he who made these things known so long ago.’

这话是从创世以来显明这事的主说的。’

祂从亘古就显明了这事。

这是自古以来就显明了这些事的主所说的。’

这是自古以来，让人知道这些事的主说的。’

這話是從創世以來顯明這事的主說的。

祂從亙古就顯明了這事。

這是自古以來就顯明了這些事的主所說的。’

這是從古世以來將這些事工讓人知道的主說的。」

這是自古以來，讓人知道這些事的主說的。』

此自世初、示人斯事之主言之矣、

上帝所為、早已知之、

凡天主所為、天主自始皆已知之、

誰作斯語經綸主、真宰夙知今所為。

things known from long ago.

The Lord does things that have been known from long ago.

known from of old.’

known from long ago.

Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

“ Known to God from eternity are all His works.

Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

known from long ago.

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

known from long ago.

“ All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.

Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me.Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.

God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation— a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.

The beast you saw was once alive but isn’t now. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit and go to eternal destruction. And the people who belong to this world, whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died.

“ Then the King will say to those on his right,‘ Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

“ Let them try to tell us what happened long ago so that we may consider the evidence. Or let them tell us what the future holds, so we can know what’s going to happen.Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead. Then we will know you are gods. In fact, do anything— good or bad! Do something that will amaze and frighten us.

Consult together, argue your case. Get together and decide what to say. Who made these things known so long ago? What idol ever told you they would happen? Was it not I, the Lord? For there is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior. There is none but me.

And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered before the world was made.

Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

Who is like me? Let him step forward and prove to you his power. Let him do as I have done since ancient times when I established a people and explained its future.

I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.

This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet:“ I will speak to you in parables. I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.”

God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?