Bible Verse of the Day Thursday May 2nd, 2024

Colossians 1:15-17 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

We hear from our co-workers, friends, and all social media branches that biochemical and biophysical laws are enough to explain the world and the origin of life. I recently came across an old rabbinic tale that will help us when we face the argument that the world came into being from some natural evolution. A learned philosopher approached a well-respected rabbi and told him that he didn't believe in God and that the universe, the world, and life all came into being through natural means, without outside intervention. The rabbi said nothing in reply but sometime later returned to the philosopher with a profoundly moving poem written on parchment in the most glorious calligraphy. The philosopher, seriously impressed, inquired as to the artist and poet. The rabbi told him that there was no poet or artist. He explained that the paper was lying on his desk when a cat knocked over the inkwell. The philosopher said, "That's simply impossible. Somebody must have written the poem and put it on paper!" The rabbi replied: "You said yourself that the universe, the world, and life, which are more beautiful and wondrous than any poem, came into being by themselves. Why do you doubt the same for this simple, humble poem?"

When you are out west traveling at night through some of the most beautiful wilderness that we know was created by God and look up there are more stars in the open sky’s than any human could even imagine counting. Some astronomers put the number of stars in our galaxy alone at approximately 100 billion, more than our little pea brains could ever imagine. Moreover, there is no beginning or end to the vastness of what we consider outer space. That should not strike us as strange when we read from the prophet Jerimiah.

Jeremiah 33:22 I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.’”

The Bible teaches us that our Creator has thoughtfully created everything that is and He who holds it all together. What keeps the Earth from moving 2% closer The Greek word translated "holds together" is the word suni, sthmi (sunistemi), translated as "recommend, commend, give approval to; hold together, have one's proper place (Colossians 1.17); be formed, consist of (2 Peter 3.5); stand with or beside (Luke 9.32) He is holding it all together. Of course, the hand of our Savior holds everything He has created in its proper place.