Time without beginning or end; forever.
Consider a timeline that goes an infinite distance into the past and an infinite distance into the future; this is a mathematical picture of eternity.
Followers of Jesus will spend a future eternity with him in heaven. Since God is bound by neither space nor time—he exists outside the space-time continuum—eternity with him is not an unrealistic promise.
Key verse about Eternity: Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity (Psalm 93:2, NIV).
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