divine decree

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The British colonizers were driven by the belief that they were entitled by divine decree and by royal declaration to live on and use the land and resources of North America.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

A divine decree, resting beyond the gaze of human beings, works mysteriously to bring all things into outer manifestation at the proper time.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

What possibility could there have been of reversing the divine decree?

From Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion by Allen, Ethan

It is Asshur that shall do more for the realization of that divine decree first revealed by Moses.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Ea means to say that he did not interfere with the divine decree.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris