Question

thinking it through 2.2

1. how is god different from a human author?
2. what does it mean that god is eternal?
3. how can god tell us the end of the story of his world?
4. list several words that describe gods plan for his world.
5. explain the ways that god has related to humans since creation and how he will relate to them in the future.

Explanation:

1. God is often seen as omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, while human authors are finite beings with limited knowledge and power.
2. God's eternality means He has no beginning or end, existing outside of time as we understand it.
3. In religious belief, God may reveal the end - times through prophecies in holy texts or to chosen prophets.
4. Words like "redemption", "salvation", "restoration", and "reconciliation" can describe God's plan for the world.
5. Since creation, God has related to humans through covenants, miracles, and revelations. In the future, in some beliefs, there will be a final judgment and an eternal relationship with the redeemed.

Answer:

1. God is omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal; human authors are finite.
2. God has no beginning or end, existing outside of time.
3. Through prophecies in holy texts or to prophets.
4. Redemption, salvation, restoration, reconciliation.
5. Related through covenants, miracles, revelations; in future, final judgment and eternal relationship with redeemed.