Eternity and God (3)

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Whether one considers the past or the future, God alone is discovered to be permanent and lasting.

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God’s being, his wisdom and his word are eternal

God has always existed

Genesis 1:1 ESV
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
See also Job 38:4; Ps 90:2; Hab 1:12; Jn 1:1–2

The eternity of God’s wisdom

Proverbs 8:22–23 (ESV)
“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of old.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
See also Heb 9:14; 1 Pe 1:20

God’s word has always expressed his nature

Psalm 119:89 ESV
Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
See also Ps 119:160; Mt 24:35; 1 Pe 1:23–25; Is 40:8

God’s purpose to bless is eternal

2 Timothy 1:9–10 ESV
who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
See also Eph 1:3–11; Tt 1:2–3; 1 Pe 1:18–21; Re 13:8

Some aspects of the created order are eternal

Micah 6:2 ESV
Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against his people, and he will contend with Israel.
See also Ge 49:26; Dt 33:15; Hab 3:6

Eternal life

God bestows eternal life

1 John 5:11 ESV
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
See also Jn 3:16; Jn 17:3

Resurrection of the body

1 Corinthians 15:42–44 ESV
So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
See also 1 Co 15:50–56; 2 Co 5:1–5; 1 Pe 1:23

God’s eternal blessings

His eternal salvation

Is 45:17; Heb 5:9

His eternal covenant

Is 54:10; Je 32:40; Heb 13:20

His eternal glory

2 Corinthians 4:17–18 ESV
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
See also 2 Ti 2:10; 1 Pe 5:10

An eternal crown

1 Co 9:25; 1 Pe 5:4; Re 2:10

An eternal inheritance

Heb 9:15; 1 Pe 1:3–5

An eternal home

Lk 16:9; Jn 14:2–3

The eternal kingdom of God

God’s eternal rule

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
See also Ps 10:16; Je 10:10; Re 15:3

The Messiah’s eternal kingdom

Is 9:6–7; Lk 1:32–33

Jesus Christ’s eternal kingdom

2 Peter 1:11 ESV
For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
See also Re 11:15

Eternal punishment

Matthew 25:46 ESV
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
See also Da 12:2; Mt 25:41; Jud 6–7; Jud 13; Re 14:11
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