god can,or can't change the past is where in the bible?

Question

where does it say that god can or can't change the past in the bible?

Answer 1

God can not change the past, but He can change what people meant for evil in your life into good.

Romans 8:28 "For we know that ALL things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purposes."

Answer 2

As far as I know, it doesn't say that in the Bible.

But to play with your question ... If the past is something that can be changed without causing a contradiction, then God (assuming He exists and is "all powerful") can change it.

Let's say the past still (somehow) exists -- even in the present. And lets also assume (though we may want to deal with the possibility of this being false) that there's a causal relationship between the past and the present. In other words, if you kick me in the head in the past, that will cause me to feel pain in the present.

God alters the past. In his new version, you DON'T kick me in the head. Do I still feel pain in the present?

I think this is an important distinction you need to make. Are you asking, "Can God alter the past withOUT changing the present?" Well, if the past CAUSES the present, then this would create a contradiction. So God can't do it.

If the past doesn't cause the present, then He can. I could remove some frames from the beginning of "The Godfather" without altering later frames. This is because there ISN'T a causal link between the earlier frames and the later frames. (Even though our brains create the illusion of causation when we view "The Godfather" as a story -- what actually exists is a series of individual still pictures that don't affect each other.)

Or maybe God CAN alter the past and that DOES affect the present. He removes the you-kick-me and that stops me-feeling-pain. I don't see a contradiction here.

I only see a contradiction if (a) the past causes the present and (b) you want God to be able to alter the past WITHOUT altering the present.

Before answering whether or not God can alter the past, you need to grapple with much more complicated questions, like "What IS the past?"