Try to think the implications of
living in a state where time does not exist. What would this mean? If a person
is self-aware and is active, he can recognize that “a moment ago I did X and in
a moment I will do Y”. We can always recognize the difference between what just
happened versus now versus what will happen after ‘now’.
I believe the error here is in
thinking of time as a river through which one travels, rather than our
perception of our existence from moment to moment. If there is no sun and moon
by which to categorize events, the flow of time would be relatively
imperceptible. If death is no longer extant, then one would not think in terms
of ‘I only have x many years left to live, especially since days and years are
unrecognizable.
We would not even be able to say, ‘meet
me at location X in a week from tomorrow’, for aside from an
arbitrary/fabricated measuring of moments, the meaning of week and tomorrow are
meaningless. It makes the most sense to think of ‘there will be no time’ as “we
will live forever”, and death is no longer an issue.
When we say that God lives outside
of time, we are ultimately saying that death has no connection to him. Even if
there is still day and night, and the regular cycle of days, months, and years,
time, for man will still be ultimately meaningless, for we will never die but
will always be growing in holiness.
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