A BRIEF SURVEY OF TIME: HUMANKIND AND GOD
This paper explores the fundamental tension between human temporal experience and divine eternity. Humans perceive time as linear, measurable, and subjective—shaped by memory, culture, and technology. In contrast, theological traditions conceive God as existing outside temporal succession, perceiving all moments simultaneously in an eternal present. The paper examines how temporal beings relate to a timeless God, addressing paradoxes of divine foreknowledge, freedom, and relationality. By synthesizing human and divine perspectives on time, it illuminates profound questions about meaning, mortality, and purpose, arguing that life's significance emerges at the intersection of the temporal and eternal.
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