An eternity transpired before the beginning. An eternity! The stillness and silence of eternity was filled with God. The divine being of God inhabited eternity. Mortal men cannot fathom such greatness.
Biblical Theology·Mar 16, 2025·Updated Aug 12, 2026
An eternity transpired before the beginning. An eternity! The stillness and silence of eternity was filled with God. The divine being of God inhabitedeternity. Mortal men cannot fathom such greatness.
“For thus saith the High and Lofty One that Inhabiteth Eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the High and Holy Place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”
— Isa. 57:15
We are compelled by Scripture to gaze in wonder at the unfathomable greatness. “Behold, God is great, and we know Him not, neither can the number of His years be searched out.” It seems that Moses was made to peer into eternity when he said, “even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God” One can only imagine what prophetic visions empowered Moses to become the narrator of the Book of Genesis.
“In the beginningGod created the Heaven and the Earth.”
— Gen. 1:1
Finally, after an eternity, then came “the beginning”. In the beginning…God! Mortals need to be confronted with the reality of an uncreated God in eternity. The LORD preexisted everything and everyone! In the infinite space of eternity there wasn’t ever anything or anyone else besides the LORD.
“Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”
— Isa. 44:6
God was first. God is “the First” Literally, God is “the Beginning” He is the beginning of creation. He is the beginning of time. He is the beginning of the new creation. He is the end of time. God is above all, and over all…transcending everything! Meanwhile, the LORD took on mortality through the incarnation to visit lowly mankind as a Savior.
“…Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no Saviour.”
— Isa. 43:10-11
Everyone should be awestruck with amazement to hear Jesus Christ say, “I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last” These divine declarations force the adoration of myriads in Heaven! Oh, to be prostrated alongside John! To feel the touch of omnipotence giving strength to the weak! To hear the divine word coming softly upon mortal ears, “Fear not; I am First and the Last” God speaks! Let all mortal flesh keep silent
God didn’t create mankind for the Earth. Mankind wasn’t an afterthought in the heart of God. Election motivated creation! God created the Earth for mankind. In Genesis, this can be observed in how the LORD subjected the Earth to mankind.
The perfections of the Trinity are limitless and endless. Out of the abundance of Their own goodness and love they created a beginning. According to Genesis 1:1, the LORD’s first act of creation was in the making of the third Heaven
God preaches divine wrath through the worm that sweetly consumes the defenseless dead: humiliation for sinners and a visible token of justice. The first death trains mortal eyes for the second, for Hell is the place “where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”
Job speaks less of his physical suffering and more about his personal confusion about the situation. Job’s physical suffering is truly unfathomable without comprehending his confusion. The fact that Job feels condemned before God is the crux of the matter!
Dying men sometimes pray for death. Mortally ill people who teeter on the brink of death for a prolonged period of time sometimes give into these desires. However, even believers can be driven to this dark place through spiritual illness.
Job claims that if his grievous calamity were to be “thoroughly weighed” in a balance, so as to determine its weight, then “it would be heavier than the sand of the sea” (Job 6:3)!
