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Time provides a basis for people to frame their outlook on their own lives, dividing it, for example, into the past, present and future.  But the Bible suggests a possibly different reality, as in [[Jesus]]'s observation that "the last will be first, and the first will be last."<ref>Matt. 20:16 (spoken in the context of time).</ref>

Time provides a basis for people to frame their outlook on their own lives, dividing it, for example, into the past, present and future.  But the Bible suggests a possibly different reality, as in [[Jesus]]'s observation that "the last will be first, and the first will be last."<ref>Matt. 20:16 (spoken in the context of time).</ref>

The "arrow of time" in physics describes how disorder in nature increases with time, which is an asymmetric or directional aspect of time.  This suggests a connection between time and [[entropy]].  Space lacks this type of asymmetry.

The "arrow of time" in physics describes how disorder in nature increases with time, which is an asymmetric or directional aspect of time.  This suggests a connection between time and [[entropy]].  Space lacks this type of [[asymmetry]].

Assumptions about time underlie the [[Theory of Relativity]].  That theory characterizes time as an additional dimension beyond space. It suggests that time can pass at different rates in different [[frame of reference|frames of reference]]. Under [[relativity]], it therefore makes no sense to talk about two events being simultaneous, as they may be to one observer but not to another.

Assumptions about time underlie the [[Theory of Relativity]].  That theory characterizes time as an additional dimension beyond space. It suggests that time can pass at different rates in different [[frame of reference|frames of reference]]. Under [[relativity]], it therefore makes no sense to talk about two events being simultaneous, as they may be to one observer but not to another.