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1. The Beginning of Time. "I only am God; I existed before Time itself." (Isa. 43:13. Ferrar Fenton translation). The eternity of God is beyond human comprehension. We are finite creatures; our minds can only conceive objects existing within space and events taking place within a span of time marked by a beginning and an ending.
GOD, TIME AND ETERNITY. God is the 'high and lofty One who inhabits eternity', [1] declared the prophet Isaiah, but exactly how we are to understand the notion of eternity is not clear. Traditionally, the Christian church has taken it to mean 'timeless'.
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ETERNITY. Outline. 1. Biblical data. Isaiah 57:15 contains the phrase, “the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy.” This is the only verse in which the word occurs in the KJV.
Mar 29, 2024 · God places eternity (Hebrew olam) into our heart and soul. The word translated “eternity” is much debated regarding its translation in this passage. The word olam can be translated as “darkness,” “eternity,” or “the future.”
Concepts of eternity are rooted in how people perceive time, especially as it relates to God’s interaction with time. There are essentially two options: God is temporal, meaning that he exists in time; and God is atemporal, meaning that he exists apart from time.
Discover the meaning of Eternity in the Bible. Study the definition of Eternity with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
Those who hold to doctrine (a) point to passages in the common English versions where ‘everlasting’ or ‘eternal’ is applied to the state of the ‘lost’; but those who hold (b) or (c) above, interpret such texts quite differently. We may use Matt.25:46 as an example. The A.V. reads ‘These shall go away into everlasting punishment’.
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