“During a past eternity God was alone—self-contained, self-sufficient, in need of nothing.  Had a universe, or angels, or humans been necessary to Him in any way, they also would have been called into existence from all eternity.  Creating them when He did added nothing to God essentially.  He changes not (Mal 3:6), therefore His essential glory can neither be augmented nor diminished.”  Arthur W. Pink  (1886-1952)