Psalm 102:12,27 (NLT)
But you, O Lord, will sit on your throne forever.
Your fame will endure to every generation.
But you are always the same;
you will live forever.
Eternity.
It's something we can’t fathom as human beings. It's almost as if it's not possible. Time going on and on and on. But perhaps “time” is the problem to begin with. Although not a physicist, my curiosity for understanding GOD better has carried me into deeper study. Like string theory and multiple dimensions (anyone else watch Big Bang Theory?). In watching a Rob Bell message, he discussed the explanations of men such as Edwin A. Abbott. Abbott came up this idea called “Flatland” to explain how we are limited as humans into our dimension (time). To illustrate, draw a rectangle on a flat piece of paper. Then draw you two stick people. Imagine the two stick people conversing about time and how their dimension (2 dimensional by the way) is the only one. No other dimension is possible. Now take one of your fingers and poke a hole through the paper between the two stick figures and leave it there. Imagine what the two figures would think or say. After cursing, they’d probably say something along the lines of, “that’s impossible! What is it?” One would reply, “One of those random things.” The other may respond, “There is something greater out there I can’t explain.” Both however, can’t deny their minds had just been stretched.
Your finger represents GOD. GOD is not bound by human time. He views it not as a straight line (like our timelines) but as a circle…or a square…or whatever he wants it to be. He goes in and out and in between. He always was, is, and is forever to come. Despite us never fully comprehending the “bigness” and “timelessness” of GOD, try to wrap your mind around living forever with him. In case you didn't realize already, this is one reason he doesn't operate in our timing.
Author’s Note: for more on this topic, read pages 31-32 of Crazy Love by Francis Chan and Danae Yankoski
