Eternal Things

“And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.” (Genesis 21:33)

It is one of the greatest quandaries, cause for argument, and subject matter for in-depth debates; Where did God come from and how can He always exist? God is eternal, perpetual, and un-created. 

How can this be?

The question I find more intriguing is how could man forget?

In the year 340 BC, Aristotle wrote in his book, “Nichomachean Ethics” the following. “For things that are unconditionally necessary are all eternal, and, eternal things cannot come to be or pass away.”

Things that are, “unconditionally necessary”, that would be God, are eternal. Aristotle then adds, “eternal things cannot come to be or pass away.” Expressed biblically, from everlasting to everlasting (Psalm 90:2).

But here’s the thing. Aristotle wasn’t speaking about God when he wrote the above. His topic was scientific knowledge. He wrote that statement 340 years before the existence or knowledge of Jesus Christ. Aristotle was stating what was accepted as a known fact, that the necessary was eternal and always existed. It was a given.

So, almost 2,400 years later, why is man questioning God’s eternal and un-created status?

Bill Hitchcock