to not only interpret the dream he had but also to tell him what the dream was without the king telling them. They protested that no-man could do that. The King became irate and was going to kill all his seers. However, Daniel was notified and the Lord revealed to him not only what the dream had been but the interpretation of it. So these worldly magicians who are clearly noted as servants of the devil (Deuteronomy 18:9-13) and not God, could not know the future, but God did and told it to Daniel. I’d call that an advantage! An advantage that saved Daniel’s life and all the fake prophets. It’s good to be, like Daniel, a child of God.
Family, we can trust God who knows all and who calls things that are not yet as though they are. (Romans 4:17) He can do that because if God knows it, it will be because He is never wrong. We love and serve He who knows all the past, the present, and who knows the future with one hundred percent accuracy. For questions about the future we seek the Holy Spirit to reveal the Word. For questions about our ever present and changing now, we see the Holy Spirit to reveal the Word. After all, through the Holy Spirit and the Word, all answers are there. All answers. To know that to be true we need to walk consistently and persistently in fellowship with Him. Of course we won’t perfect that here, only Jesus did that. But He loves us and will teach and show us all that we need to know. And what about the rest? Don’t worry about it! Ha! If we need to know, God is with us to guide us. That is part of living in faith. No worries, just faith in a very known God. Is our God good or is He good! Praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, Oh man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.