Bible Discussion Thread

The last attribute I will speak to for "O" is God's OMNIPRESENCE

This attribute has a lot to do with His boundlessness and infiniteness. He cannot be contained by space and time. He fills all that there is and is always present everywhere equally. This is also due because He is perfect and pure Spirit. This aspect of His Person and Presence is beyond what we can conceive. Though true that there is no place He is not, He does show Himself Present specifically in the Person of the Son. He reveals His Presence as we see in the OT appearances in the burning bush, the pillar of fire and clouds, in thunder, fire, lightning on Mt. Sinai, and on the mercy seat in the tabernacle. We see His Presence revealed in the womb of Mary when she was great with child, in the manger, and in every moment of the Son's humanity while on earth. Yet, just because the Son is physically and locally present in the Gospels and is seated at the righthand of the Father, God is still everywhere present in and through the Holy Spirit, even as He was specifically present int he Upper Room at Pentecost.

David's words in Psalm 139 shows us that there is no place one can go where God is not there. Because of this omnipresence, God sees, hears, and knows all things at all times, and even is present in our minds and hearts, thus knowing all of our thoughts, motives, choices, as well as all of our sin, pains, sufferings, needs, concerns, and all that affects us without and within us. Because He is ever good, we can be thankful that nothing escapes His presence, knowledge, or sovereignty. We are in His hands and NOTHING can tear us out of His hand or from His care. We are secure in Him and loved in the Son.

To think of everything that goes on in just one small atom (where God is present) and consider all of the atoms in the whole of creation in all of time, How Great is Our God, then! And to know that there is not anyplace in all of space that He is not present can protect us from all powers. AMEN!