We might consider that God is able to separate from himself to make an "other," which, to some degree, is not him.He can compartmentalize his consciousness.
He can want to see what one of his creatures, one of us, will do. Why would he have that desire if he knows everything past, present and future? Though that knowledge exists somewhere in his mind, he walls it off in order that he may enjoy his creatures, especially those among us who have received free will by being born again. But even those yet dead, he desires to rescue. God the Son may not know exactly when he will be able to save a person, just as he does not know when time will end and he will return in great power. God the Father knows that. But when God the Father is enjoying his Son, he may "forget" such foreknowledge.
What fun is a game if one knows in advance every move that will occur? That doesn't mean God does not retain all power. Through his Son -- though the dead cannot see this -- he is making our world better and better, more and more loving, with each passing day.
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