The Jesus Bible Reading PlanSample

THE ETERNAL GOD

Before Genesis 1:1, God was. The eternal God knows no beginning, nor will he know an end. A thousand years are as a day to him (v. 4). While the mountain peaks were born one day, God was not (v. 2). In fact, creation exists because of this eternal God.

Psalm 90 includes multiple reminders that humankind is not by nature eternal. The psalmist, identified as Moses in the superscription, noted that it generally takes 70 or 80 years for humans to turn back to dust (vv. 3,10). In light of this, he prayed that God would help his people to number their days (v. 12).

God is eternal. Humans are not, due to their fallen nature. A merciful Jesus interrupts the ordinary nature of things, declaring, “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (Jn 17:3). Only an eternal God could give eternal life. Only an eternal and merciful God would.

Jesus, in my humanness I cannot understand eternity, but I do not have to understand it to believe in it. Thank you for gifting me with forever. Amen.