4. The infinity of God. (Infinitas Dei.)
All creatures are finite, that is, they are subject to the limits or boundaries in relation to their being and their activities. When we say that God is infinite, we take the divine majesty from all limits of being in space and time and from all limits of activity. The scriptural statements about this are very certain. Scripture ascribes infinity to God a. according to His nature (Ps. 145:3: His greatness is unsearchable, לִגְדֻלָּתֹ֗ו אֵ֣ין חֵֽקֶר [HEBREW]), b. according to the individual attributes (Ps. 147:6, literally, "His understanding is without number", לִ֝תְבוּנָתֹ֗ו אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר [HEBREW]). Thus, the attribute of infinity recurs with the individual divine attributes. God's knowledge is infinite, God's power is infinite, God's wisdom is infinite, as is to be explained further in the description of these attributes.
In so far as the infinite God cannot be taken as a measuring rod, the infinity of God is also called the immensity of God (immensitas Dei). By the immensity of God the Scripture reminds us also particularly that we men do not make our human thinking or comprehension capacity the standard of the divine being and doing. All Unitarians disregard this when they allow themselves the judgment that there could not possibly be three distinct persons in the one indivisible God. The Scriptures expressly say that God dwells in a light into which man cannot penetrate with his knowledge (1 Tim. 6:16), and that God's greatness is inscrutable (Ps. 145:3). Therefore, the Augustana, art. 1, adds to the "without end": “immeasurable power, wisdom and goodness." By emphasizing the immensity of God, Scripture also points to the distance that exists between God and all creatures. We men all too easily forget our limitations. We think of ourselves as "great." In order to reduce our greatness to the right measure, it says, for example, Is. 40:15-17, that the nations are like a drop in a bucket before God, like a little rod in the balance, like nothing (כְּאַ֣יִן נֶגְדֹּ֑ו [HEBREW]). By the attributes of infinity and immensity, conceived as sublimity above space, Scripture further defends against all thoughts as if God were enclosed by anything in the world. 1 Kings 8:27 says: "Do you also think that God dwells on earth?
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Behold, heaven and all the heavens may not provide for thee; how then shall this house [the temple at Jerusalem]?" ("May not provide for you", לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ [HEBREW: not contain you], grasp you, encompass you not.) It is a correct axiom taken from Scripture: God enters into space and time, but always remains above space and time. This comes to the further representation with the attributes of the omnipresence and the eternity of God.