To most people, time is relative to a straight line, but that is not the only way that the passage of time has been represented in the past, present, or in the future. Many articles have been written about time and even Albert Einstein said that time slows down from one perspective to another, mainly in dealing with one object approaching the speed of light, in relation to another remaining at the beginning point of demarcation. Almost everything in nature is in the form of a circle, from its formation, to its travel throughout the solar system, and the journey around the Galaxy and even the Universe. Life is a repetition of circles; birth, childhood, maturity, adulthood, reproduction, old age, and death, with life continuing through future generations. It's not the exact same circle, but almost like a spiral that rolls onward and onward and continues moving throughout the continuation of human life.

Memories are circular, being implanted within the mind or recorded in the brain, and they continue to be played time and time again, until sometimes the memories either fade or are brought back more and more vividly with their repetition of recall. A person lives his life and then dies, but his actions, his words, and his emotions have been recorded by his loved ones and are brought back, as fresh as the day a certain instance of interaction has taken place. Images continue to be remembered and replayed about those who have gone on, all throughout the lives of the people who knew them and are still alive.

The Ancient Hebrew Research Center talks about different concepts of time in relation to the Bible and from the beginning of mankind to the end of man, the viewpoint of the seasons, the hours in the day, and until the New Heavens and the New Earth in prophecy.

Isaiah 65:17

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Isaiah-65-17/

Ancient Hebrew Research Center

Concepts in Time

http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/articles_time.html

Jesus said that he has always been with us from the beginning of time and will be here until the end. He said in the Book of Revelation that he was the beginning and the ending, Alpha and Omega.

John 8:58

“Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-8-58/

"Before Abraham was I am." He did not say that before Abraham was I was, but 'I am', denoting that he is in two references of time frame at the same moment, being in the present and the past. In Revelation it is indicated that he also is in the third time frame, the future too. So, it is not only a circular time of reference but all three at one term of existence, three places on a circle at the same instance.

Revelation 1:8

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-1-8/

Time to the Christian is almost irrelevant, in respect to how we interact with Jesus Christ, whether we are reading the New Testament about his appearance within the room after the doors had already been locked, to his reappearance with the Disciples on the shores of the Sea of Tiberias, while he waited for them with a fire of coals and fish and bread.

John 20:19

“Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them,Peace be unto you.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-20-19/

John 21:9

“As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-21-9/

Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, traveling within a circle of time as we read about his life and interact with his Holy Spirit, receiving his blessings and the healing of his Spirit, and at the same time turning away from our sins. The one important point in all his teachings as he healed is that the people gave up their sins willingly, they believed on his name, received the healing, and his gift of life eternal. Time to a Christian is irrelevant and unimportant, since to be with Jesus represents all times at the same instant. When you as a Christian are baptized, you are buried into the body of Christ, and are raised up into newness of life eternal. When you die you are still in that same body, the church, which is the body of Christ and will continue to exist within the congregation until the end of time without end. Death does not change the character of time, as to a Christian it is circular, without ending.

August 27, 2018

Cliff Rhodes Christian Ministry