The Origin of God | Who was God before creation? Unthinkable Truths Revealed

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Those are the very first words of the Bible, the opening line of Genesis, the sentence that launches all of human history and forms the foundation of the Christian faith. But if you pause there and think deeply, a quiet question begins to emerge.

A question that has crossed the minds of both innocent children and brilliant scientists alike. What was there before the beginning? If God created the heavens and the earth, then who created God?

If everything must start somewhere, then where did God's beginning come from? This isn't just a philosophical question. It's a cry from deep within the human soul.

We can't stand ambiguity. We crave explanations. We want everything to have a cause, a source, a reason, even when we're talking about an all powerful God.

And that's why the question, where does God come from? Though seemingly simple, has become one of the greatest mysteries of all time. It challenges not just faith, but the very limits of human understanding.

Have you ever lain awake at night staring into the sky thinking about eternity? About a being who had no beginning, no end, who simply is? This question has left many feeling unsettled.

Some walk away in doubt. Others turn their backs altogether. But some, right in that very space of uncertainty, find something deeper than knowledge, faith, because maybe the issue isn't in the answer.

Maybe it lies in the question itself instead of asking where does God come from. Perhaps we should ask what makes us think he had to come from somewhere. We live in time the way fish live in water.

Every moment of life from our first blink to our final breath is marked by time. We measure age in years, value in moments, love in memories, and faith in waiting. Time doesn't just flow through us.

It defines us. From the moment we are born, we are bound to a linear track with a beginning and an end. We come into the world, grow up, grow old, and eventually leave it.

No one escapes the ticking of the relentless clock. Imagine standing in front of a painting of an endless line with no starting point, no end. Your brain instantly wants to find a place to begin, a corner, a root, a starting mark to cling to.

That's how the human mind works. We can't tolerate infinity. That's why when we hear that God has no beginning, our first reaction is often doubt.

Not because we're stubborn, but because we're used to everything having a starting point. In the finite minds of human beings, there's no real category for no beginning and no end. But if God is the one who created time, then he cannot be confined by it.

If time is a creation like light, like the universe, then God must exist before and beyond it. Scripture says, "With the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. " Second Peter 3:8.

That verse doesn't just speak of God's patience. It reveals a profound truth. God doesn't measure time.

the way we do. He doesn't live by schedules, by clocks, or by the rhythm of passing years. He is not swept along by times current.

He stands outside of it, seeing the entire span from beginning to end, like an artist viewing the full canvas of his own masterpiece. And that's exactly why he doesn't need a starting point. Because time, the very thing that makes us ask where from, has no authority over the one who created it.

If time is a river that never stops flowing, then we are the creatures being swept along by its current, powerless to go back, unable to see beyond the next bend. But God is different. He is not carried by the current.

He isn't even part of the stream. He stands above it like a master builder overlooking the full design he himself created. Einstein's theory of relativity once shook the way humanity understood time.

It revealed that time is not absolute. It's a dimension, one that can be stretched, bent, and altered by speed and gravity. In other words, time is part of the physical universe.

And if God created the universe, then he created time, too. If time were a real of film, then God would be the director holding the entire real in his hands, seeing the beginning, the middle, and the end all at once. And if that's true, then the question, where does he come from?

Starts to lose its meaning. The Bible affirms this truth with both power and poetry. Before the mountains were born, or you brought forth the whole world from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

Psalm 92. There was never a moment when God came into being because he has always existed. There is no such thing as a beginning for him because beginning is a concept that only applies to created things and he is not a created thing.

Philosophers call him the uncaused cause, the one who causes all things but was not caused by anything. Believers call him the self-existent one. And Moses, when he dared to ask for God's name, received a reply both simple and majestic.

I am who I am. Exodus 3:14. Not I was, not I will be.

Simply I am. A response that goes beyond language. a name that exists outside the boundaries of time.

So if your mind struggles to imagine a being with no beginning, don't worry. That's not a flaw in your thinking. That's evidence that you are a created being and he is the creator.

Everything we see around us, a tree, a star, a drop of water, a breath, has a cause. Nothing simply comes into being on its own. A flower blooms because there was a seed.

A child is born because there were parents. A sound occurs because something collided. Everything comes from something.

This simple principle is the foundation of all human knowledge. And it's from this principle that people ask one of the biggest questions of all. If everything has a cause, where did the universe come from?

And if God created the universe, then who created God? At first glance, the question seems logical. But it quickly runs into the limits of logic itself.

Because if we keep tracing the cause of every cause, we eventually fall into an infinite chain that never begins. And as the philosopher Thomas Aquinus once said, there cannot be an infinite regress of causes. There must be a first cause uncaused by anything else and that is God.

He called God the uncaused cause. The one who set everything in motion yet was never set in motion himself. The original route without whom nothing else could exist.

Picture a line of dominoes stretching endlessly. Each one falls because the one before it did. But if there were no first hand to tip the first domino, none of them would ever move.

The universe is the same. Without a first mover who was never moved, nothing would begin at all. Philosophers have called him the unmoved mover.

The one who causes motion in everything else yet remains unshaken. The Bible calls him God. But there's something even more important than philosophy.

God is not just an abstract idea. He is alive. He is not just a logical answer for why the universe exists.

He is the one who calls each of us by name. Reason may take us close to him, but from there it is faith that must carry us the rest of the way. Because faith doesn't reject reason.

Faith begins where reason ends. And in that vast mysterious space between knowing and not knowing, the human soul meets its creator. There's a deeply human moment that most of us have experienced.

Looking up at a sky full of stars or sitting in silence late at night wondering, "What does it all mean? Where did I come from? And where am I going?

" These are life's biggest questions. And it makes sense that we often begin with a question about God. Where does he come from?

Because if we knew where he began, maybe we'd understand something about his purpose. But sometimes God doesn't answer with theories. He answers with presence.

Not through books or arguments, but through the quietest moments of life. When we are broken, when we feel alone, or when all we have is a question with no answer. Once a little girl asked her father, "Daddy, who made God?

" The father smiled, didn't answer right away, and simply pulled her into his arms. You don't need to know where he came from, he said softly. You just need to know he's here with you.

There are people who've walked through decades of life through storms, victories, losses, and one day they stop and ask, "Where have I been going all these years? And why do I still feel empty? " They're no longer looking for a definition of God.

They're looking for a hand to hold when they no longer know which way to go. And it's in that moment of confusion that many meet God not as an answer but as a companion, not as a solution but as a presence, a steady silent friend. That answer doesn't come from philosophy.

It comes from love. And maybe love is where God wants us to begin our journey of knowing him. Because if you only stand at a distance and try to understand God as a concept, you'll forever walk in circles.

But if you walk with him, the path itself will begin to reveal who he is. Scripture says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.

" John 14:6. So maybe the right question isn't where does he come from. Maybe it's where is he leading me?

Not a question of intellect, but of surrender. not trying to fully comprehend him, but being willing to follow him one step at a time. Because in the end, faith doesn't demand answers for everything.

Faith just asks for a heart willing to follow, even when the road ahead is unknown. And in that very journey, you begin to see. What matters most is not where you began, but where you're going and who you're going with.

If you've journeyed with us this far, perhaps now you're beginning to realize the question, "Where does God come from? " may not be the most important one. What truly matters is that he is here and you are being invited into his presence.

We are small, fragile creatures bound by time, space, emotions, and reason. We count our days with clocks, measure value by results, and often only trust what we can see or touch. But God is not confined by those limits.

He was not born. He was not created. He simply is.

I am who I am. That is not just a name. It is an eternal declaration, a powerful affirmation that even when nothing else existed, he was already everything.

And even when all else fades away, he will remain. If the universe is a grand symphony, God is not merely the first note. He is the composer.

If time is a book, he is not just the first word. He is the author of every chapter. And if your life is a journey, he is not just the one who started it.

He is the destination. We may never fully grasp his greatness. But we can bow in humility and simply say, "Lord, I don't know where you came from, but I know you're calling me, and that is enough.

" Now, as our hearts grow still after this journey of reflection, let us step into God's presence with a sincere and quiet prayer. Eternal God, you who are not bound by time nor need a beginning. I bow before the depth and mystery of your existence.

You were not born. You simply are. You were not created.

You are the creator of all. Teach me to be humble before what I cannot understand and to trust in what I cannot prove. For if I wait to believe until I understand everything, I will never believe at all.

But if I believe in you, I will discover what truly matters. Lord, I do not need to know where you came from. I just need to know you are waiting for me.

From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. And I, a small created being in your hands today, I choose to believe. Amen.

And if this reflection has spoken to your heart, we invite you to share in the comments what question about God has left you wondering and what has helped you hold on to faith in the face of the unexplainable. You are not alone on this journey. We are here with you to explore, to learn, and to be uplifted by the word of God together.

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