God inhabits eternity, and from there He is present everywhere and at every time with His whole Being. Isaiah describes Him as the One who inhabits eternity, and Moses declares, "Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God" (Psalm 90:2). Though He rules the universe from His throne in the third heaven, He is not restricted to any spatial dimension of the physical realm, because He is spiritual. This omnipresence is an eternal attribute that humans can never possess. It does not make God a vaporous, indescribable entity: spiritual substance is a higher form of matter governed by higher laws, and Scripture gives Him shape and form, with a body that manifests in a specific location. He is present in all places and all times through His Holy Spirit, the same boundless power behind His omnipotence. He is never confined but is present in all His power at every point in space and time. No external force can limit Him, so He perceives all things in all places at all times, and nothing is hidden from Him, whether in the heights of heaven, the depths of the earth, or the darkness. Because He fills heaven and earth, we can seek Him anywhere and be strengthened by His presence in any circumstance.

God inhabits eternity. Eternity is a dwelling place for God. God does not live in the same three dimensions humans live in. He lives in a dimension of spirit. His overall plan requires Him to calculate and create the vector of time for the temporary physical world. Time does not affect God in the same way that it affects humans. God is called the Eternal or Self-existing One because He dwells in eternity. It is a place where time has no effect on Him. Jesus Christ the Son of God is described as Melchizedek being without ancestry and without beginning or end. For spirit beings time has no consequence. Time has no intrinsic value in the sense that it does not change God's eternity but it does change humans. Human bodies age. Humans wear out physically and mentally. Human beings live in space and time. Humans live in length width and breadth or depth. Space and distance become meaningless when inhabiting eternity with time.

God declares Himself the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity in Isaiah 57:15, a statement set within His response to leading people to repentance. This phrase conveys two foundational truths. First, God is the only constant throughout eternity, always existing as the great I Am with no beginning or end. Second, He possesses a perspective on time and an access to it that surpasses human comprehension, allowing Him to see the entire continuum, work within all periods, and remain above its constraints as its Creator and Master. These truths directly explain the depth of His patience. Because He controls time and faces no external pressure, He can extend longsuffering, endurance, perseverance, and forbearance across centuries and millennia without impatience. He has waited thousands of years to fulfill promises to Abraham, David, and Israel, endured humanity's sins for roughly six thousand years, and tolerated Satan's accusations for an unknown span, all while steadily advancing His plan to reproduce His image in mankind. In contrast, humans are confined to a few score years, swept along by time like a river, and conditioned to demand instant results. This difference underscores why believers must adopt God's view of time and His priorities—bringing His plan to completion by forming Christlike character—if they are to develop genuine patience. Such patience enables them to bear with one another, avoid grumbling, and respond as God would in conflict, thereby aligning their conduct with His will as revealed in His character.