Ricktloml wrote:
God "spelled it out" because He loves His children and He "foretold them all things". God wants us to know what can happen. He wants His children to choose-- loving Him, righteousness/worshipping Satan, wrong doing,-- with full knowledge. It is why God gave us free will.
How does giving the plan to His enemy to persecute His children with - how does that show that God loves us?