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[@josephtattum6365]

I've been loving all these recent uploads. Definitely interesting studies. Keep 'em coming!!

[@ricksonora6656]

Existence causally before time entails that restrictions due to existence within time would be inapplicable. Restrictions against a.lesser being simultaneously existing here and there would not apply to a timeless Being.
Created time would be external to the timeless Being. Restrictions against observing now and then would not apply, either.
Without time, a change from timeless to temporal existence could not take place. A Creator who enters into His creation (time being a facet thereof), would simultaneously exist in the timeless state. Moreover, the Creator could enter His creation to exist as multiple simultaneous Persons without violating any restrictions imposed by the timeless state.
If God transitioned from a singular, timeless state to a temporal state, time’s restrictions on simultaneous existence would prevent existence as three simultaneous Persons.
By defining timeless existence versus temporal to be a false dichotomy, I have become completely comfortable with the doctrine of the Trinity. It also provides explanations for God’s attributes of omnipresence and omniscience.
I apologize for any typos. RUclips shrank the font size, and my cataracts are getting worse.

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Dr. Craig's position is that God was timeless without creation and then entered temporal relations at the moment of creation. His position is not that God is both timeless and temporal. If God (the Trinity) entered temporal relations at the moment of creation, then all of the persons of the Trinity entered into temporal relations.
Are you thinking of time as a purely physical dimension? Dr. Craig rejects this view, too, giving the argument that God counting numbers or doing any activity without creating the universe would entail temporal succession, yet without a physical universe.
There are no issues with omniscience, since God can still be omniscient even if he is now temporal. There's nothing about entering temporal relations which would restrict his knowledge of only and all truths. As Dr. Craig notes, if God is still timeless, then this would actually detract from omniscience, since he would not know what time it is now, since there is no "now" in a timeless state.
Regarding omnipresence, are you assuming that the past and future are locations in which God exists? If not, then it's hard to see how God's being in temporal relations would undermine his omnipresence. Dr. Craig does not believe that the past and future really exist. The past used to exist, but is no more. The future does not yet exist.
Also, we should be careful with the use of "simultaneous," which is a temporal term. There is no simultaneity in a timeless state, since, of course, there is no time. But perhaps you just using the term to indicate lack of temporal succession? - RF Admin

[@GTMGunTotinMinnesotan]

That was a good answer.