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it means that God gives people to there ignorence so its irony that the ppl that think so high of themselfs in fact are really stupid...its true if you look around

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We must remember first that what God has decreed is according to His pleasure and will (see Eph. 1:4-6). Everything God does, even in situations that seem evil or wrong, are done for the glory of Him. For example, God was sovereign over what Joseph's brothers had done to him. Keep in mind that God had decreed what would take place. Joseph was given a prophecy of what would occur, and that he would be greater than his brothers, and even his father, Jacob, and his mother, Leah. His brothers, at the ending of the chapter of Genesis make an important note of this, and that note is how, while God was sovereign and in control of every act, it was Joseph's brothers who sinned against him, not God. As it is written, "You [Joseph's brothers] intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives" (Gen. 50:20). So, why am I writing this? To show you that Christ confesses that it was according to His Father's will that this should be so. He says, "you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children." Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 2:7, 8 "No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." So, don't you see, that if it was indeed revealed, Christ would have not been crucified, which would mean that we would still be in our sins?

The rulers of the age might be a reference to philosophers. Paul has an interesting way of telling us that to the Jews, the good news of God is a stumbling block (perhaps because they did not agree that Jesus was the Messiah), and to the Greeks, it was foolishness (perhaps because they loved philosophy, and the good news could not be understood in such a way). Paul also notes, "What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, as it is written: 'God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day.' And David says: 'May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever'" (Rom. 11:7-10). We even see God handing over those who delight in sin (1:21-25). It is even written in the Word of God that God sends upon unbelievers, "powerful delusions" (see 2 Thess. 2:5-12). But why does He do this? It is an interesting question, especially since it is God who hardens the heart of Pharaoh, and yet Pharaoh confesses that it is he who sinned, not God.