128-130, emphasis added throughout unless otherwise noted).īiblically speaking, God "inhabits eternity" ( Isaiah 57:15 Isaiah 57:15 For thus said the high and lofty One that inhabits 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.Īmerican King James Version ×)-in other words, it is His dwelling place from where He can intervene at will in the universe ( Isaiah 46:10 Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: must have arisen from a 'realm' or 'entity' beyond space and time" ( Why the Universe Is the Way It Is, 2008, pp. All things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made.Īmerican King James Version × 1 Corinthians 2:7 1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world to our glory:Īmerican King James Version × and 2 Timothy 1:9 2 Timothy 1:9 Who has saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.Īmerican King James Version × John 1:1-3 John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Yet, both the Old and New Testaments, uniquely among pre-modern texts, refer to God's activities 'before the beginning of time' (see for example Proverbs 8:22-23 Proverbs 8:22-23 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. Remarkably, it mentions this concept in several places!Īs the astrophysicist Hugh Ross points out: "Because humans are trapped in time, where time is linear and cannot be halted or reversed, the idea that anything could exist 'before' time defies imagination. Only the Bible boldly claims there was a moment when time, as we know it, did not exist. Moreover, all the known ancient religious books except for the Bible describe time as being eternal. It was only during the 20th century that Einstein's theory of relativity and the detection of cosmic background radiation, among other findings, indicated time actually had a beginning and was woven into the very fabric of space. In fact, Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the famous discoverer of gravity, believed time was eternal. And why not? After all, everything around us is governed by time-from the mighty sun to the tiniest cell-all have a beginning and an end. Until the last century, scientists believed time was eternal and absolute. Every day is like a grain of sand falling irretrievably from the hourglass of time.
Time–it's an integral part of our lives, whether we are young or old.
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