Love and Infinity

In junior high school I was introduced to “infinity” in my mathematics class. That was a great place to begin my understanding. It was easy to see that there were an infinite supply of numbers. We concocted formulas using googol (1 with 100 zeros behind it) and googolplex(1010100), a much larger number. Yes, the Google search engine did not originate the term. Understanding infinity is difficult for most people. It requires us to discard our “finite” thinking that had served us well throughout our life. The earth appears to be a finite, self-contained planet. How could there be infinity within a finite realm? Through mathematics we found that you can divide a number by 2 an infinite amount of times since there are an infinite amount of numbers. The fraction 1/googolplex is a very small number but it can be divided by 2 (1/(2xgoogolplex)). This example is not to impress you with my mathematical skills but to increase your awareness of what is beyond our current understanding. You may never see the term “googol” again but it is important to understand that as we broaden our comprehension of infinity, we will better understand the Love of God.

We tend to put God in a box that we can control. The Book of Job (said to be the oldest book of the Bible) references the bigger picture that our Heavenly Father works in. God spoke to Job and told him that there was a bigger picture to consider than Job’s sphere of influence. “Where were you” questions were designed to provide Job with perspective. Our universe is in equilibrium. What happens to the sun affects us yet is is millions of miles away. Our minds would have us believe only in the finite (see, hear, touch, smell, taste) realm of perception. However, we have a connection with the Divine that supercedes our finite understanding. How can the Holy Spirit be everywhere at once? Is the Holy Spirit resident in a distant universe googolplex x googolplex miles away? (I just had to use the math term one more time.) The Holy Spirit operates in a realm above structure, an infinite realm. The finite realm is contained within the infinite realm. Yes that’s right, the Holy Spirit is not too busy to minister to each and every one of us at the same time.

Angels encapsulate the Word of God for specific needs. Each angel has a mission specific to the Word spoken by The Heavenly Father. They operate outside our limited structure. Jesus Christ operates outside our limited structure as well. He surely operates in this infinite realm without limitation of time and space. How was he able to appear and disappear? How was he able to walk through walls? Jesus has appeared to many diverse people over the course of human history.

Our views tend to be experience-based views. Men were convinced the world was flat because of their experience. Men assumed that the earth was the center of the universe since it is the place where they resided. Copernicus was the first scientist to publish the theory that the earth revolved around the sun which was fixed in position. Kepler saw that the stars moved in “zig-zag” patterns in the sky. He had an epiphany from God and discovered that the sun is also moving in the solar system and that it was not the center of the universe. This epiphany was in 1595. We can look back at these revelations and conclude that there is still more revelation to come. The atom was once thought to be the smallest particle of matter. With further study, smaller units have been found. What is between the smallest units of matter? Infinity. How is it commanded? By Love! Remember, God is love.

Romans 5:5 “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Love is “poured out” by the Holy Spirit. Love is in the Spirit’s realm. Paul further explained in Romans 8: 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. There is no structure (height, depth, created thing) that is able to produce a separation. This is critical to our understanding. Love is indivisible. It cannot be separated. Love is spirit and can be in all places at once. What can contain infinity? Love!

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