Seen & Unseen: There's More Going on Than We KnowSýnishorn

Discovering a Deeper, Unseen Reality

The Bible we claim to believe in—and to base our lives on— describes, quite clearly, a deeper, unseen reality. It describes a reality that somehow preexisted the space-time continuum. It describes a deeper, unseen reality that never began, actually, and will never end. “The things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:18).

The Bible describes a deeper, unseen reality to which time and space and matter owe their very existence. It’s this that our everyday physical reality is dependent on. Time and space and matter were “called into existence by God’s word, what we see created by what we don’t see” (Heb. 11:3).

This deeper, unseen reality is more vast, more wild and wonderful than the physical world. It is distinguished by majesty and mystery, goodness and love—“glory beyond all comparison” (2 Cor. 4:17). It’s a reality where anything can happen. Even the impossible. In it, even death itself can be undone. 

And it’s not just out there somewhere, out in the beyond. It is there, but it’s here too. Right here. Right now. “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed,” explained Jesus, but it is already in our midst (Luke 17:20–21). This deeper, unseen reality is interwoven with everything in the physical world. It “holds everything together” (Heb. 1:3).

And we can discover it. This reality. We can explore it. Experience it. Take part in it.