The Son of Destruction

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

(John17:12) NKJV

The son of perdition is used to refer to Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus. The paradox is that, even though Judas made a choice which led the Lord to the cross, it was a necessary part of God’s will and the plan of redemption.

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Predestination

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

(Romans 8:28-30) KJV

We need to tie together the scientific and Biblical rationalization of Matty’s Paradigm with the message of peace and comfort that the Bible has for those who love the Lord.

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