IN God's infinite, perfect, and eternal universe, which is wholly spiritual, there has been no yesterday and there will be no tomorrow. God and His expression, man, are forever at the standpoint of now.
To the student of Christian Science, error or matter is readily recognized as the opposite of Truth, Spirit. Are we always equally aware of the unreal nature of time as the opposite of infinite, eternal, spiritual being? The concept of time, measured in terms of passing moments, is just as much a suppositional creation of mortal mind as is the concept of material substance. To Moses, God defined Himself as "I AM THAT I AM" (Ex. 3: 14), that is, infinite, eternal Being, comprehending within itself forever all conscious existence or reality. The understanding that man now is God's perfect expression annuls in human experience the effects of the limiting beliefs of time, such as age, lack of opportunity, remorse over the past, fear of the future, and delayed demonstration.
The unreality of time in no way precludes the desirability and necessity for progress. Mary Baker Eddy tells us in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 233): "Every day makes its demands upon us for higher proofs rather than professions of Christian power. These proofs consist solely in the destruction of sin, sickness, and death by the power of Spirit, as Jesus destroyed them. This is an element of progress, and progress is the law of God, whose law demands of us only what we can certainly fulfil." The progressive realization and manifestation of good—of health, happiness, affluence, and right accomplishment —depend not on the passing of moments, but on the unfoldment in consciousness of infinite, harmonious being. Dominion over all the earth belongs to man now. Steadfast adherence to this spiritually scientific fact will result in the solution of any human problem.
