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Post by kjs on Jan 30, 2018 16:06:56 GMT -6
infinite or unending time.
a state to which time has no application; timelessness.
Theology -- endless life after death.
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Being a time based entity like everyone else on this world -- it is really hard for me to grasp what eternity is all about.
BUT if we can establish a few facts (that people think are correct) maybe, we can get (or attempt to get an handle) on eternity.
Fact 1: God exists outside of Time -- therefore He exists in eternity.
Fact 2: When we die (or are raptured) we will be with God -- therefore we too will exist in eternity.
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If we are given the opportunity to observe activity on Earth during that existence in eternity (ie being outside of time)
will we be able to observe "ALL TIME" happening on Earth -- or will we only be able to observe that portion of Time -- Since we left the Earth?
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Post by sawdy on Jan 30, 2018 21:46:50 GMT -6
I don't know about seeing the time of the past, but I know from books like Heaven is for Real, they speak about seeing the battle that is to come. So do we see from our time and forward in eternity? Or do we see all of the time in eternity? Good question.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 22:51:33 GMT -6
I don't know about seeing the time of the past, but I know from books like Heaven is for Real, they speak about seeing the battle that is to come. So do we see from our time and forward in eternity? Or do we see all of the time in eternity? Good question. I so desperately hope we see all of time from the beginning. Mind blowing to even consider really. Just getting to view the events in Genesis alone would be overwhelming to say the least. Really cool topic |
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Post by Joecool on Jan 31, 2018 5:34:28 GMT -6
Yea I would like to see all the times God has looked out for me without me knowing it. Plus how cool would it be to see the original Noah's ark or Moses leading the Israelites out Egypt.
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Post by mike on Jan 31, 2018 7:58:15 GMT -6
KJS this one is one that causes me brain pain! I liken eternity to space & time which in some way I believe are intertwined. As space & time have no boundaries, nor does eternity they must be related in some way. How?! I wish we could comprehend it but I get headaches  |
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Post by kjs on Jan 31, 2018 8:32:51 GMT -6
KJS this one is one that causes me brain pain! I liken eternity to space & time which in some way I believe are intertwined. As space & time have no boundaries, nor does eternity they must be related in some way. How?! I wish we could comprehend it but I get headaches Tell me about it..... If eternity is the absence of time -- then can time ever impact eternity? Or put another way.... If Jesus left eternity and then returned to eternity -- would he not leave and return at the same time? We have all seen a time line drawn out with the past being on the left side and the future being on the right side. So when one enters into eternity -- does the time line completely disappear -- or does it only continue on in one direction always to the right? Or does time become observable in both directions......... |
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Post by willard on Jan 31, 2018 12:16:52 GMT -6
I read an article once about God and time. Or how He is beyond time. It got me thinking about this possibility: If a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day, then could the timeline potentially go something like this: Rapture, immediate Bema Seat, quick meet and greet over some punch and a piece of cake and then Jesus says "Saddle up boys, time to go". Because in the few minutes we've been there, 7+ years have happened down here. Don't get me wrong, I hope we're there for the full 7 years, every minute of it. It just seems like it's not out of the question.
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Post by sawdy on Jan 31, 2018 12:43:58 GMT -6
willardI love punch and cake! What a great meet and greet! (Do you think they'll be an Unsealed table set out for us?) I've too wondered about the 1 day (of Lord) = to 1000 day (us) equivalent. Especially when it comes to the millennial kingdom. Could there be the possibility of the 1000 year reign being 1000 single days (of Lord) x 1000 days (us)? That would put Satan as being locked in the pit for 1,000,000 normal earth years. When Satan operates outside of earth, as he has to be cast down to earth, how minimal his punishment would be to be locked up a 1000 years. That's like being in jail awaiting your sentence and then getting out before having to serve any time. The line from Amazing Grace is going through my heard right now; "When we've been there 10 thousand years...". It's going to be amazing and I'm sure the cake and punch welcome social will be the "remember when" conversation as it will probably blow our socks off.
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Post by mike on Jan 31, 2018 12:51:39 GMT -6
kjs apparently in some way shape or form God is at the very least bound to operate in the time parameters He set in motion for us. How that works completely baffles me as He exists outside of time, yet has to meet the appointed times and seasons, etc. Galatians 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
Ephesians 1:10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
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Post by Natalie on Jan 31, 2018 14:59:59 GMT -6
willard I love punch and cake! What a great meet and greet! (Do you think they'll be an Unsealed table set out for us?) Just look for the yellow flag with a U on it.  |
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Post by kjs on Jan 31, 2018 15:30:54 GMT -6
kjs apparently in some way shape or form God is at the very least bound to operate in the time parameters He set in motion for us. How that works completely baffles me as He exists outside of time, yet has to meet the appointed times and seasons, etc. Galatians 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
Ephesians 1:10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ. Excellent bible passages..... But does that make God Bound to time .... or simply allows Him to operate within TIME at particular moments? Being a big Sci-Fi nerd like me, allows me to imagine "a gateway (door)" that one simply punches in the correct sequence of numbers and allow one to "step in" to TIME at any moment. Now, God -- being God would not need any sort of mechanism or device to enter the time stream.... I am simply using the gateway imagery to imagine how it could be done..... |
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Post by kjs on Jan 31, 2018 15:51:16 GMT -6
I don't know about seeing the time of the past, but I know from books like Heaven is for Real, they speak about seeing the battle that is to come. So do we see from our time and forward in eternity? Or do we see all of the time in eternity? Good question. I so desperately hope we see all of time from the beginning. Mind blowing to even consider really. Just getting to view the events in Genesis alone would be overwhelming to say the least. Really cool topic Jonah and the big fish David and Goliath Elijah and prophets of baal Daniel and Lion's den Jesus walking on water This list could go on and on............. |
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Post by mike on Jan 31, 2018 17:16:13 GMT -6
AHHHHHHHH....never thought of it that way kjs. That does help it make sense to me a little more when put in that light. |
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Post by hopeful on Feb 3, 2018 11:29:35 GMT -6
I don't remember if C.S. Lewis was talking about time when he said it (I think he was), something about a piece of paper trying to understand a cube.
Sometimes I don't even feel like a sheet of paper when I try to wrap my head around big concepts...more like a post it note:)
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Post by domagb on Feb 3, 2018 15:59:56 GMT -6
There are accounts by those who have visited heaven that there are "videos" in heaven, and that you can watch the Life of Jesus and others. If true, we can watch much of history.
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