08 Jun '10 20:00>1 edit
Originally posted by UnaSo, if I understand you, you are saying that God's eternality consists in at least 2 things: (1) He "has no beginning and no end" (2) He is outside time (which you also think implies "all is present to Him" ). Is that correct?
God in His eternalness has no beginning and no end. Time of course is irrelevant to Him. I would say that yes, all is present to Him since He is outside of time. As temporal creatures we have no way to understand, we can only tag the term eternal and offer a less than adequate explanation.
This explains the statement, "the lamb slain at the foundation of t er He can declare the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end since He is present in both.
By the way, what is your reasoning for thinking that one's being outside time implies that all is present to him? If you are correct in that, then it would seem that one of the two properties Plantinga outlined is redundant (his second one implies his first one).