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→Infinite Nature of God: clarif.
* Matthew 20:1-16 (Parable of the Vineyard Workers)
* Matthew 20:1-16 (Parable of the Vineyard Workers)
* Luke 15:11-32 (Parable of the Prodigal Son)
* Luke 15:11-32 (Parable of the Prodigal Son)
* John 8:58 ("Jesus replied: 'I tell you most solemnly, before Abraham ever was, I Am.'") The Biblical name given to God by Himself and told to Moses ("I Am") extends into the New Testament and portrays God's first essence to be His existence. Thus the naming indicates that if He exists at all in this unique way, He also exists in a way that is essential to existence itself (that is, essential also to the essences of other things that exist, but that don't exist as a result of their first essence and must depend on something else for existence) as drawn from unlimited possible existences.
* John 8:58 ("Jesus replied: 'I tell you most solemnly, before Abraham ever was, I Am.'") The Biblical name given to God by Himself and told to Moses ("I Am") extends into the New Testament and portrays God's first essence to be His existence. Thus the naming indicates that if He exists at all in this unique way, He also exists in a way that is essential to existence itself (that is, essential to other things that actually exist, but that don't exist as a result of their first essence and must depend on something else, ultimately, whose nature is to exist, for existence) as drawn from virtually unlimited possible existences.
* Revelation 19:6 ("And I seemed to hear the voices of a huge crowd, like the sound of the ocean or the great roar of thunder, answering, 'Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God Almighty has begun;...'") The Biblical title given to God of "Almighty" extends into the New Testament.
* Revelation 19:6 ("And I seemed to hear the voices of a huge crowd, like the sound of the ocean or the great roar of thunder, answering, 'Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God Almighty has begun;...'") The Biblical title given to God of "Almighty" extends into the New Testament.