Star proof

The grand designer left His signature on everything we see around us! Some nights when there is no moon light you can see the edge view of our own Milky Way galaxy. What incredible order there is to our universe and the more you study the conclusion you come to is “not if” but “who and where” is the Creator. Jehovah-God warned us that as we approach the end of this age we should look up for our redemption draws near.  Jesus told us as He was lifted into the air that He would one day return to us in much the same way. It’s hard not to come to the same conclusion that David did when he wrote in psalm 19 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork”

One does not to have to look to the outskirts of our universe to see God’s design; there are several places in the bible that actually give  literary proof of the existence of God. One such proof is the fact that in Daniel chapter 9 the angel Michael declares the exact date when the Messiah would come. Several scholars over the centuries have used original Hebrew lunar calendar coupled with the “trigger date” conveniently recorded in the book of Nehemiah chapter 2 “And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king.”

Careful study of the books of Nehemiah chapter 2 and Daniel chapter 9 produce a wonderful prophecy of the exact day when Jesus would ride into Jerusalem to present Himself as Messiah, and our Passover Lamb. It’s really a mystery to me how, the religious leaders of that day knowing the scriptures as well as they did, missed this date?

Another literary proof from the Old Testament is found in the oldest book in the bible, Job. The story line in the book of Job was written about a period of time when a man was still the priest of his own family. Towards the end of the book of Job in chapter 38:4 God asks Job “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?” and goes on to ask in verse 31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion?” How did the writer of Job know that the Pleiades were a cluster of stars? Or that they are gravitationally bound with one another because of their close proximity in our galaxy?  In fact two of the eight stars that make of the Pleiades are actually a binary star system revolving around one another. Since the telescope would not be invented for another 3500 years how did the writer of Job know so much about astrophysics? 

God goes on to ask Job “Can you bring out the “Mazzaroth” in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?” The Mazzaroth pre dates the Babylonian Zodiac and is thought to be a system for re-telling the story of God’s plan of salvation. There is a theory that God wrote His plan for salvation in the stars using the constellations on the ecliptic. There are many who would disagree but I believe, like king David did, that the heavens declare the glory of God!

You can’t pass by a blooming rose without seeing design as a  bee  is busy gathering nectar. Just the fact that our bodies heal themselves, when not overwhelmed with environmental baggage, is a clear system design that points to a designer. Think about it, everything in this world goes from an ordered state to disorder. Not wanting to sound to scientific but our built in healing system defies this basic Thermodynamic principle.

In the end our earthly tents, our bodies, will end up going back to the star dust from which we came. Keep in mind that God blew His breath into that dust creating life. Our Creator is a loving God who promised us and provided us with eternal life through a perfectly designed system of redemption. However, we must come to Him on His terms which means having faith in His Son’s death on a cross (substitution), spilt blood (remission) and a glorious resurrection (re-birth).

God gave us all a beautiful word picture to visualize this. At the time when Jesus hung dying nailed to that old rugged cross there were two thieves crucified one on either side of Him. One thief repented, asked for forgiveness and was told that he would be with Him this day in paradise. The other thief mocked Him and demanded a sign from the dying Messiah. There are only two choices…which one will you choose?