On Romans 8:28-30 Gordon H. Clark says, "The verse now gives a general explanation of God's design. Whom God foreknew, he predestinated. In the discussion of Isaiah 46:10 it was pointed out that foreknowledge is not a matter of looking into the future and discovering what is there. God knows the future because he has determined it. Furthermore, foreknowledge, in its Biblical usage, refers more to good events than to evil events. This is not to deny God's omniscience nor even his universal control. It refers merely to literary usage. Psalm 1:6 makes the contrast that God knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. Then, too, there is Amos 3:2, 'you only have I known of all the families of the Earth.' here the verb to know means to choose or to select. Obviously it is not a denial of omniscience.
Therefore, those people whom God foreknew, chose, or selected are precisely the individuals whom he predestinated. The Greek verb can equally well be translated predestinate or predetermine. The direct purpose of this predestination is now mentioned. God chose these people to be conformed to the image of his Son. This was of course for their good but it was also a part of Christ's glory, for it made him the firstborn among many brethren." - Predestination
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