tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post6271555070031822453..comments2024-02-22T04:58:19.083-08:00Comments on My Reflections: Time and God's EternityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post-56545214334611718302016-03-07T05:23:37.491-08:002016-03-07T05:23:37.491-08:00I appreciate this argument Greg. Notions of God...I appreciate this argument Greg. Notions of God's timelessness seem to be very dependent on a human understanding of time, the tools we use to measure time, and the finite nature of earthly existence. As you point out, "God's Incarnation in Christ requires that God has touched the temporal sphere and inhabits it." The implication here is that of God's choice, rather than of God's reality. One could argue that God's choice is no choice at all, if a relationship between God and humanity is to exist.<br /><br />We need God to be timeless, because it creates separation in our minds. We need God to exist in a 4th, 5th, 6th etc dimension, because that prevents comparison in a finite way. But we also need God's presence in the finite world of our existence to help us rationalize the 3 dimensional space we call earth.<br /><br />That said, I guess I am in agreement with your provisional conclusion, and would also leave you with a quote from one of your favorite theologians; <br /><br />“God, I believe, does not live in a Time-series at all. His life is not dribbled out moment by moment like ours: with Him it is still 1920 and already 1960…God is outside and above the Time-line. In that case, what we call ‘tomorrow’ is visible to Him in just the same way as what we call ‘today.’ All the days are ‘Now’ for Him. He does not remember you doing things yesterday; He simply sees you doing them…He does not ‘foresee’ you doing things tomorrow; He simply sees you doing them: because, though tomorrow is not yet there for you, it is for Him.” —Mere Christianity (1944), pp.147-8 C.S. LewisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004550428874332924noreply@blogger.com