Eternity, and God

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

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

God has always existed

Genesis 1:1 See also Job 38:4; Psalm 90:2; Habakkuk 1:12; John 1:1–2

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

The eternity of God's wisdom

Proverbs 8:22–23 See also Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:20

The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.

God's word has always expressed his nature

Psalm 119:89 See also Psalm 119:160; Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:23–25; Isaiah 40:8

Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

God's purpose to bless is eternal

2 Timothy 1:9–10 See also Ephesians 1:3–11; Titus 1:2–3; 1 Peter 1:18–21; Revelation 13:8

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

Some aspects of the created order are eternal

Micah 6:2 See also Genesis 49:26; Deuteronomy 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6

Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

Eternal life

God bestows eternal life

1 John 5:11 See also John 3:16, John 17:3

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Resurrection of the body

1 Corinthians 15:42–44 See also 1 Corinthians 15:50–56; 2 Corinthians 5:1–5; 1 Peter 1:23

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised 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.

God's eternal blessings

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.