What Was God Doing Before he Created the Universe?

The Question of What God Was Doing Before Creation

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Welcome to the Rapid Bull Daily Edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretation and applications. This is a ministry of striving for eternity.

What was God doing before he created the universe? Well, this question is a little bit of a logical fallacy. This is a fallacy called a category error. So the reason this is, is because this question itself ignores the very nature and attributes of God.

God Is Eternal and Outside of Time

When we ask the question, what was God doing before? Well, it has that word before in it, and therefore that is a time-based question. Now, God is eternal. He had no beginning and has no end. Unlike you and I that had a beginning and will live forever, we would be immortal.

But God is eternal. He had no beginning and no end. He is actually outside of time. He created time. Therefore, when we ask a question that requires something being bound by time, such as the question, what was God doing before anything?

It requires him to be bound by time, and God is not bound by time. God is outside of it. You and I are bound by time, and that's what makes this question one that gets asked often, but very hard for us to conceptualize.

Human Limits in Comprehending Divine Timelessness

The fact that God is outside of time, we cannot comprehend that in any way. So the question itself is difficult for us, but we have to understand the very nature and attributes of God is that he is eternal.

Therefore, the question is illogical because God is not a being that's affected or bound by time. He is timeless. He is eternal.

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