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Interstellar: Love Transcends Time and Space (1 Corinthians 13:8)

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Cooper falls into a black hole and finds himself in a tesseract where love—his love for his daughter—transcends the boundaries of time and space. He sends her a message across dimensions through gravity and a watch. Paul writes: "Love never fails... these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." The film's thesis is profound: love is not merely emotion but a force as real as gravity. Cooper's love for Murph becomes the bridge between dimensions. "Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space."

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Scripture References

1 Corinthians 13:81 Corinthians 13:13

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