Incommunicable Attributes
Immensity and Omnipresence
Theology Proper · 5 verses
God's being infinitely transcends all spatial limitations and categories while simultaneously being wholly present at every point in space. He fills heaven and earth with His presence, yet the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him. This divine immensity establishes both God's transcendence and His immanent presence with His people.
Scripture References
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.”
“Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.”
“That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.”
“Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?”
“The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”