Eternity
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17.
The relation of eternity to time constitutes one of the most difficult problems in philosophy and theology, perhaps incapable of a solution in our present condition. The reason why we find it difficult to comprehend eternity is that we ourselves are creatures of time. However, the Bible speaks a great deal of eternity in one context or another. It is because God is infinite (without end or limit) that He is described in the Bible as the eternal God. Our life is divided into past, present, and future, but there is no such division in the life of God. God’s existence has been described as: ‘living in one indivisible present’. It does help to remember that time and history is finite, having a beginning and an end. When there is no universe (most agree that the universe had a beginning and will have an end) there will still be the indivisible present.
It is because God is eternal that He can offer eternal life to creatures of time, you and me: ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life’. John 3: 16.
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