Somewhere back in time, we came to the conclusion that we, on this tiny planet, are all alone in this fantastically, overwhelmingly large universe, and, therefore, we must be very special. God made only us. We are an only child. Maybe it's time we shed our egos and broadened our horizons. We call our galaxy The Milky Way, and we have named the planets in our solar system after ancient gods; even their moons have names, but what do we call our planet? Earth. That's itEarth. We have earth all to ourselves. Consider for an instant that...We are not aloneand we are not on earth. We are only a microscopic speck of dust of the earth. We would not have to leave the universe for that observation. Just wandering around in the cosmos would have the same effect. In the beginning when God created the earth, he extended his Energy down into what would become heaven and then further down into what the Bible refers to as the deep or the depth and what we call the universe. What does the Bible say? (The biblical "deep" or "depth" was also used to describe the oceans and the internal planetary waters on occasion, but the verses pertaining to either subject are easy to distinguish by their content). In this depth, God created a form and force of energy that the Bible refers to as earth and what we call matter. Today we have named all matter that is within the universe the cosmos, and this matter, or earth, is energy in the form of solids, liquids and gases. Earth is actually only dust, and our planet is only a tiny speck of dust of the earth that in the beginning God created. Words like cosmos and universe were not in the biblical translator's vocabulary and this is one of the reasons for the many misinterpretations throughout the Bibleespecially the creation story. Genesis 1:1 says that God created the earth. To readers of the Bible it has always been assumed that this meant our tiny planet because we have always called it earth. Think for a moment, howand whywould our planet have been created before the rest of the cosmos? The dictionary meaning of the word deep or depth is that which is the most central part; low in pitch; dark in color; intense; extreme. That describes the universe, or space, perfectly. The black, cold vacuum that the stars, the planets, the galaxies and all other matter in the universe orbit, spin, spiral, or tumble around in was NOT created. Actually, the word vacuum may not be the correct description of space. Some scientists have discovered that space may not be as empty as previously thought, and they are theorizing that a form of energy they call anti-gravity appears to be pulling the cosmos apart. Science and Bible Concur "...he set a compass upon the face of the depth...." Bible Steven Hawking once said, "The universe is neither created nor destroyed. It just is." The depth always was, and a "compass" was used to measure out the size of the cosmos to be and to set a limit as to how far it would expand within the universe. The universe has a boundary. It is a SPHERE in the center of the Light, and the heaven of heavens surrounds it. ...and he walks in the circuit of heaven.... Job 22:14 "I am Alpha and Omega...." Something that is both a beginning and an ending is a CIRCLE that goes around and aroundforever. The universe has a boundary and the third heaven has a boundary, but with God there are no limits. Can anyone imagine that? Can anyone imagine a space or an area that has no borders, which goes on in every directionforever? With God there is no time and no distance. Alpha and Omega. The edge of the universe may never be attainable by humankind. It is a sphere that has a barrier of light called a firmament that separates it from the heaven of the invisibles, and we can only leave our universe when we shed our earthly bodies and become one with the Light of lights. Science has come to accept that the creation of matter within the universe started out with a "Big Bang" and we also know that the matter that was created with this big bang has been expanding for eons. The universe does not expand. Its the matter (the cosmos) within the universe that has been expanding. We tend to use the two words interchangeably, but there is a distinction between the two in the Bible. At a certain point in timewhen this matter has reached the boundary of the universeit will begin to contract, and it will do so for many more eons, until it is back to zeroand nothingness. The expansion and contraction of the cosmos is just one breath of God, and only one brief history of time. Then, in another beginning, God will create the heaven and earth AGAIN! |
