Hi Trof: You are obviously a thinking person. The word everlasting in the New Testament usually means to the ages of the ages. We know that God created all things, both visible and invisible, matter and spirit. It is easy to recognize that everything including ourselves are a creation of a greater being, however it is not told to us how God came into being, most consider God as having always been, which does not at all make sense to out thinking. God begins with God already there and creating, so we just have to be content with that, God does not tell us how God came to be. Our reality begin when God shot the universe out from His hand, and matter and time begin, and then the creation of earth and man. God wants to dwell with man, in the first book of the bible God is with man on a daily basis and in the last book of the bible God is dwelling with man. Maybe when we are with the Lord He will tell us where He came from...maybe not.
Problems with knowing undending reality
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As for the first question, the Lord had a plan that would make everybody happy. It would make more sense to implement that plan than to spend eternity wondering if he could come up with a better plan, wouldn't you think?
As for the second question, I don't know if the Lord knows himself, in the terms you describe, or not.
As for the second question, I don't know if the Lord knows himself, in the terms you describe, or not.
1. This isn't a normal theological question, this is a philosophical conundrum... it is a potential antinomy regarding the infinite's epistemology of himself... this isn't a normal theology question and you're fully aware of that.
Therefore, you should be asking these kinds of questions not of laymen, but of the great Christian philosophers.
2. As a starting point, you may be confusing the "potential infinite" with the "actual infinite".
3. If you want further rabbit trails... you need to go read the great Christian Philosophers.
Therefore, you should be asking these kinds of questions not of laymen, but of the great Christian philosophers.
2. As a starting point, you may be confusing the "potential infinite" with the "actual infinite".
3. If you want further rabbit trails... you need to go read the great Christian Philosophers.
