a beginning. They say
that before this particular beginning man had no knowledge of the divinity
of God. With this principle they have limited the operation of the
influences of God.

For example, they think there was a time when man did not exist, and that
there will be a time in the future when man will not exist. Such a theory
circumscribes the power of God, because how can we understand the divinity
of God except through scientifically understanding the manifestations of
the attributes of God?

How can we understand the nature of fire except from its heat, its light?
Were not heat and light in this fire, naturally we could not say that the
fire existed.

Thus, if there was a time when God did not manifest His qualities, then
there was no God, because the attributes of God presuppose the creation of
phenomena. For example, by present consideration we say that God is the
creator. Then there must always have been a creation--since the quality of
creator cannot be limited to the moment when some man or men realize this
attribute. The attributes that we discover one by one--these attributes
themselves necessarily anticipated our discovery of them. Therefore, God
has no beginning and no ending; nor is His creation limited ever as to
degree. Limitations of time and degree pertain to things created, never to
the creation as a whole. They pertain to the forms of things, not to their
realities. The effulgence of God cannot be suspended. The sovereignty of
God cannot be interrupted.

As long as the sovereignty of God is immemorial, therefore the creation of
our world throughout infinity is presupposed. When we look at the reality
of this subject, we see that the bounties of God are infinite, without
beginning and without end.

The greatest bounties of God in this phenomenal world are His
Manifestations. This is the greatest postulate. These Manifestations are
the Suns of Reality. For it is through the Manifestation that the reality
becomes known and established for man. History proves to us that apart
from the influence of the Manifestations, man sinks back into his animal
condition, using even his intellectual power to subserve an animal
purpose. Therefore there is no cessation whatsoever in the future for the
appearance of the Manifestation of God, because God is infinite and His
purpose cannot be limited in any way. If we ever dare to limit and
circumscribe God's purpose within any bounds, then of necessity we have
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