Calvinism Makes God Schizophrenic: Calvinist Buster

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Reformed theology sees at least two different wills of God, does this concept of mean that God is contrary or duplicitous?
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The Thomistic conception of God's dual wills is the best way to understand this concept, in my opinion. God has an antecedent will and a consequent will. God's antecedent will was in use before He ever even created the cosmos. It is unconditional, which means that whatever God actively wills _will_ come to pass. Nothing can thwart, nullify, or alter God's antecedent will. The creation of the world, the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the Cross, and the establishment of the Millennial Kingdom are merely three of the multitudinous amount of events that God's antecedent will brought to fruition. Essentially, His antecedent will can be thought of as His overarching divine plan. On the other hand, God's consequent will encompasses anything that He desires to see come to pass, but will not violate human free will in order to achieve it. This makes it conditional. For example, God wants to see all people repent and accept His Son as the Savior (2 Peter 3:9, cf. Luke 13:24), but He will _not_ override human free will by forcing them to do so. It is very important to remember that His consequent will never contradicts His antecedent will, and vice versa. They are in eternal harmony and are externally and internally consistent.

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