Q: Where Did God Come From


QUESTION: Where did God come from?

 

ANSWER: Time is a human frame of reference, always dependent upon the movement of matter, such as the earth around the sun, moon around the earth, hands around a clock, or human activity. God exists outside of this frame of reference, in eternity, where there is no beginning or end as we think of it. His actual name as He revealed it to Moses in the Hebrew language is YHWH, or "Yahweh" (mistakenly called "Jehovah"), a derivative of the Hebrew word, "to be." He also referred to Himself as the "I am," in Hebrew meaning a self-existent, self-causing, eternal being. Yahweh is the first cause of all causes and effects. Jesus referred to himself as that same "I am" of the Old Testament who has always existed. Since He used Hebrew terminology reserved for deity, the religious authorities of His day thought Jesus was blaspheming. God was not created, or else there would be another God. He was, and is, and always will be.