Forever and Ever: Worlds Without End
One of the Most Prominent Phrases…
In both the Old and New Testaments is “forever and ever.” It’s usually translated this way because the original Greek, “eon of the eons,” means endless time. But since eons also means “worlds” (the same is true for its Hebrew counterpart adah), the phrase means endless worlds too. It’s literally both at once: Forever and ever + worlds without end.
There’s Only One Modern Term…
That means both ages and worlds: space-time. It was adopted by physicists following the discovery that time and space were a single thing. In other words: Without space, there’s no time, and without time, there’s no space. The Big Bang theory says space-time had a beginning (so does the Bible). And before that? Many think a different space-time existed. And after this one? Well, the Apostle Peter and the book of Revelation say there’ll be “a new heavens and a new earth.” Another Big Bang? Maybe. And what about the theory of multiverses? Past, present, future–they’re all the same, according to quantum physicists. And to God, who created them both (physics and physicists).
But then the Bible’s been telling us that for, well, eons.
I love this, very deep! It’s beautifully ironic that scientific truth, which initially led people to believe that God was unnecessary, is now in fields that show why He is actually essential. His prophets were describing reality at the most fundamental level. It was so deep that we thought it was only poetic, and now, thousands of years later, we discover that it was also literal!
Pretty exciting seeing how these things are beginning to dovetail together, isn’t it, Abe?
Indeed!
So perfectly said to a perfect and poignant post!!
Thank you!
Mitch, your post today has reminded me of one of a passage by one of my cherished authors. Sorry if it is a bit lengthy, but I think it is worth sharing. I hope you and your followers find it edifying. From the novel A Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin
“Nothing is random, nor will anything ever be, whether a long string of perfectly blue days that begin and end in golden dimness, the most seemingly chaotic political acts, the rise of a great city, the crystalline structure of a gem that has never seen the light, the distributions of fortune, what time the milkman gets up, the position of the electron, or the occurrence of one astonishing frigid winter after another. Even electrons, supposedly the paragons of unpredictability, are tame and obsequious little creatures that rush around at the speed of light, going precisely where they are supposed to go. They make faint whistling sounds that when apprehended in varying combinations are as pleasant as the wind flying through a forest, and they do exactly as they are told. Of this, one is certain.
And yet, there is a wonderful anarchy, in that the milkman chooses when to arise, the rat picks the tunnel into which he will dive when the subway comes rushing down the track from Borough Hall, and the snowflake will fall as it will. How can this be? If nothing is random, and everything is predetermined, how can there be free will? The answer to that is simple. Nothing is predetermined, it is determined, or was determined, or will be determined. No matter, it all happened at once, in less than an instant, and time was invented because we cannot comprehend in one glance the enormous and detailed canvas that we have been given – so we track it, in linear fashion piece by piece. Time however can be easily overcome; not by chasing the light, but by standing back far enough to see it all at once. The universe is still and complete. Everything that ever was is; everything that ever will be is – and so on, in all possible combinations. Though in perceiving it we imagine that it is in motion, and unfinished, it is quite finished and quite astonishingly beautiful. In the end, or rather, as things really are, any event, no matter how small, is intimately and sensibly tied to all others. All rivers run full to the sea; those who are apart are brought together; the lost ones are redeemed; the dead come back to life; the perfectly blue days that have begun and ended in golden dimness continue, immobile and accessible; and, when all is perceived in such a way as to obviate time, justice becomes apparent not as something that will be, but something that is.”
Darned clever, those prophets! 🙏😇🇨🇦
“Time was invented because we cannot comprehend in one glance the enormous and detailed canvas that we have been given.” Yes!
Clever and thought provoking take on the unification of space and time into space-time.
BTW, it was Einstein with his special relativity (and a nudge from his mentor Minkowski), not quantum physicists, who unified space and time. Einstein wasn’t wearing his quantum hat at the time.
Right you are, MC. I reconfigured space-time to do that. ;>) I’ve reworded the sentence.
My comment is misplaced. I meant it for Mitch, although I did enjoy reading the comment from firewordsblog as well. Autocorrect had a field day with that!
I never realized it said ‘worlds.’
Thanks for formulating in well chosen words something that I have been struggling to express for a long ime.
My pleasure, Catherine.
I agree. Such a complex subject expressed in such a short, clear way. Thanks, Mitch.
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Did you know that earth it not a spinning ball? NASA lies and astronauts are actors. On my website i made several posts about this subject. Maybe you find subject this interesting? See Mediocrmonday.com The Biblical cosmology has nothing to do with a spinning ball. Earth is the center of the universe, the sun, moon and stars go around earth. Look into this!