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Omnipresence of jesus2/1/2024 It will be the same way for those in hell (for more on the doctrine of hell, see our earlier article “Is Hell Divine Overkill?”). In fact, we largely ignore God’s presence. Similarly, while God is omnipresent on Earth, we are not aware of him. By contrast, those in heaven will “see His face” (Rev. In this way, those in hell will be “away from the presence of the Lord,” even though God is active and aware of them. God will be both active and aware of the events in hell, but he will not be visibly revealed to the people there. However, since God is immaterial, the person in hell will be unaware of God’s presence. When we conceive of presence in human terms, we think of this as visible and material. Remember our definition of omnipresence from above: God is causally active and aware of every part of reality. But the passage in 2 Thessalonians refers to God’s relational presence-not his activity or awareness. We do affirm that God’s omnipresence would also dictate his presence in hell. If God is present in hell, how does this fit with Paul’s statement that nonbelievers “will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power” (2 Thess. If God is omnipresent, then doesn’t this mean that he will be present in hell? God is present in the physical world, but we do not worship the physical world. Therefore, being present is different than saying that God is identical to the thing in question. To be omnipresent means to be causally active in every portion of the created universe. Rather, God, who is an unembodied Mind, knows what is happening and is active everywhere in the universe, as its creator and sustainer. It isn’t as though God is like a physical gas spread throughout the universe. God is an immaterial and spiritual being (Jn. If God is everywhere, doesn’t that mean that he is in everything? How is this different from pantheism? 15:3) The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good. 23:4) “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me.” 28:20b) “ I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Acts 17:24 28a) “The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands… 28for in Him we live and move and exist.” (1 Kings 8:27) “Will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!” “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD. 23:23-24) “Am I a God who is near,” declares the LORD, “And not a God far off? 24 Can a man hide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?” declares the LORD. ![]() 9 If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, 10 even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. 139:7-10) Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Consider several passages on the omnipresence of God: He isn’t localized anywhere rather, he is present everywhere. We shouldn’t think that God is in anything nor is he “up there” in the sky somewhere. This word comes from “omni” meaning “all” and “presence” meaning “being present.” This means that God is causally active and aware of every part of reality.
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