Thank you for the welcome.

Ultimately, does the Lord have x amount of days planned for each person, or is it just that He knows the end from the beginning?


Psalm 31:15 is the closest scripture reference I got when looking up the words, "days" and "times" in my limited NIV study Bible concordance

He has numbered them, so it ought to mean He has set out the number of days each person will live on earth. Btw, I recommend KJV as english Bible translation.

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Prov.1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Ps.139:21-22 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

To God alone be the glory.

I suspect this depends somewhat on what choices we make in our lives.

scripture says life is like a vapor, here one minute, gone the next. God knows our beginning and our end. yes i believe that our days are numbered. scripture says its appointed to men once to die then the judgement. scripture also says be ye ready for you know the day nor time whereby the son of man shall appear. if you take this at heart, only God has the power to give life and to take it away. He has the last say so wether you live or die. so yes, He knows. God bless.

The question is if God only knows the future, or if He actually determine it. Is it only foreknowledge or predetermination? What is your view?

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Prov.1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Ps.139:21-22 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

To God alone be the glory.

Be it predetermination, then where is our supposed freewill? I believe it to be foreknowledge.

Also, NIV and NKJV are substantial enough for new believers, in my opinion.

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Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. ~Mark Twain

Perhaps we ahould consider the wisdom of (Ps 90:12)...

So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.

There is a king in the bible, I can't remember his name. He was close with one of the prophets (I can't remember which one), but the prophet told him that God said he had three days left to live and the king was very sad and prayed and pleaded with God to remember all that He had done to honor him and to let him live a little longer so that he may spend more time with his children. He was a faithful king and the next day the prophet came back and said God has heard your pleas and remembers all that you did to honor Him and said that He will lengthen your life so that you may see your children (or maybe it was his grandchildren) grow up. He ended up living another seventeen years.

I found the story! turns out I got some of the details wrong, sorry. It was king Hezekiah and Isaiah:

2 Kings 20

1IN THOSE days Hezekiah became deadly ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.
2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,

3I beseech You, O Lord, [earnestly] remember now how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth and with a whole heart [entirely devoted to You] and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him:

5Turn back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of My people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your [forefather]: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

6I will [a]add to your life fifteen years and deliver you and this city [Jerusalem] out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.

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O LORD, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty.
I don't concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp.
But I have stilled and quieted my soul...

(Psalm 131:1-2 NLT)

The pslamsist david ask the Lord to show him or help him to know his days,,,If God is the soverign ruler of the universe, and as Jesus said not a sparrow fall from the tree with out Gods knowing,,then yes,,,I think every creation has its time,,,appointed by God,,,Chow,,

Hey, thanks to all who responded

Was just wondering...scriptures to the effect that the power of life and death is in the tongue etc do seem to indicate that we have some sort of control over the issue...probably like God having two wills kind of thing...His perfect will, that which he would prefer to happen in our lives, and His permissive will, that which He allows to happen in our lives?