I continue to think about God changing His mind and yet claiming to not change. I reprint a key verse to refresh your memory.
Malachi 3:6 (KJV) For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.At this point I am toying with how someone can change and yet not. It is because the basic value remains the same but the environment in which it is expressed looks for a loophole. If you are charged with raising responsible children and keeping them alive in the process, then the child might focus on the idea that you are there to see that they grow safely and ignore the real purpose of the guardian. So the child might do something that is mildly dangerous but is necessary to develop an independent adult. The guardian might let them fall out of a tree or skate into a wall. When it happens the child might accuse the guardian of failing them. The guardian did not change. His purpose remained steadfast. The accuser was manipulating the situation for their own purposes.
This is what some people do with God. They take the part of His character that they think will get them what they want and think they are so clever they can manipulate Him into a corner. It is like eating a bag of candy that says “fat free” and getting upset when you gain weight.
The nature of God does not change. The purpose of God does not change. The fact that His response varies reflects that lack of change. I like to say that God does not play games. While that is still my view I would accept that when He does join the game He plays by the rules that He wrote, not the ones you want to play by.
homo unius libri
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