All of us, at one time or another, have been asked the tantalizing question, "Do you want to take a peek?" We reply, "A peek at what?"
Well, here it comes again: "Do you want to take a peek?" I'm talking about something not too many people have dared to consider. I mean peeking into eternity.
It is not easy for the human mind to understand such a concept. Whenever I dare to consider eternity and what it must be like, that proverbial rubber band in my mind tends to snap with an exploding bang after just a few moments of pondering the mentally impossible. Perhaps you, too, have experienced the effect that painfully informs us we are still trapped in the world of time and space.
Well, join the crowd. The simple answer to our human frustration is that God intended for us to measure eternity not with our gray matter, but with our hearts.
Begin with the end in mind
Why speak of this subject in a magazine devoted to prophecy? Prophecy was not intended to solely be a mechanical exercise of putting scriptural equations together, but rather it is designed to prepare us for an existence beyond human comprehension.
The prophet Isaiah introduces us to the concept of eternity in association with God. His writing proclaims, "For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: 'I dwell in the high and holy place'" (Isaiah 57:15). Thus, when we consider the God who reveals prophecy, we begin with this end in mind.
While other scriptures may help us define eternity, it is only here that God discloses that which He considers home. The prophet Isaiah offers us deeper understanding regarding God and eternity. The Hebrew word denotes "duration or continuity." How do we measure something that is continuous?
