Finite vs. Infinite

 

“I love you to the moon & back.”

“I love you to infinity & beyond.”

            

One is a finite statement, and one is an infinite statement. This world is finite. It has a beginning and an end, although we don’t know when that end will come. We don’t know if it will be instantaneous or a prolonged event. We cannot know the future, regardless of it’s unknown nature. Being the author of time, and being omniscient, as in knowing all things that can be known, God knows the future and the past and is IN the present. He is the first and the last; the Alpha & Omega; the beginning and the end *.

            Creation is considered finite because it is limited. It doesn’t go on forever. It has boundaries. We exist for a limited amount of time, as orchestrated by Almighty God. Knowing this we must understand that we have a certain amount of time to commit our lives to Christ. In God’s orchestration He has set up a certain time, known only to Him, when Christ will return & the precise time when a new heaven & a new earth will descend from the skies.  Once the heavenly trumpet sounds and time is no more, you will have locked in your selection. You decide. You either choose to follow Christ or you don’t. THAT one decision will shape your eternity. And once your choice has been locked in it is irreversible. No ‘do overs’. The stage is set. 

            It may seem difficult to assimilate all there is to know about the whole finite vs. infinite issue; however, I think the infinite side of the issue is more difficult to understand. It would seem that finite would be more easily understood because it is where we exist. We base our existence on time established in a world with a beginning and an end. 

Infinity cannot be contained. It is endless, limitless. It is where God exists and where we will be going. To an endless existence where no sun, moon and stars will be needed, for the glory of God will light up the heavens. We can only imagine what eternity will be like, based on statements made and verses written. We see cinematic artistry attempting to portray the heavenlies. But no one truly knows what awaits us. 

There is a stark difference between something or someone being either finite or infinite. It’s like having a limited shelf life compared to lasting forever. Mankind is finite now, but will live forever in either heaven or hell. God doesn’t assign to us our eternal home, man does by the decisions he makes in this life.

Until next time, walk with the King & be a blessing.

In His Name & for His Glory,

RL Keller

Bread of Life Ministries  

*To clarify, though God simply exists, He doesn’t have a beginning or an end because He is outside of the element of time as explained in another recent post. God being “the beginning and the end” is a statement in relation to His creation. To us, His beginning was when our beginning took place.