THE WEIGHT OF INWARDNESS

Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher and theologian wrote,
“Eternity is a very radical thought, and thus a matter of inwardness. Whenever the reality of the eternal is affirmed, the present becomes something entirely different from what it was apart from it. This is precisely why human beings fear it (under the guise of fearing death). You often hear about particular governments that fear the restless elements of society. I prefer to say that the entire age is a tyrant that lives in fear of the one restless element: the thought of eternity. It does not dare to think it. Why? Because it crumbles under… and avoids like anything… the weight of inwardness.”
“This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” Jesus