After the Reformation, there are four main views. We are quite often forced to use analogy when describing divinity. In fact, it is the very decree of predestination that decrees that they maintain their holiness. God's relating to what is not God by becoming incarnate is embedded in a reality deeper than the dynamic of sin and forgiveness. e) Supralapsarianism is later taught by theologians of good repute who were considered in the Netherlands as being orthodox, namely Heidanus, Burmann, Braun, Voetius, Engelhardus, and others. In my own lessons on predestination of the Gospel with the Lord, I would tend to not shift decisively to either the Supra or the Infra positions, but rather uphold the consensus of the Westminster position on predestination. Yet, because we are finite, we cannot help but think of things in accordance with their causes and ends. The Westminster Divines wanted to move with the Lord to make predestination a practical foundation to their call of sinners to justifying faith in Christ, the proper essence of evangelism. Today we received a question from TSS reader, Jason Dalton. Speaking against supra- and for infralapsarianism were Polyander, Walaeus, Rivet, Cocceius, Henry Alting, Molinaeus, Fr. Related to this question, is it accurate to speak of the things that an omniscient God knows (and decrees) in human terms of time and space at all? The Supralapsarians rightly emphasise the divine sovereignty and grace but open the possibility of making God responsible for sin and evil, and indeed the whole order of creation being a monstrous economy intending the fall and damnation of multitudes. Despite these responses, the Infralapsarian Order seeks to reflect the historical relationship between sin and salvation. Knowing the truth and grace of predestination in the Gospel with the Lord involves knowing the Lords deliberate withholding of His mystery from human knowledge, and knowing the Lords deliberate revelation of His grace at a personal level in the incarnate ministry of Jesus. Supralapsarian. Edwards appears very active reworking the Newtonian system of his day to make it more Theocentric for him there is no distinction between sustaining creation and creation itself, Edwards seems to have revamped the whole of Physics of his day the goal of creation for Edwards is for the supreme end is Gods self communication of his glory which interestingly enough is what equals happiness of those intelligent rational creatures (Suppose that is us) this goal of Gods self communication is also is used by Edwards to explain the reason God made us we are an auxiliary end to the supreme end of a forever conversation with God about how Great God is ( Cool eschatology )when considered time is nothing but conversation meant to communicate Gods Glory in Edwards system. Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, has chosen, in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith, or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions, or causes moving Him thereunto; and all to the praise of His glorious grace. (WCF 3: 5 qtd.