- Wed, Mar 24, 2010
- Heaven
Is there time in Heaven? (video)
Randy Alcorn answering the question, "Is there time in Heaven?" Q&A with Pastor JohnMark Comer at The Way, Solid Rock Church's ministry to "twenty-somethings."
Resources: eternal
- Sun, Feb 07, 2010
- Doctrine and Theology
You said in your Heaven book that only God will be infinite in Heaven. What is the difference between infinite and eternal?
The word “infinite,” in Christian theology, has meant “without limit.” “Eternal” means everlasting, without end.
- Wed, Jan 06, 2010
- Doctrine and Theology, Heaven
Do you agree that if something is eternal, it is without time?
Eternity is outside the presence of time, not just from now to forever. Though eternity clearly doesn’t end, it also cannot have a beginning. It is where God Himself dwells, and therefore there is no beginning. Therefore, a person in time cannot be eternal; rather he can enter into eternity and eternal life.
Your distinction about eternity being “without time” is interesting, however perhaps not supportable. Only God is timeless. The self-existent attribute of God is called His Aseity (from two Latin words “a” and “se”, meaning “from Himself”). His personal name revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14 ...
