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Christians Must Heed
Jesus

person we imagine to be
closest to us. This is a com-
pletely physical closeness, be-
cause God enfolds people from
all directions, inside and out.
The Person of God is of course dif-
ferent. But the manifestations of God are
everywhere. If a person says that God is not
there when he enters a room, then he has
abandoned the faith. If he says, "Everything
is a manifestation of God, except for this
small box," then he has again abandoned the
faith. By saying that, he is placing boundaries
on the infinite greatness of God and claiming
that there are other entities independent of Him
(surely God is beyond that). Even if the thing he re-

gards as independent of God is just a box then he is again, albeit un-
wittingly, denying the greatness of God, may He forbid. But it is God
alone Who is eternal and absolute. Therefore, when a person enters a
room, the manifestations of God are everywhere he sees or does not
see, including the room itself. Wherever a person turns, the manifes-
tation of God is there.
Several verses of the Koran reveal that God enfolds all space, and
that wherever we look, He is there. The expressions in these verses are
clear judgments. In Chapter 2, verse 255 of the Koran, for instance,
God says, "... His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the
Earth..." In Chapter 11, verse 92, "... But my Lord encompasses every-
thing that you do!" it is revealed that God enfolds people and all they
do.
God makes this truth quite explicit in the Gospel:

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