This is an awe-inspiring and comforting reality. While God lives and dwells eternally on the throne in heaven where He has dominion over all things, He is also present throughout the created realm of the physical universe. The Hebrew word for heaven, shamayim, has reference to a dual reality-both the place of the sun, moon, and stars, as well as the unseen abode of God and the angels. He is present in all the earth and the heavens. God can be close at hand and in another place at the same time. ‘No, I am far away at the same time. Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?’ says the Lord” (Jer.

“‘Am I a God who is only close at hand?’ says the Lord. As the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah: All of God is in all places at all times. God’s ability to be in all places at the same time is what is meant by the attribute of God known as omnipresence-built from the Latin omni meaning “all.” Literally God is all-present. He’s always in two places at the same time. You could meet the needs of those who depend on you in half the time. You’d be able to able to accomplish so much more. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9, NLT)Ī common scenario in my household goes something like this, “Dad, something’s wrong with the TV, it won’t turn on, can you come over and check it out?” My reply, “Give me a minute, I’m fixing the chain on your bike and I can’t be in two places at once.” Imagine if you could be in two places at the same time. Even if I don’t agree, sometimes it helps to confirm my own understanding.“This is my command-be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. It is those moments that it definitely helps to get an outside point-of-view. Then I over think it and doubt starts creeping in. There have been times that I have prayed extensively over something and feel in my heart that I truly understand and take comfort from that. But I also believe that we should keep an open mind to each other’s understandings because we are only human and that will always influence our thinking to some degree or another. I believe He speaks to each of us directly if we are humble and come to Him with love and a true desire to understand and we will know if what we believe is right or not. I think each of us has to use our own minds and hearts when studying the word of God. While I don’t agree with all of the examples given here, I also would not presume that my understanding of what God’s telling us is correct above someone else’s. This is just my personal opinion and not a criticism of anyone else or their thoughts. Just tap to see all the verses in the Bible that reference the topic you’re interested in.

How did I quickly gather these verses? Olive Tree Bible Threads contains large, searchable lists. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ - Acts 17:28 “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”declares the Lord. Where is the house you will build for me? VERSES ABOUT GOD’S OMNIPRESENCEīut will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. Thankfully, the Bible gives us lots of great examples! I grabbed all the verses from the Olive Tree Bible Threads resource that refer to omnipresence for you to read. We can try our best to describe it… but in the end, it’s a concept that we cannot fully-communicate: hence, incommunicable. That means, it can be difficult for us to comprehend God’s omnipresence. Systematic theologians use this term frequently when discussing God’s incommunicable attributes-the attributes that we, humans, can never participate in.

So, how do you learn what the Bible has to say about this characteristic of God? WHAT IS OMNIPRESENCE? This characteristic is called “omnipresence.” Although it is described in the Bible, the word “omnipresence” or “omnipresent” won’t be found in there.

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