God is logically omnipotent. That is, He is all-powerful in a manner that is consistent with His inherent nature. God's inherent nature is orderly and logical. This nature is exemplified in the logical orderliness of Creation. If He were not, He would not be God and we'd only have illogical, capricious, and incoherent Chaos. This aspect of His nature is described as one of the fundamental laws of logic, the law of non-contradiction. Jesus addresses this crucial requirement, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand." Matthew 12:25. With this in mind, and assuming the Biblical Trinitarian God, the Father has a loving, logical, and good purpose for Creation, expressed as a meta-narrative in the Bible: The Son shall be glorified as Lord, Judge, and Savior over a Creature (mankind) made fit for eternal communion with God. As stated previously, God's inherent nature is logical. He is also inherently lov...
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