DOES GOD WEAR A ROLEX AND DRIVE A DELOREN?

By Dr. M. R. Dowler

We live in a physical world dominated by time. And New Years is all about time. Since 1582 our calendar (the Gregorian calendar) indicates that at a specific second within a specific minute on a specific day in a specific month time moves from one year to an-other. We celebrate this yearly transition as a holiday. In a few days millions will crowd into Times Square and millions more will watch at home the brilliant 1,212 pound ball drop 141 feet in sixty seconds to usher in 2016.

Physics tells us that time is a property of physical matter. In 1907, Albert Einstein’s pro-fessor Hermann Minkowski proved his protégé’s theory of relativity (E=mc2) by showing that we live in a four dimensional universe; (length, width, height/depth and time). Marty McFly unwittingly proved Einstein and Minkowski’s theories of matter and time by driving his modified DeLoren forward and back in time in the movie Back to the Future.

Theologically, God created time as a measuring device for the benefit of mankind. He created the twenty-four hour day-cycle (Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 17-19, 23, 31) as well as the four seasons of the years (Genesis 1:14). But time is not eternal within God’s disposable universe (2 Peter 3:10-12, Revelation 10:6). One day, time as we know it will end.

Sarcastically, God does not drive a DeLoren back and forth in earth time, nor does “Jesus wear a Rolex on His television show” (as Ray Stevens sang about). God lives outside the bounds of time (Psalm 90:2), and because He is a spirit (John 4:24), He is timeless (Isa-iah 57:15; 2 Peter 3:8). And yet, Jesus consciously limited Himself as a human (Philip-pians 2:7-8) when He stepped into His created earth time (Galatians 4:4). Think about it. Happy New Year.