How often have we heard "if we have free will how is it that God knows in advance how we will choose?"

The answer is not complicated.

Imagine the familiar surroundings of our Earth. Now picture a series of concentric shells, each larger than the one below. Place the Earth at the center of this visual. The Earth is the lowest,least refined form of matter. The spiritual shells that we have imagined are less so. There are seven of these each with seven sub-divisions. The lowest spiritual shell, plane, density, dimension or whatever you might like to call it, is commonly called the ethereal. It is only just slightly less dense than the physical. It is made of ethereal matter. indeed we occasionally see into with our physical eyes. Especially when we raise our vibrations just a bit through meditation. We have a "vision". But another interesting thing about the ethereal is that it is an exact duplicate of what exists in the physical. This is the reason when we have an out of body experience we see things almost normally with just slight differences such as enhanced hearing or vision and ability to move about. And each plane above the ethereal is more refined than the one below. And each experiences the flow of time but slower and slower as we ascend.

But there is more.

Each of the seven spiritual planes which are a vital and essential part of the Earth (system) also experience the flow of time. This is because they do have dimension. The Earth could not exist without theme. These are the heavens that we go to after death. The curious thing is that time slows as compared to here on Earth as we ascend. If we were to shift up to the ethereal and if we had the means to compare we would see that one Earth hour is about 45 minutes now.

This effect continues as we ascend, plane to plane. Ever heard of seventh heaven? This is the highest of the Earth's planes. This is the realm of the spiritual head of our system the guide to the world, the Christ. It is also known by Buddhists as the storied Land of the Golden Light. Here time is very slow indeed.

But this is not the end.

God, the creator, is not "of" our solar system at all. God remains on the highest of planes that exist. This is not a part of the created spiritual and physical universe. Here there is no dimension therefore no flow of time at all. This is the answer to the question.

The entirety of the created universe both spiritual and physical represent the body of manifestation of the Creator. This is the reason that we sometimes hear "we have our life in or through God". This is literally true.

We live in a continually flowing time. We think it terms of before and after. God does not. From God's perspective all simply "is". This means that God is aware of all, everything, every event, every thought that exists below but perceives it all in the present. Have we heard the quote "before Abraham was, I am"? This is the reason for the odd seeming idea expressed in this sentence. God simply "is".

The above is the reason we can choose but God already knows. Yes. We do have free will.

We have trouble understanding the above only because our minds are limited. Human minds are designed to function in the lower spiritual and the physical planes only. But the time flow dynamic is key to understanding the question.