Eternal

Notes

Timeless eternity is but the child, the heir, of two proud parents: divine perfection and infinitude, who themselves are married to one another and cannot be divorced.

Barrett, Matthew. None Greater, The Undomesticated Attributes of God. Baker Books, 2019., Ch 8

That God is eternal is really good news. Being immortal means he is also self-existent and self-sufficient. It is precisely because God has no beginning that he is dependent on no one and no thing. Instead, he is “immovably fixed in his own being,” for “none gave him his life,” and so “none can deprive him of his life.”

Barrett, Matthew. None Greater, The Undomesticated Attributes of God. Baker Books, 2019., Ch 8

As He is not more in one place than in another, but is everywhere equally present, so He does not exist during one period of duration more than another. With Him there is no distinction between the present, past, and future; but all things are equally and always present to Him. With Him duration is an eternal now.

Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. Henderson Publishers, 2001. Vol I, Part I, Ch V, §6

Bible References

[2] Before the mountains were brought forth,
  or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
  from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
[4] For a thousand years in your sight
  are but as yesterday when it is past,
  or as a watch in the night. (Psalm 90:2,4 ESV)

[25] Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
  and the heavens are the work of your hands.
[26] They will perish, but you will remain;
  they will all wear out like a garment.
  You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
[27] but you are the same, and your years have no end. (Psalm 102:25–27 ESV)

[6] Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel
  and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:
  “I am the first and I am the last;
  besides me there is no god. (Isaiah 44:6 ESV)

[15] For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
  who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
  “I dwell in the high and holy place,
  and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
  to revive the spirit of the lowly,
  and to revive the heart of the contrite. (Isaiah 57:15 ESV)

[58] Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” (John 8:58 ESV)

[8] Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8 ESV)

[8] But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2 Peter 3:8 ESV)

[4] John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
  Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, (Revelation 1:4 ESV)

[8] “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8 ESV)

[8] And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,
  “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
  who was and is and is to come!” (Revelation 4:8 ESV)