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To: Hebrews 11:6

As a lay person I did a sermon years ago using a similar image (the same image?) as a prop. (Before the screen presentations and had it printed on a large poster).

The sermon was about the love, grace and power of God. And this image shows not only how vast all of creation is - but how vast all of the attributes of God are.

I commented something like “You know how as a parent we tell our child ‘I love you THIS much’ and spread out our arms as wide as they can go? I wonder if God created this immense universe as if spreading His arms wide and saying ‘I love you THIS much!’”


16 posted on 07/25/2020 3:46:39 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: 21twelve
I wonder if God created this immense universe as if spreading His arms wide and saying ‘I love you THIS much!’”

ABSOLUTELY! That's exactly why He created as He did, One need look no further for confirmation than Romans 1:19-20: "...what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made..."

However, it is very much worth noting, as I wrote in post #14, "Under the physical laws God chose in creating this (finite) universe, it requires a universe this inconceivably immense in order to yield just this one planet capable of indefinitely supporting advanced life, and here we are."

23 posted on 07/25/2020 6:40:35 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: 21twelve
wonder if God created this immense universe as if spreading His arms wide and saying ‘I love you THIS much!’”

Was doing my daily Bible reading and came across this in 1 Chronicles 16

the Lord made the heavens. 27 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his dwelling place. 28 Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 29 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. 30 Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. 31 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!” 32 Let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them! 33 Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. 34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. 35 Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.” 36 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Then all the people said “Amen” and “Praise the Lord.”

32 posted on 07/25/2020 9:58:55 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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