[T]he decree of God does not displace history; on the contrary, it gives us history. It does not make the events of history eternal — if they were eternal they would not be historical events in time — but it does mean that the temporal events of history are grounded in the divine will and dependent upon God’s providence, ordinary and extraordinary, in order to come into existence and reach their end.

“Introductory Essay” by J. Mark Beach in Herman Bavinck, Saved By Grace, xxv.