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1 | Than i may know Him | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 7593 | ||
We know from the Bible that God is eternal. But the idea of eternity really is impossible for finite human beings to understand. We think in measurable categories. Our references are always to time or distance. We measure time by the day or by the year; distance by the inch or by the mile. We may have a fairly clear idea of what a day is or what a year is, or even some sort of vague notion of what a million years is. But of eternity in which there is no such thing as time as we know it, and of God's being in "eternity past" forever and forever, having no beginning and no ending -- these are concepts that boggle the mind. The Bible says simply, "In the beginning God created..." But before the "beginning" -- the beginning of creation -- God was. Always was, always is, always will be......So what was it like before God created the universe? The Bible does not say. Science does not know. All we have to go on, which is nothing really, is our imagination, our speculation, our guesses. We do know this: We know that God is a sovereign, all knowing, and all-powerful God. We know that God is not dependent upon his creation for His being, no more than an artist derives his life from his painting.......And what did God do first? Again, all we know is from the first few words of Genesis, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." In your question Jim you pointed out that God said and things started to happen. And what a marvelous testimony this is to the incomparable greatness and might of the living God. He can say "Let there be light," and there is light. He can breathe the breath of life into a piece of clay and it becomes a living human being, fashioned in the likeness of God Himself.God, how great Thou art! --Hank | ||||||
2 | Than i may know Him | Gen 1:1 | Cyclist | 46151 | ||
Hank, Praise the Lord for ever more! Praise Him for His excellence! Praise Him for His Greatness! Praise Him for His unconditional love for us! Praise the Lord! I will rejoice and be glad because the Lord provided salvation for us through Jesus Christ, His Son! I will praise the Lord all the day long! Just a note to say that I was conducting a search on the subject of eternity. Being the fool that I sometimes am, I've tried to imagine eternity in my fleshly mind and have been struggling with the fact that I simply cannot. What a fool I am in this. Your post on 6/16/01 helped me with this. Thank You! I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continualy be in my mouth! Cyclist |
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3 | Than i may know Him | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 46306 | ||
Cyclist, good to hear from you, and I'm very pleased that you found my post of some help. Thank you for your kind response. --Hank | ||||||