Section 3
of time and space. On the other hand, the Lord is not the flesh but the very God, and with God there are not the elements of time and space. In this book we are told both that He was limited in time and in space and that He was not so limited. In 7:6 He said, "My time has not yet come," indi cating, that although He is the eternal, infinite, unlimited God, He lived on earth as a man, lim ited in the matter of time. In 3:13 He said, "No one has ascended into heaven, but He Who de scended out of heaven, the Son of Man Who is in heaven." This verse indicates that while the Lord was on earth, He was still in heaven. This means that He, as the very God, is omnipresent. With Him there is not the limitation of time and space.
Why did the Lord mention to His disciples that He was the same as God? Because He told the disciples that He was going and they had the human thought that His going meant that He was leaving them. Since the disciples knew that God is omnipresent, the Lord told them that He was the same as God. Just as God is omnipresent, so He likewise is omnipresent. Just as God is without the elements of time and space, so He is also without these elements. Whether He went or stayed it was the same, for He, as God, is omni present. Since His going was actually His coming,