God Is Truly More Than Amazing!
by David J. Stewart
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Psalms 145:9, “The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over
all his works.”
God is Truly Amazing! Only a blinded
fool would reject the reality of a God Who created the universe. Can you
imagine a supernatural being so powerful as to create a universe by the Word
of His mouth? 2nd Peter 3:5, “For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by
the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the
water and in the water.” God is truly amazing! Do you have any idea how
much energy there is in the universe?
Just one average sized tree
contains enough atomic energy to supply all the electrical power in our
nation for 10 years!!!
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“Yes, our universe
is very large, but there is still more to it than what you
probably realize. Most people have never considered the amount
of energy needed to create a single atom. Powerful bonds hold
atoms together and when these bonds are broken, a tremendous
amount of energy is released. This energy can be calculated by
using Albert Einstein’s historic E=mc2 (See footnote
#2 below for more information).
For example, the
atomic energy stored in 1 gram (.035 ounce) of matter is equal
to the power obtained from 700,000 gallons of octane fuel.
(Source: ChemCom, page 309.) For a more dramatic example,
the atomic energy stored in the atoms of a 200-pound man is
equal to 157,307 atomic bombs (the ones dropped on Hiroshima).
For you weightlifters, that's the same as bench-pressing a
500-pound weight over 12 million billion times.
If there is that
much atomic energy in a 200-pound man, imagine how much energy
was needed to create the whole universe. Imagine the magnitude
of the God who created all this. I find it amazing that people
actually have the audacity to say that they will boldly stand up
to God when they enter eternity. They obviously don’t comprehend
the God who created them.
Just as our minds
can’t comprehend the magnitude and complexity of the universe,
it can’t comprehend the magnitude and complexity of God.
Obviously, God is far greater and more powerful than the
universe He created. Even though our universe is incredibly
staggering in size, it is probably just a minuscule dot in
comparison to God’s actual greatness and power. I can’t even
begin to imagine how great, majestic, powerful, and awesome our
God must be.”
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If there is no God, then science cannot even begin to explain how to
universe came from nothing, nor how big is the universe? And if there is a
God (which only a fool would deny), then there is a Heaven and Hell, and all
humanity must give account to God for the life we have lived. What manner of
divine Being could create a universe? Whenever I try to grasp the greatness
of God, I am reminded of...
Psalms 145:3, “Great is the
LORD, and greatly to be praised; and
...his greatness is unsearchable!”
God is an awesome God!
Praise the name of Jesus my Lord! The Godhead became flesh in the man Christ
Jesus, and we beheld His glory as of as the only begotten Son of God (John
1:14). Jesus was more than a man, He was the God-man (100% man and 100% God
in the flesh). The Godhead walked this earth in the body of Jesus Christ
(Colossians 2:9 - King James Bible), He lived a sinless life, and then He
went to the cross to pay for our sins! Amen!
What if there is no
God? Could the universe surrounding us have just "happened?" Could it be that all of the planets are aligned in perfect balance just by
chance? Could it be that the sun is a perfect distance from the
earth by chance? The planet Mercury's hot side reaches a scorching
800 degrees Fahrenheit. Yet the planet Pluto is so cold that it has
an atmosphere composed of gel.
In this ultraviolet image of the
Sun, a prominence arcs thousands of miles above the solar surface and
white patches reveal magnetically active regions. The Solar and
Heliospheric Observatory, SOHO, returned this image in 1997. It's one of
many spacecraft dedicated to monitoring our star.
NASA /
SOHO
Think of all the millions of
stars and planets, isn't it strange that the ONLY life is found in earth? How can this be? You'd think that some type of "life" would exist in
other parts of the universe. Even if we try to imagine there is no
God, the universe around us is a constant testimony of God's presence,
power and goodness. There must be a God! It is
the ONLY logical conclusion. The Bible itself declares that the
universe around us testifies of a Divine Creator.
"The
heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his
handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night
sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their
voice is not heard." —Psalm 19:1-3
If there is no God, then why are
there Satan worshippers and the occult? That question is an
interesting one indeed. I could understand a Christian doing what
they doing because they are anticipating greener pastures when they die
and go to heaven. But why would anyone be involved in the occult or
Satan worship if their only future is in hell? I mean, the Satanists
do believe in a Divine Creator. So why would they spend their lives
making God mad by spiting Him in rebellion. I could understand someone not
wanting to believe in God at all, but why worship the devil if you do
believe in God? It just doesn't make any sense.
A bright meteor streaks past a
colorful Auroral curtain near Chena, Alaska.
Marvin Nauman
God is truly incredible! The photo above displays the Auroral lights over Alaska... God's light
show.
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“We usually think of the stars as being
loosely scattered throughout the vast expanse of outer space. As you can
see from the picture at the beginning of the chapter, these stars are
not "spread out," but are "lumped" together in confined groups called
galaxies. These confined groups, however, are still enormous in size.
Our galaxy (the Milky Way), for example, is over 90,000 light years
wide. This means if you were traveling at the speed of light (186,282
miles per second) it would take you 90,000 years to get from side to
side. For you joggers, that’s a distance of over 500 million billion
miles. Although our galaxy is incredibly huge, it is only a small spec
in comparison to the rest of the universe. There are at least a 100
billion galaxies in the universe.
Most galaxies
consist of 10 to 100 billion suns (stars). Our Milky Way, however, has
around 200 to 400 billion stars and there are some galaxies that have
over 50 trillion stars. When we look up at night and see the stars
scattered throughout the sky, we usually think we are seeing the various
stars scattered throughout the whole universe. In reality,
though, we are only seeing the stars in our own galaxy; and even then it
is only a small portion of them (about 3,000 stars).”
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If the Bible was written by men,
then why does it prompt us to seek forgiveness from a Divine Creator? Why would men write such a fairytale condemning all of humanity to
Hell? Has anyone ever written a book such as the Bible? Archeologists and
explorers have been discovering thousands of scrolls, tablets and
fragments of the Bible for centuries.
People have uncovered all of these
findings in scattered places throughout the Middle East, in multiple
languages. Can any book throughout history claim such remarkable
exposure? And if men did write the Bible without ant Divine
inspiration, then how did the forty Biblical writers, over 1,500 years of
history, manage to complete such a seamless masterpiece of prophecy? The Quran can not claim this, it contains no prophecy.
More
colorful
Auroral lights
God is
Amazing! I am always intrigued, captivated, and stand in awe when I
consider the universe. What was God thinking? Did He really
create all of those stars (the nearest star to earth being 4.24 light
years away) just for mankind to have a night light? (Genesis 1:14-19). Yes, that is what the Bible teaches. God gave us the sun, moon and
stars. This is why mankind will NEVER find any intelligent life in
the universe apart from the earth. God created it all for us. Can you image? God created the stars for you and me to look at
during the night sky.
Don't miss the greatness of this. Do you
have any idea how many miles are in one "light year?" There's
5,873,327,712,000 miles in one light year!!! That's five trillion,
eight hundred and seventy-three billion, three hundred and twenty-seven
million, seven hundred and twelve thousand miles!!! Now multiply
this times 4.24 light years to see how far the NEAREST star is to the
earth. The nearest star to earth is an astounding 24,902,909,498,880
miles away!!! Wow! I don't know what to say! It's
mind-boggling to say the least. That's almost as much as the
national debt. Wow! Isn't God Amazing!!!!!!
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August 2004
| This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a pair of half a
light-year long interstellar 'twisters', eerie twisted funnel structures,
in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (M8). The central hot star, O
Herschel 36 (shown here on left, red), is the primary source of the
ionizing radiation for the brightest region in the nebula, called the
'Hourglass'. Other hot stars, also present in the nebula, are ionizing the
outer visible parts of the nebulous material. This
ionizing radiation heats up and 'evaporates' the surfaces of the clouds
(seen as a blue 'mist' at the right of the image), and drives violent
stellar winds which tear into the cool clouds.
Analogous to the
phenomena of tornadoes on Earth, the large difference in temperature
between the hot surface and cold interior of the clouds, combined with the
pressure of starlight, may produce strong horizontal 'wind shear' to twist
the clouds into their tornado-like appearance.
The
Lagoon Nebula and nebulae in other galaxies are sites where new stars are
being born from dusty molecular clouds. These regions are the 'space
laboratories' for astronomers to study how stars form and the interactions
between the winds from stars and the gas nearby.
By studying the wealth of
data revealed by Hubble, astronomers will understand better how stars form
in the nebulae. These color-coded images are the combination
of individual exposures taken in 1995 with Hubble's Wide Field and
Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).
So the
next time you gaze up into the night sky and see the stars, just realize
that the NEAREST star is about 25 trillion miles away. If that's
not amazing enough about God, then consider this...the FARTHEST known star
from the earth is a staggering 13,230,000,000 light years away!!! That's 77,704,125,629,760,000,000,000 miles away!!! Ok here
goes... that's seventy-seven sextillion, seven hundred and four
quintillion, one hundred and twenty-five quadrillion, six hundred and
twenty-nine trillion, seven hundred and sixty billion miles away!!! I don't even think the U.S. government could ever squander that much
money, but if anyone could it would be them. Wow!
Named Abell 1835 IR1916, the newly discovered galaxy is located about
13,230 million light-years away.
How can anyone observe the
universe and deny the existence of God? I could not be an atheist
even if
I tried my darndest, I just couldn't. Only someone who was willingly
blind would deny that there is a Divine Creator Who constructed the
universe. There is harmony and structure to life and creation. If evolution were true, then we should be observing new life forms in
their primitive forms.
ALL of the theories on evolution have
eventually been shot full of holes. Science especially has proven
evolution to be a lie because evolution is only based upon unproven
theories. Evolution is NOT science, it cannot be monitored or
studied. Evolution cannot be tested. Evolution stares directly
in the opposing face of God's Word.
The following truth is mind-blowing. The image below was only made possible
by pointing a camera in one direction and allowing 100 hours of exposure. As
you can see, there are hundreds of galaxies, each containing billions of
stars (suns). The amazing photo below is only the size of a grain of sand in
the sky. Can you imagine?
"The powerful Hubble telescope was pointed
to a "dark" spot near the Big Dipper and took the photograph below. This
deep field photograph captured previously unknown galaxies residing deep
in the universe. No other telescopes has the power to be able to see
galaxies this far away. These galaxies are so far away, it took 100
hours of exposure time to take this picture.
Photo by NASA 1995, Hubble telescope.
The above photo was only made possible by leaving the camera shutter
open for 100 hours. The section above represents a size of sky about
the size of a single grain of sand. God is truly amazing. Some
galaxies have billions, even trillions of stars (suns).
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“Although the
Hubble telescope is very powerful, it still cannot see the "far edges"
of the universe. We have no idea of what’s behind the galaxies in this
photo. What would we see if we had a more powerful telescope? I believe
if we were to point it to a "dark spot" between a couple of these
galaxies, we would probably come up with a photograph full of
newly discovered galaxies.
Nearly
every object in this photograph is a galaxy with hundreds of billions of
suns. (The poster version of this photograph shows many more galaxies
than this low resolution Internet photograph.) Considering the
tremendous size of a single galaxy, this photograph represents a very
large expanse. Take a few moments to reflect on this.
The thing that
makes this random photograph so spectacular is the fact that it
is a very, very small sample of our universe. Go outdoors some night and
stretch out your arm and pretend you are holding a grain of sand between
your fingers. That distance between your fingers is the amount of area
from which this photograph was taken.”
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Light
from the farthest known star from earth would take about 477 million years
to reach the earth. Contrary to what astronomers say, you are not
looking 477 million years into the past. The Bible dates creation at
around 4,000 BC. The Bible records the creation of all stars on
the fourth day of creation. So at the oldest, you might be looking
back into time a little over 6,000 years. The evolutionists and
astronomers that don't know God can laugh at such a statement, but I am
certainly in harmony with the eternal Word of God.
God created all
the stars with light already present at the earth. For the
unbeliever such truth may sound preposterous, but it is the plain teaching
of the Scriptures. God created the stars for mankind, to provide
light in the night skies. This light was already present when God
created man on the sixth day of creation. I believe the Holy Bible!
Of Jupiter's astounding number of
moons (dozens) orbiting around it, MOST of them weren't even discovered
until the year 2000. And Jupiter is within our own solar system, one of
hundreds of Milky Way galaxy! Mankind hasn't even begun to discover
the depths of God's creation and yet most people treat God like garbage by
living in sin and committing wickedness. It's hard to understand
mankind's unbelief in a Divine Creator in the face of such an astounding
universe.
How many
galaxies are there in the universe? Depending on which astronomer
you ask, you'll receive estimates anywhere from 50 billion up to as many
as 230 billion, most estimates fall somewhere in between. In 1999, the Hubble Space Telescope
estimated that there were 125 billion galaxies in the universe.
It
is difficult to even fathom such a fact. To help you appreciate what
that truly means, let me give you a little information about our own Milky
Way galaxy in which our solar system is located. In 2017 the much
anticipated James Webb telescope will be launched, sent one million miles
from the earth and then activated.
James Webb Space Telescope to
Replace Hubble Telescope
(1,000,000 miles from earth)
The Milky Way
galaxy spans 70,000 light years across. Which means that it would
take a human being traveling at the speed of light 1,000 lifetimes
(assuming a life-expectancy of 70) to cross our own Milky Way galaxy. If it would take 1,000 lifetimes traveling at the speed of light to cross
just one galaxy, can you imagine the size of 125 billion galaxies???
That's billion with a "B"
M1 Crab Nebula
I have a
question for you...How big is the universe? Can the universe have an
end? Is this possible according to the laws of science? Some
people say that the universe is expanding. The Bible teaches that
the universe is a fixed size. Psalm 147:4 reveals that God
"...telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names." There is a certain number of stars and only God knows EXACTLY how many
there are. As a matter of fact, God has named every one of them.
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“Einstein’s historic
formula, E=mc2 provides us a way to calculate the atomic
energy of an object (multiply the mass of the object by the speed of
light squared). The formula to find the atomic energy of a 200 pound
(90.9 kg) man would look like this:
Energy = (90.9) x (3 x
108)2
Therefore, the atomic
energy in a 200-pound man is 8.18 x 1018 joules. The bomb
dropped on Hiroshima released 5.2 x 1013 joules of energy
(the same destructive power of 13,000 tons of TNT). This means that
the atomic energy in a 200 pound man is 157,307 times greater than
the Hiroshima bomb.
Most people don’t
realize it, but very little of the uranium’s atomic energy was
actually released over Hiroshima. First, it is estimated that only
one pound of the 15 pounds of uranium was able to reach critical
mass and split. Second, only an incredibly small number of atomic
bonds were even intended to be broken. Many people think that the
atomic explosion was the result of the uranium breaking down
completely. In reality, though, the uranium atoms only split in
half (making Barium-140 and Krypton-93). Basically, all of the
other bonds remained intact. If all of the bonds in the uranium’s
atoms were broken, the energy released would have been over 16,000
times greater.
Calculation of the bench
presses: One joule is equal to .737 foot-pound. Therefore, the 8.18
x 1018 joules of atomic energy found in a 200 pound man
is equal to 6.033 x1018 foot-pounds. The 6.033 x1018
foot-pounds is 6,033,000,000,000,000,000 pounds of weight being
lifted one foot. A single bench-press of a one-pound weight is
approximately equal to one "foot-pound" of energy. Therefore, this
energy is equal to a person lifting 500 pounds over 12 million
billion times.”
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God is
truly Amazing! Did you know that God loves you and wants you to be
present in Heaven with Him when this life is over? It is true. The
way to be saved is to believe the Gospel. Repent of your unbelief and turn
by faith to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, receiving the
death, burial and resurrection of Christ as payment for YOUR SINS, and you
will be saved immediately and instantly.
"The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance." —2nd Peter 3:9
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