Knowing God is not knowledge itself it is wisdom. Knowledge is of the known therefore of the past. God is only ever in the present. The present being now. The past has gone and is forever fading. Held captive by memory. The future never happens only the now, the present. Hope is based on what might happen. The present is god whatever you conceive God to be. You don't need faith to know god. You only need to live god in the present. God bless.

. . . Russell Cuts the Corn From The Brewers Whiskers.