Amen.
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." -- Romans 12:2
Paul tells us that when we are quickened to the truth our minds are transformed and we can, by the preaching of the Gospel and by the indwelling Holy Spirit, PROVE the good, acceptable and perfect will of God.
At the heart of our understanding is the mystery of God; a seeming paradox; the one and the many. But there is SO MUCH that is rational and knowable, that we could spend a lifetime still declaring in confidence "we truly know whom we have believed."
It's like the concept of evil which we discussed earlier. The Westminister Confession of Faith precisely and accurately gives us as much understanding as possible without contradiction or error...
IV. The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God so far manifest themselves in His providence, that it extends itself even to the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men; and that not by a bare permission, but such as has joined with it a most wise and powerful bounding, and otherwise ordering, and governing of them, in a manifold dispensation, to His own holy ends; yet so, as the sinfulness thereof proceeds only from the creature, and not from God, who, being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin..."
Of Providence
The book on The Beast is a washout.
No way Nero fills the bill. Absolutely no Scriptural way. Absolutely impossible.
That's an excellent comparison, Dr. E. Thank you. The transforming of the mind goes beyond omnipotence to explain physical miracles.