The Presence of God is Eternity
The presence of God is eternity.
From time to time, a phrase will come to me with the force of revelation that I don’t know what it means. It gives me some sympathy with Caiaphas the high priest, who spake better than he knew. Y’all are familiar with a couple of these insights already.
And now, the presence of God is eternity.
No unclean thing can enter the presence of God. I just now realized that time is sin and the presence of God is eternity are the same insight, whatever that insight may be. It has something to do with the angel barring the way to the fruit of the tree of life when God chased Adam and Eve from His presence (see The Fruit of the Tree is Entropy and The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge in Daily Life).
God the Father withdrew his presence from Jesus on the cross. Christ then entered most fully into the mortal experience and died.
Death brought him back to God’s presence. For him, the cross was the tree of life.
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Vader
April 2, 2015
“For him, the cross was the tree of life.”
Not just for him.
Steve Reed
April 2, 2015
One of my posts has some extra insight on eternity and the presence of God. The hebrew word often translated as “eternity” lends validation to your ideas expressed here.
http://oneclimbs.com/2011/07/31/the-everlasting-and-eternal-god/
G.
April 2, 2015
@Vader,
Amen.
@Steve Reed,
that was informative. Also suggestive. Some of your suggested translations for eternity would render my phrase as ‘the presence of God is the horizon.’