Eternity, nature of

God alone possesses lasting time, in contrast to the fleeting time of the human race.

Eternity from God's perspective

Psalm 90:4 See also 2 Peter 3:8

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

God's eternity is absolute

Psalm 90:2 See also Genesis 1:1; John 1:1–2; Romans 16:26

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

The name of God and eternity

Exodus 3:14–15 See also Genesis 21:33; Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 40:28, Isaiah 41:4; Revelation 1:8

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers — the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob — has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

God's eternal attributes

His love

Jeremiah 31:3 See also 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:16

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

His righteousness

Isaiah 51:6; 2 Corinthians 9:9

His wisdom

1 Corinthians 2:7

His power

Romans 1:20

Worship of God as eternal

Jude 1:25 See also 1 Chronicles 16:36; Romans 11:36; 2 Peter 3:18

to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

Jesus Christ's eternal existence

Hebrews 13:8 See also John 17:5, John 17:24; Hebrews 1:10–12; Psalm 102:25–27; Hebrews 5:6; Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 7:24–25; Revelation 1:17–18, Revelation 22:13

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

The Holy Spirit's eternal existence

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Eternity and creation

Genesis 1:1 See also Proverbs 8:22–29 Wisdom (personified) is speaking here.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Eternity and the human race

Psalm 39:4–5 See also Job 10:5, Job 36:26; Ecclesiastes 3:11

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah