You mean like Shasta just read his beliefs into the texts that glorify God's absolute sovereignty?
You presented various verses as proof that God by exerting His divine power determines the choices that men make. The code word for this kind of control is “sovereignty.” When I looked at your proofs I found that this concept was neither stated nor implied in the text.
1 Chronicles 29:10–12
10 Therefore David blessed the Lord before all the assembly; and David said:
“Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.
11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness,
The power and the glory,
The victory and the majesty;
For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;
Yours is the kingdom, O Lord,
And You are exalted as head over all.
12 Both riches and honor come from You,
And You reign over all.
In Your hand is power and might;
In Your hand it is to make great
And to give strength to all.
First –the main point. While this scripture speaks of God’s power and kingship it does not say that He controls the minds, and wills of all mankind. What the passage does say is that God is great, powerful and majestic, that He rules and reigns over His Kingdom as its exalted King. Furthermore it states that the decision about who to grant power and riches to is ultimately His.
Is this saying that God has already taken complete control of all the kingdoms of this world? Obviously not. He will reign over His kingdom until He returns and loud voices from heaven proclaim:
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” (
Revelation 11:15)
Paul describes that moment in these terms:
…24 Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. 25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. (
1 Corinthians 15:25)
Notice that currently Christ has the authority to take over the governments of the earth but He chooses NOT to. Instead He lets governments continue in their wickedness while He works to bring forth the harvest. God may have all dominion, authority and power but He has not yet destroyed those who make competing claims to it. In the end, though, He will, but not before. Because God can or could have already assumed control does not mean He CHOSEN or even DESIRES to do so at this time although, in your terms, not controlling everything deprives Him of the attribute of "sovereignty."