![]() God’s absolute being means all the universe is by comparison to God as nothing.It came into being by God and stays in being moment by moment on God’s decision to keep it in being. The entire universe is utterly secondary-not primary. All that is not God is secondary and dependent. God’s absolute being means that everything that is not God depends totally on God.He depends on nothing to bring Him into being or support Him or counsel Him or make Him what He is. God’s absolute being means that God is utterly independent.Only God, absolutely there, absolutely all. He is not one of many realities before He creates. There is no reality outside of Him unless He wills it and makes it. God’s absolute being means God is absolute reality.Before He creates, that’s all that is: God. There is no place to go outside of being. If He did not come into being, He cannot go out of being, because He is absolute being. God’s absolute being means God will never end.Every child asks, “Who made God?” And every wise parent says, “Nobody made God. ![]() God’s absolute being means He never had a beginning.As I have pondered the meaning of the name Yahweh, built on the phrase “I AM WHO I AM” and pointing to God’s absolute being, I see at least ten dimensions to its meaning: And the message is about how He intends to be known.Įvery time His name appears-all 6,800 times-He means to remind us of His utterly unique being. ![]()
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