Eternal

The nature of our Father is eternal, and He inhabits eternity:

"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and He shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them." 
                                                                    Deut. 33:27
"For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."
                                                                    Isa. 57:15
"Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever, Amen."
                                                                    1 Tim. 1:17

Today happens to be Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, when the Jewish people recognize the power of God to forgive sin and show mercy upon mankind. It is an awesome time of judgment. This is a day of fasting, as we humbly submit ourselves for His judgment. We afflict our bodies and souls with fasting to put the temporal things of the world away, and look into the eternal things of our Father. Life on earth exists but for a moment in time, but the life our Father has called us to exists with Him, forever. This calling to His eternal life was promised before the world began, before the measure of time began (Titus 1:2, 1 Peter 5:10).  It is a promise of eternity, from eternity. This eternal quality of our Father was sealed in us by the sacrifice of His Son for our sins. This sacrifice tore the separating veil apart that kept man from his eternal Father, the separating veil that divides the temporal from the eternal:
"And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. 
Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
and the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
                                                                  Mat. 27:50-52 
 
Our Father, though He placed us in a temporary body of flesh, always purposed us to be an eternal creation with Him. He manifested this eternity in bodily flesh through His Son, Jesus, so we could see this promise, so we could touch this promise, so we could understand this promise of eternity, not bound by the flesh of man:

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
(for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full."
                                                                 1 John 1:1-4  
"And this is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son."
                                                                  1 John 5:11

According to the scripture above, the eternal life of the Father is not limited to something that we will receive after we finish this life on earth in our flesh. This eternal life is something that has already been given to us, while we are yet in our flesh, because it is the life in His Son, and we are in His Son:
"As Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him."
                                                                  John 17:2

Even while we are yet in our flesh bodies, we live in the eternal life of Jesus. Our lives and focus are never to be bound to the temporary ways and things of this world, but always to view all things through the eyesight of eternity:
"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hand, eternal in the heavens."
                                                                  2 Cor. 4:17-18, 5:1

The Prophet Daniel spoke of the everlasting Kingdom of God:
"I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that shall not be destroyed."
                                                                     Daniel 7:13-14

On this Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, let us consider and remember the eternal things and the eternal life, and that eternal kingdom to which we have been so graciously called, and let us incorporate that eternity of our Father and His Son into our lives now, even while we are here on earth. Let us examine ourselves, and also pray as never before for those whose souls hang in the balance between death and life. The eternal life of Jesus Christ is manifested through us.

Our Father is eternal.

"Kol Nidrei" sung on Yom Kippur Eve
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrBcN4lSjBc 


Illustration of Eternity 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWk7RUg3ZV4