Before talking about divine middle knowledge, I first want to briefly mention the idea of logical priority. One thing has logical priority over another if the second is logical dependent on it. It is important to note that this logical dependency does not imply temporal order. Two things could have a logical dependency, yet occur simultaneously.coldplay text mp3

For example, if we consider God's foreknowledge, we have a temporal order of:

1. God foreknows that certain events will occur.
2. The events occur.

However, the logical order is somewhat different:

1. Certain events occur.
2. Future tense statements about these events are either true or false.
3. God knows only those future tense statements that are true.

This is simply restating the argument I have put forward previously about why divine foreknowledge and human freedom are compatible - God foreknows events simply because they will occur, not because they must occur. The content of God's foreknowledge depends on the event occurring, and so the logical order (or dependence) is different to the temporal order of the events occurring.coldplay text mp3

Consequently we are able to talk about 'logical moments', analogous to temporal moments, excepting that they may all occur simultaneously, or in a different temporal order entirely.coldplay text mp3

This concept is fairly important to understand when we start discussing divine middle knowledge properly.coldplay text mp3

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