The Vastness of
Existence
Living on this planet
Earth in the vastness of the universe presents an awesomeness about our
existence and what makes us exist. Sometimes, I think we are hardly well
acquainted with the lifeforms we share this Earth with. Limited by the natural
elements of sound and light, our ability to perceive is lacking, even with
instrumentation.
In my view, all the
planets could be inhabited with lifeforms so radically different from us but
fully adapted to the environments they are in, just as fish take to water as we
take to land. However, that is another story.
Time in the Eternal
Spectrum
We live in a spectrum
of eternity; time as we measure it is an infinitesimal fraction of that
expanse. In the infinite stretch of eternity from the past, through the
present, into the future, everything exists and then does not. Yet we have the
imagination of time travel in both directions that can surmise everything is
happening at the same time, though our experience of it is limited to the
present.
A star somewhere in
the firmament is born as another dies, yet it could take billions of years for
the light from those stars to reach us. What we then experience in the present
is in the distant past of that star. It is a mystery, and there is likely more
that transcends the limitations of light in speed and for sight, that could
carry us into any time in the span of eternity.
Wheels Within Wheels
In the Scriptures, we
read of wheels within wheels. Viewed in the context of time, each wheel has a
hub and spokes to the rim and edge of the wheel. If eternity were a wheel, from
the hub, you could have a view of any part of the eternal landscape that presents
as a sphere of wheels engineered in awesome craftsmanship that defies
explanation. Time becomes a place you choose to belong in or observe. [Bible
Gateway: Ezekiel 1]
Another wonder is
shared by Apostle Peter about the concept of time in the eternal scheme of
things, when he says, "that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years,
and a thousand years as one day" [Bible Gateway: 2
Peter 3:8].
Eternal Life Beyond
Earthly Limitations
The longest-lived man
in the Bible lived for 969 years; Methuselah did not live the length of a
Lord's Day. Then just consider the coming of Jesus Christ, who gives eternal
life to those who accept Him as Lord and Saviour.
We are taken out of
the limitations the Earth, light, and time impose on us as we decay in earthly
living to a dimension that is sure to blow any earthly mind away. Our God is an
awesome God.
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