TIME AND ETERNITY

THE Bible categorically states that there was a first day (Gen. 1:5). The pertinent question is: —Where was God (and the angels and demons) before this first day? For God to have commanded light, HE (God) must have been in existence before then. The Bible itself answers this question for us; first off, in respect of God and (by extension) in respect of all the other spirits. In Isaiah 57:15a, the Bible says God inhabits eternity (KJV). But was that where He was before the first day? The idea of living forever, or what is also referred to as eternity, denotes a situation of His living for all time. ALL time consists of a combination of the past, the present and the future.

So in effect, eternity is a situation where the past, present and future are all rolled into one. Eternity has also been defined as “world without end” but what does that really mean? To under-stand this concept, let us start by stating the fact that everything that has a begin-ning must have an end; for example, life, events, etc. So when we say “world without end” we are also saying a “world without a beginning”. But how is that possible? Very simple; remove time and you have it.

Time is what gives a beginning and an end. So eternity is a situation where the dimension of time does not exist i.e. it is a situation of timelessness. Therefore, time is of very fundamental importance on earth. When a person’s life finally ends its timely course, he transfers to the spiritual because at that point, the only part of one that has an essence is the spirit.

While we are in the physical, we inhabit a physical world; by extension, spirits should (and do) inhabit a spiritual world. Since God is a Spirit, it then means that where He inhabits must be a spiritual world which is also called the “highest heavens”. We can then infer that the spiritual world is synonymous with heaven which has a “time” frame called eternity. Knowing that time is the essence of a day, we can categorically state that what God was creating that first day was really time, without which there would not have been ‘day’.

If we were to ask who knows what would happen tomorrow (or even one minute into the future), it would be almost impossible to get the correct answer. We are all aware that no man knows tomorrow but most people will say, “Only God knows tomorrow”. Let us backtrack a bit and remind ourselves of the fact that we have just said that all spirits live in a world where past, present and future are all rolled into one (timeless) zone a.k.a. the spiritual, a.k.a. eternity. Therefore, spirits have no time constraint; they can enter any time zone to see what is about to happen.

God is everywhere at the same time– so no time or distance constraint. Angels are spirits (no time limitation), but being individuals they have a ‘distance constraint’. Man lives in a world governed by time and has been created as individuals, meaning we have both time and distance constraints. As a result of these limitations, man needs God des-perately for a successful existence.

With the two constraints of this physical world, one of the greatest prayers anybody can pray for you is “May you be at the right place at the right time”. If you are at the right place at the wrong time or vice versa, you cannot receive your blessings. The only thing devils need do, to manipulate and frustrate a life, is to make sure she is not at the right place at the right time. The explanation of the consequences of these two constraints and the way to liberate oneself is the major reason for this book.

With no time constraint, Satan knows your tomorrow thereby knowing God’s plans for you (the promise of that great “future” in Jeremiah 29:11). He knows where you have to be and also the parti-cular time you have to be there for God to bless you. But fortunately, just as Satan knew that Jesus was on earth to save mankind but didn’t have a clue as to how it would be done, so does he not know the underpinnings of God’s modus operandi for your “future”. So the only way he can hit you is if you give him the right by sinning. The only thing he needs do is ensure that you are not at the right place at the right time. And to accomplish this, he talks to you at the spirit level, using the knowledge that he has of you…because —at the spirit level—we are all naked.

Watch out for the continuation, Time and Eternity next Sunday.