I've wrestled with the concept of changing God's mind for a while and was somewhat confused about this until I realized that it is not The FATHER that Changes, After all our FATHER is Immutable and therefore never changing.  Malachi 3:6 God Declares “ For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. ”  Here we see that by his own word that The FATHER does not change. So what does it mean when it says that God repented or changed His mind? First, when we think about immutability we should not think that God does something this way and only this way, but just as a father or mother may treat all their children equally they may not treat them all the same. For some children, a stern look is an acceptable discipline, for others harsh words, and even others Proverbs 23:14 (Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.) Likewise, The FATHER is the same God never changing in his desires for man. In his awesome...