1. “He has made everything beautiful in its time
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11

2. Thinking About Eternity

3. Eternity Exists A question we must address
Either matter is eternal or it is not
If it is not, then something outside of matter is.
The laws of nature imply it is not eternal

4. Eternity Exists
God is a plausible answer to eternity outside of matter
Genesis 1:1
We may not understand everything about Him, but evidence points toward Him Romans 11:33, 1:20
Hebrews 11:3

5. God is Eternal
Isaiah 57:15, “For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit…”

6. God is Eternal
Isaiah 40:28, “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary...”

7. God is Eternal
Psalm 90:1-2, “LORD, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.”

8. God is Eternal
Revelation 1:8, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

9. God is Eternal His plans are eternal
Acts 15:18, “Known to God from eternity are all His works.”
Ephesians 3:10-11
Isaiah 45:21

10. We were made for eternity
Genesis 2:7, “man became a living being.”
Ecclesiastes 12:5-7, 3:21
1 Corinthians 15:50-55
Matthew 10:28

11. Eternity Seen Through Faith
2 Corinthians 5:7, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
2 Cor. 4:16-18, “…a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
Hebrews 11:10
2 Timothy 1:12

12. Our Lives are Preparing for Eternity
James 4:14, your life if a vapor
Matthew 6:19-21, Where is your treasure?
Psalm 39:4-5
Psalm 90:10-12
James 1:10

13. Judgment leads to eternity
2 Peter 3:10-12, 6-7, a day is coming
Hebrews 9:27, after death, the judgment
John 5:28-29

14. There is no redemption beyond eternity
Luke 16:19-31, the rich man and Lazarus
Matthew 7:21-23
Matthew 25:46
Acts 17: repent now!

15. We cannot avoid eternity
Joshua 24:15, choose who you will serve!
Revelation 20:11-15
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

16. Matthew 19:16, What shall I do to inherit eternal life? Matthew 19:29
“Lay hold on eternal life”, 1 Tim. 6:12

17. Are you prepared for eternity?