Eternity: The Attributes That Are Only True of God

Eternity

Eternity means infinity in relationship to time. God is free from succession of time. God is free to act within time and outside of this limitation (see Gen. 18:14; Gal. 4:4). God is without beginning of years or end of days including eternity past, and eternity future. Only God is eternal in both, while we will be eternally future but are not eternally past. Time has objective reality to God, but He sees the past and future as vividly as the present. God is the cause of time (Heb. 1:2; 11:3).

Scripture
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. (Gen. 21:33)

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. (Deut. 32:40)

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. (Deut. 33:27)

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. (Job 36:26)

Click and read Psalm 90. This is great just to contemplate.

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. (Ps. 102:25-27)

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Is. 57:15)

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Col. 1:17)

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1Tim. 1:17)

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2Pet. 3:8)

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen (Jude 24-25)

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Rev. 1:8)

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Rev. 21:6)

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Rev. 22: 13.)

Application
God gives eternal life (John 3:16-18; 1John 5:11-13), therefore we must redeem the time for eternity (Eph. 5:16).

In his time,
Brother John