[scripter]

Doesn't it seem clearer to START with the supposition that God has laid out His plan for His creation from before time according to His will, and work back, trying to understand everything else from that perspective?

I think it makes more sense to read Scripture in context, all of it. As I see it, you're less likely to limit God when you consider all of His inspired words.

[Dr Warmoose]

...you're less likely to limit God...

Whose limiting God? (Other than our Free Will "Friends" who feel that God has reached His limits in what he can do, and man must finish the job)