God Stopped Eternity...{an excerpt}

There is no time in eternity. It is an eternal, unchanging state where there are

no intervals, no succession of moments. The essence of eternity is that all

things are present simultaneously. Eternity is the complete, simultaneous

and perfect possession of everlasting life, meaning that in eternity every

experience is fully present at once. However, eternity is not static. It is

timeless perfection in God. Eternity is not merely an endless extension of

time described as sempiternity, a perpetual property, but rather a state of

timelessness. Eternity is “the complete, simultaneous and perfect

possession of everlasting life,” meaning that unlike our sequential, ever-

changing experience of time, eternity is a unified “now” where past, present,

and future are all present at once. This timelessness is associated with the

divine. And with that said, our prayer now is to come to reason with God in

the highest level of understanding that we are afforded. Let’s reason: Jesus

is understood to be not only the path to eternal life but as the very

embodiment of that life. Everlasting life isn’t simply a future promise after

death – in Christ it’s a present, transformative reality that begins when one

enters into a relationship with Him. Jesus declares, “I am the resurrection

and the life,” indicating that through Him believers experience life beyond

physical death. He defines eternal life as “knowing the only true God, and

Jesus Christ, whom He have sent,” highlighting that eternal life is about an

intimate, ongoing relationship with God. Jesus isn’t just a mediator for us

now; He is the very reality of everlasting life. His life, death, and resurrection

restore our broken relationship with God and empower us to live in the light

of His eternal kingdom right now. Can we reason that “eternity” and “time”

are both filled with every eventful moment possible - past, present, and future

are in a present actual continuation of existence “all at once?” Having been

created in the very image of God, with the possibility of eternal life, our

existence wasn’t limited to a fleeting present; rather, our entire life, with its

many temporal parts, was laid out in a dimensional spacetime. In this sense,

existence is both “in time”, since events are ordered by temporal relations,

and “eternal”, since all those moments exist equally, regardless of their

“presentness” for us. In this understanding there can be reality outside the

present moment. God’s knowledge and being are “eternal” while still

engaging with temporal creation. And because of that “image” the eternal is

realized in our lived, temporal present.