Exactly, change cannot happen without time.
Therefore, the First Cause argument comes up short.
Being outside of time implies a “forever-ness”. Any change in that state that causes the creation of something, requires time to have been operative even before the change in the situation occurred, so that change could occur.
Confusing, I know, but that is the paradox.
Being outside of time implies a “forever-ness”
No, no, no. Not in this use of eternal. Eternal in this use does not mean never-ending. It means outside time - no beginning, middle, end comes into play. Nothing dealing with time applies. Outside time. Transcending time might be an easier term to grasp.
Correct. The paradox is that the god-of-gaps crowd claims God doesn't change yet God intercedes. Logic tells us that God wasn't always creating...