THE SOLITARY GOD

THE SOLITARY GOD

“Which He will bring about at the proper time-- He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.” 1 Tim. 6:15

The solitariness of the God of the Bible is awe-inspiring. As a solitary figure He stands alone, no other even remotely like Him. Few there are who are sufficiently familiar with the Bible to bring to the forefront of consciousness the splendors of divine perfections. Yet the Bible is replete with reference to His glory, majesty, power, and lovingkindness, all of which sets Him aside in a class all by Himself. This is the One "who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords; who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see" (1 Tim. 6:15-16 NASB).

This One existed in solitary splendor in that period before creation came into being. In the beginning God already existed. "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God" (Psa. 90:2). He was as much God then as now or ever shall be. Even though there was no heaven where God could be localized and His glory manifested, even though there was no earth to serve as His footstool, even though there were no angelic hosts to sound His praises, even though there was no universe to be upheld by the word of His power, even though there were no hosts of humanity upon which to bestow His grace, He was in every sense God.