(June 12, 2023 at 12:53 pm)emjay Wrote:(June 12, 2023 at 12:17 pm)R-Farmer Wrote: Yes the God of the Bible never once self identifies as omni everything God. but Does self identify as the Alpha and Omega.' The beginning and end to all things. This description describes a God so powerful He can simply call creation into being and has the power and authority to end it all. meaning nothing in this universe has the power or authority to stop him. Making God's will is supreme attribute not his omni everything ability. This also answers the age old question Can god create a rock so big He can not lift it? No matter what the omni everything God does he finds himself in a paradox.. But the God of the Bible being the alpha and Omega can in fact create a rock so big He can not lift it if He wants or Can't if He doesn't want to. As again His will harnesses and limits his power so that He can accomplish anything He desires to.
Let's say, you love peach cobbler. You love it so much you would eat it everyday every meal so long as you lived.. Now let's say you had the will power to make peach cobble a 'sometimes' food. (only on special occasions.) Now do you have the ability to make this discipline a permeant or temporary change? why would God be limited to one or the other is you yourself are not?
funny you said that.. when I started reading I thought of the exact same thing.
Not that it matters much for anything but what I meant by 'permanent', by analogy would be I could willfully choose, to 'blind' myself by closing my eyes, at any time able to undo that choice by opening my eyes... that would be akin to your peach cobbler example presumably, but to truly, permanently lose that power of sight, would be to remove my ability to see.
I personally do not think so. but an argument can be made for those who do think God could chop off his spiritual arm and could/would not let it grow back.
but IDK. I think this whole thing get played out with Jesus being 'cut off' from the Father, but then the resurrection happens so He back, but at the same time is He all the way back or maybe apart of him is gone now.. IDK. So I kinda have to default to the fact that Jesus was 'cut off' and came back seemingly as he was. So that is my official position.. but personally idk.
