It has occasionally been taught by reputable sources that there exists counsels in heaven, and that counselling goes on in these counsels, and that the subject of this counselling is God’s kingdom on earth and how best to carry out His plan of salvation such that as many of His children as possible might be able to return to Him. If such counselling is going on, it would suggest that there are significant details about the implementation of the Plan of Salvation that have not yet been worked out. The existence of counsels and the practice of counselling suggests that there are things that need to be counselled about because they have not yet been decided. This is a new and surprising thought to me because I’d always assumed that the whole thing was worked out in detail before it even started, back in the pre-existence. If it is the case that some of the significant details are still being worked out then perhaps the future course of human history could be changed, depending on the outcome of these counsels. If it is not the case that these counsels are discussing the significant details, then perhaps they are discussing the insignificant details. That would also be a surprising conclusion, given the likely participants in such counsels.