The concept of God's eternity is a fundamental attribute of His divine nature, reflecting His existence beyond the confines of time and space. The eternity of God signifies that He has neither beginning nor end, and His existence is not bound by temporal limitations. This attribute is consistently affirmed throughout Scripture, emphasizing God's infinite nature and His sovereign rule over all creation.

Biblical Foundations

The Bible provides numerous references to God's eternal nature. In the book of Genesis, God is introduced as the Creator of the heavens and the earth, existing before the creation of time itself. Genesis 1:1 states, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." This verse implies that God existed before the beginning of time, underscoring His eternal nature.

Psalm 90:2 declares, "Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God." This passage poetically affirms God's eternal existence, highlighting that He transcends the temporal order of creation.

Isaiah 40:28 further emphasizes God's eternal nature: "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out." Here, God's eternity is linked to His inexhaustible strength and wisdom, qualities that are unchanging and eternal.

New Testament Affirmations

The New Testament continues to affirm the eternity of God. In Revelation 1:8, God declares, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come, the Almighty." This statement encapsulates God's eternal presence, affirming His existence across all time.

The apostle Paul, in his letter to Timothy, writes, "Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen" (1 Timothy 1:17). This doxology praises God's eternal kingship and His unique, unending nature.

Theological Implications

The eternity of God has profound theological implications. It assures believers of God's unchanging nature, as expressed in Malachi 3:6, "For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed." God's eternal nature guarantees His faithfulness and the reliability of His promises, providing a foundation for trust and hope.

Moreover, God's eternity distinguishes Him from His creation. While the universe and everything within it are subject to change and decay, God remains constant and unalterable. This distinction is crucial for understanding the Creator-creature relationship and the nature of divine sovereignty.

Eternal Life and Human Destiny

The eternity of God also has implications for human destiny. Through faith in Jesus Christ, believers are promised eternal life, a share in God's eternal nature. John 3:16 affirms, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." This promise of eternal life reflects the believer's participation in the divine nature, as they are united with the eternal God through Christ.

In conclusion, the eternity of God is a central tenet of Christian theology, underscoring His infinite, unchanging nature and His sovereign rule over time and history. This attribute provides assurance of God's faithfulness and the hope of eternal life for those who trust in Him.Genesis 21:33
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
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Exodus 3:15
And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, the LORD 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 for ever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
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Exodus 15:18
The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
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Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
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Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before you; and shall say, Destroy them.
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1 Chronicles 16:36
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 29:10
Why David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be you, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
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Nehemiah 9:5
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
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Job 36:26
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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Psalm 9:7
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
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Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
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Psalm 41:13
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
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Psalm 55:19
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that stays of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
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Psalm 68:33
To him that rides on the heavens of heavens, which were of old; see, he does send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
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Psalm 90:1,2,4
Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
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Psalm 92:8
But you, LORD, are most high for ever more.
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Psalm 93:2
Your throne is established of old: you are from everlasting.
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Psalm 102:12,24-27
But you, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and your remembrance to all generations.
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Psalm 104:31
The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
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Psalm 111:3
His work is honorable and glorious: and his righteousness endures for ever.
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Psalm 135:13
Your name, O LORD, endures for ever; and your memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
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Psalm 145:13
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
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Psalm 146:10
The LORD shall reign for ever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise you the LORD.
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Proverbs 8:23-25
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
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Isaiah 26:4
Trust you in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
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Isaiah 40:28
Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
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Isaiah 41:4
Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
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Isaiah 43:13
Yes, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
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Isaiah 44:6
Thus said 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.
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Isaiah 46:4
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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Isaiah 48:12
Listen to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
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Isaiah 57:15
For thus said the high and lofty One that inhabits 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.
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Isaiah 63:16
Doubtless you are our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: you, O LORD, are our father, our redeemer; your name is from everlasting.
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Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
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Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
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Lamentations 5:19
You, O LORD, remain for ever; your throne from generation to generation.
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Daniel 4:3,34
How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
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Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
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Habakkuk 1:12
Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, you have ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, you have established them for correction.
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Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
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Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
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Romans 16:26
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
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Ephesians 3:21
To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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1 Timothy 6:15,16
Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
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Hebrews 1:8
But to the Son he said, Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom.
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Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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1 John 2:13
I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.
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Revelation 1:4,6
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
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Revelation 4:8-10
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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Revelation 5:14
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that lives for ever and ever.
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Revelation 10:6
And swore by him that lives for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
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Revelation 11:17
Saying, We give you thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which are, and were, and are to come; because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned.
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Revelation 15:7
And one of the four beasts gave to the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.
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Revelation 16:5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, which are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus.
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1921. epiginosko -- to know exactly, to recognize
... of 1921 (aorist indicative, ), indicating that the level we will experientially
know (enjoy) God in eternity will "match" the level we (see also P. Hughs at 2 ...
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4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness
... for he who comes to God must believe that He is and ... The Lord offers to inbirth faith
in each scene of life – so that each matters equally in eternity . . . ...
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3008. leitourgeo -- to serve the state, ie by anal. to perform ...
... For the believer, 3011 () refers to the priestly-ministering they give to God --
which automatically impacts (for eternity) all who witness it. ...
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3772. ouranos -- heaven
... same as oros (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension, heaven (as
the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the ...
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42. hagiosune -- holiness
... Spirit's influence of preparing the believer for eternity. (The suffix, , expresses
this transformation as a character- that comes by the grace of God.) See 40 ...
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1096. ginomai -- to come into being, to happen, to become
... 1:4). Thus it is used for actions as emerging from eternity and becoming ... draw, be
ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow ...
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The Eternity of God
... Jehovah is a word that properly sets forth God's eternity; a word so dreadful, that
the Jews trembled to name or read it and used Adonai, Lord, in its place. ...
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God's Eternity.
... Hymns. Book 2. Composed on Divine Subjects. Hymn 2:17 God's eternity. 1
Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground, Stretch all thy ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 2 17 gods eternity.htm

God's Eternity.
... Hymns, Book II HYMN 17 God's eternity. CM God's eternity. Rise, rise, my soul,
and leave the ground,. Stretch all thy thoughts abroad,. ...
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Plato's Knowledge of God's Eternity.
... Chapter XXV."Plato's knowledge of God's eternity. How, then, does Plato
blame Homer for saying that the gods are not inflexible ...
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The Eternity and Unchangeableness of God.
... So this properly belongs to God's eternity, "Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting ...
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Eternity of God.
... CHARACTER, ATTRIBUTES AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 107. " Eternity of God. 107.
LM Spirit of the Psalms. Eternity of God. 1 Ere mountains ...
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The Eternity of God (Six Articles)
... THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES). We must now consider the eternity of God,
concerning which arise six points of inquiry: (1) What is eternity? ...
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Elizabethtown. CM Eternity of God.
... 78 Elizabethtown. CM Eternity of God. Eternity of God. (1071) O God! our
help in ages past, Our hope for years to come; Our shelter ...
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Triumph. LM The Eternity of God.
... 84 Triumph. LM The Eternity of God. The Eternity of God. (179) Ere mountains
reared their forms sublime, Or heaven and earth in ...
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Whether the Angel was Produced by God from Eternity?
... OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE ANGELS IN THE ORDER OF NATURAL BEING (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether the angel was produced by God from eternity? ...
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