I know you are scared.
I so wanted you to be ready when I got back. I looked for you, but you weren’t there. I am not going to lie, its going to be bad. I imagine you knew that when you heard that there were millions of people gone, many you knew. I am sorry, but things have changed since I last emailed you.
Its going to get messed up fast!
Today, in scholarly circles, discussions about the meaning of eternity center around Medieval philosophical and theological reflection on the Latin word aeternitas, the word from which our “eternity” comes. More than just its predecessor, however, aeternitas was the catalyst for the idea in scripture. It was the Latin Vulgate, published in AD 400, that first juxtaposed the Greek sense of eternity upon scriptural teaching regarding the afterlife.
The concept of eternity is difficult to grasp. For instance, is it time without an end or the complete absence of time? Either way, it is an abstract idea that we have been wrestling with since Plato first introduced the concept. Yes, Plato the Greek philosopher, introduced the idea of “forever”.
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I wanted to write you because I am coming back soon and I would like to see you before I do, maybe spend some time with you. I know that you tell your friends that you have no God, or worse, that you hate me. Either way, I am so sorry that you feel that way, because I love you so much that I can’t stand it sometimes.
Sketches on the way 