Time Disrupted by the Fall The universe was created for man. In science this is called the “anthropic principle.” It is also evident from the opening chapters of the Bible. An empty universe inhabited only by God and the angels makes little sense to most of us. God does not “need” a universe, nor does […]

Time in the New Testament The New Testament appeals to reason, to the conscience, and to the rational mind to communicate the same truths that are found in the Old Testament in story form. Someone has suggested that the Old Testament appeals to the right side of the brain and the New, to the left […]

Dynamical Time and Atomic Time The “clock” for measuring time given us in the Bible can be called “dynamical time” because this clock is based on the motion of the earth on its axis (defining the day), the period of the moon as it revolves around the earth establishing the lunar month (used in the […]

Subjective Time Various dimensions of time (which we usually don’t stop and think about) are known to us in our daily experience. First, there is subjective time, which is the appearance of time to our sense of consciousness. Subjective time cannot be measured by a stop watch, but this type of time varies over wide […]

The Old Testament View of Time The Hebrew concept of time found in the Old Testament is concerned more with the quality of time as it relates to hail, rain, summer, and harvest or to “evil days” or “prosperous times.” Clock or calendar time certainly is tracked in the Old Testament. Believing Jews as well […]

Appendix F The Complexities of Time Introduction to Time This essay touches briefly on various aspects and dimensions of time. To a scientist, time is a relatively simple matter, but when one gets into the Bible time has qualitative and subjective aspects. There is much more to consider. The Bible contrasts time and eternity as […]