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The Dependent's Model of Providence
The best model of providence is the simple foreknowledge model, where god just sees the future and makes decisions based on that. If you're like me and you don't like explanatory looks, you think explanatory looks are impossible, then you won't be ok with monist approach. But i tend to believe there can be different stages of god's knowledge in your mind at the same time. This is a kind of 'peaking ahead' model - so he has to be strategic about how he wants to peak ahead. And this doesn't mean he doesn't want to know everything every single time,. but it does give him some advantages over open theist view.