predestines
Decides beforehand inevitably
Predestines means to determine or decree in advance, especially by divine will.
In theological contexts, God predestines souls for salvation or damnation before birth: Calvinist doctrine holds that God predestines the elect.
More loosely, anything that seems fated can be predestined: Their shared history predestines them to conflict.
Preordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- lotLarge amount or portion
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
fated · ordained · inevitable · inescapable · unavoidable · sealed · written · fixed
Predetermined divine decree
- electionOrganized public voting
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
grace · reprobation · foreknowledge · divine will · foreordain · omniscience · Augustinian · determinism
Deity's intended course
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- purposeReason something exists
- designPurposeful creative planning
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
will · protection · care · oversight · providential · appointed · arranged · orchestrated
Certain to occur
- guaranteedPromised with certainty
- assuredCertain or self-possessed
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- settledNo longer in question
decided · established · unpreventable · ineluctable · foregone conclusion · certainty · locked in · set in stone
kismet
Preordained future outcome
stars · fated · ordained · inevitable · inescapable · unavoidable · sealed · written · fixed · unalterable
foreordination
Predetermined divine decree
- electionOrganized public voting
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
sovereignty · grace · reprobation · foreknowledge · divine will · foreordain · omniscience · Augustinian · determinism · chosen
divine plan
Deity's intended course
intervention · will · protection · care · oversight · providential · appointed · arranged · orchestrated · intended
inevitable
Certain to occur
- guaranteedPromised with certainty
- assuredCertain or self-possessed
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
settled · decided · established · unpreventable · ineluctable · foregone conclusion · certainty · locked in · set in stone
predestinesliberates
Sets free from captivity
frees · emancipates · empowers · releases · unshackles
predestination, predestine, predestined, predestining, predestinate