"...for us physicists believe the separation between past, present, and future is only an illusion, although a convincing one. " - Albert Einstein
No wonder we are able to predict events. They already exist. Science also says so.
Compare with Gita's views - Chapter 11, slokas 33 and 34
" I am the world-destroying time, grown in stature and now engaged in annihilating creatures. Even without you, all the warriors who are arrayed in the confronting armies will cease to exist."
" Therefore you rise up and gain fame, and defeating the enemies enjoy a prosperous kingdom. These have been killed already verily by me. You are only an instrument."