by David K McMillin

Created on: November 22, 2010

The idea of chance really is as farcical as Martians and Atlantians. Nothing in life occurs because of a random chance or “fate”. To understand why this is let us first look at a set dice at the craps table.

It is possible to determine exactly how a set of craps dice will roll if you know all the variables involved: the force of the toss, the friction of the table, the angle the dice were thrown at, the weight of the dice, even the cross breeze across the table. Once all the variables have been determined you would be able to predict the outcome of each roll and make yourself a fortune. Even a humans responses to any given circumstance can be determined if every variable is known. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately as humans we can not possibly conceive of all the variables and therefore predict every outcome.

The question, however, remains is there a grand plan? By simple logic if one does not exist, chance, then the other must, a grand plan. But then several questions come to mind: If there is a grand plan when did it begin? what will its conclusion be? and who is orchestrating it? Dr Frank Tippler in his book the Physics of Immortality point out that there must be a god because at some point when the universe collapses all energy and mass will increase toward infinity which is the expression of and definition of a god, not only that but an all knowing and loving god. If this god is all knowing then he must also be able to orchestrate a plan because as we have already seen there is no such thing as random chance.

What is more is if there is a god who knows it all and has a plan then that plan must be knowable by those who are looking for it. I would argue that this god is the God that Moses wrote about and that his plan is for the redemption of mankind through a messiah or savior and that messiah is Jesus and at the end of known history there will be a place for those who choose to get to know him now.

Moses also wrote about the beginning of history in his first book, Genesis. Actually Moses compiled Genesis from some earlier set of texts which where probably written and kept by those who are listed in the genealogical records in the book. The point here is that God started history and he is working to make a completion to it and the completion of it is the Grand plan that we all fit into.

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