Quotes About Eternity

the universe as a whole is eternal, although individual worlds within the system are born and die; and if the universe is eternal it must be self-sustaining and require no divine assistance for its maintenance.

Offensichtlich existiert jetzt Etwas, und Etwas entstand nie aus Nichts.

We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.

Jesus is always passing because God is never inactive, because God is life itself, principle of all life and movement. Jesus

In the beginning (????) was the Word" (Jn 1:1) is not primarily a temporal statement. The

Life in the Impasse des Huit Anges would, Latimer thought, be rather like a rehearsal for Eternity.

God is a sphere whose center Is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere. It is not

qué le servirá al hombre ganar todo el mundo, si perdiere su alma?" (Mt. 16:26). En

The universe is a constantly evolving process: night makes way for day, the seasons change, the generations succeed one another. To be truly happy we have to find our own balance in a sea of eternal change.

Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven I must be strong, and carry on Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Would you hold my hand If I saw you in heaven Would you help me stand If I saw you in heaven I'll find my way, through night and day Cause I know I just can't stay Here in heaven

While many people love you because or love you if, God loves you period.

If you truly think there's a heaven when you die then your consciousness's last action is it to tell itself you're in heaven and it plays out your idea of heaven for you for eternity. If you think there's nothing after you die, then your consciousness tells you there's nothing, and it is all over.

In transforming the soul of sinful man, Jesus will set in motion an eternal chain reaction that will change all things forever (1 Cor. 15).

Beating God to the punch involves willingly bending one's life to Jesus now, and forever.

God designed humans with a unique capacity for relationship because it was His intent that this centerpiece of His creation, man and woman, would be relationally connected to Him for eternity. Without relationship none of the other aspects of being an image bearer would matter.

Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is the conquering of death. —DIETRICH BONHOEFFER

The message of grace," he said, ". . . pronounces upon the death of people and nations its eternal: I have loved you from eternity; stay with me, and you will live.

Bonhoeffer was simply saying that if we wished truly to live, we must be prepared to die. And this was not bad news at all, but rather was the very best of good news imaginable. In fact it is called the good news or the gospel, and it is simply that Jesus has purchased for us a passage to eternal life, something so outrageous and unbelievable that most people really don't believe it and therefore ignore it.

No one has yet believed in God and the kingdom of God, no one has yet heard about the realm of the resurrected, and not been homesick from that hour, waiting and looking forward joyfully to being released from bodily existence . . . Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.

the burning desire to tell the story of my dream was such that an hour seemed like an eternity.

God wants to see human beings, not ghosts who shun the world. In the whole of world history there is only one real significant hour ... the present ... if you want to find eternity, you must serve the times.

One day we shall know and see what today we believe; one day we shall hold a service together in eternity.

Death tends to change people's focus and priorities—at least for a time. After the war deaths of several Bonhoeffer cousins, the younger members of the family would often lie in bed at night and talk about death and eternity. Do you spend much time thinking about eternity? Should a person concentrate on life after death, or is it better to keep one's focus solely on this life and what can be accomplished now?

Even if you were to knock my head off, God would still exist.