On Sat, Aug 15, 2009, Jeff Pollock jpollock1961@gmail.com; wrote:
Here's a little poem inspired by a "Praise" devotional (included) Iread on the Internet; I read of eternity future and eternity past...and got to thinking about "eternity now" which was the spark
for this poem. Enjoy! With Love in Christ, Jeff________________________________________Ephesians 3:21Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.
Amen.ETERNITY NOWLooking forward, looking back,Back to when the world began;The world began with one word,One word that men never heard.Men never heard God had a heart,A heart filled with mercy and love;Mercy sent Love into the world,But the world would not listen up.Up from the grave God had to rise,To rise above prejudice and hate;And hate will bow to God's glory,For God's glory will finish His story.His perfect story began before time,Long before time began to run out;But run out it will and all will be still,Be still, choose Christ for eternity now.Jeffrey E PollockAugust 15, 2009For God so loved the world (you, me, us) thatHe gave His one and only Son, so that who-ever believes in Him will not perish butwould have eternity now. See 3:16______________________________________________
World without End
by Henry Morris, Ph.D. | Aug. 15, 2009
"For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him." (Isaiah 64:4)
This beautiful Old Testament promise has been appropriated by Paul (1 Corinthians 2:9) and applied to the New Testament believer guided by the indwelling Spirit of God. It looks forward to the ages to come when all those "things which God hath prepared for them that love him" will be given in their fullness.
It is noteworthy that both "the beginning of the world" in our text (Isaiah 64:4) and "world without end" (45:17) are translations of the same Hebrew word, olam, which means essentially "indefinitely long ago" or even "eternity." Thus, the wonderful plan God has prepared for His people, to be implemented and enjoyed in eternity future, was formulated by Him in eternity past.
We were then chosen "in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love" (Ephesians 1:4). He had even planned our redemption from sin through His Son, "with the precious blood of Christ, . . . Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you" (1 Peter 1:19-20).
We may not, in this life, really comprehend with our minds such marvelous things, but we who "wait for him" can believe them with rejoicing in our hearts, for "God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God" (1 Corinthians 2:10). Thus we can unite with thankful and understanding hearts in Paul's great doxology: "Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen" (Ephesians 3:21). HMM
