08.13
The picture on the left is of a star being created taken by the Hubble Telescope. ‘Created’. When we think of the world, we have to consider the words we use. Was the star born? Evolved? Created?
God tells us through the Bible how everything was created. Well, kind of. In the book called Genesis, chapters 1 and 2, tell us that at first, the world was formless and empty. Then God begins to form it and fill it. In roughly the same order, he forms the lights, the water & sky, the land, and the vegetation. He fills it in the order of sun, moon & stars, sea creatures and birds, livestock and wild animals & humans, and things to eat.
There is debate though. It’s not in the order of things, but in how long it took. Was it really seven days or was it billions of years? I’ll admit something: I don’t know. But it might not matter. It might not matter because I think that point is not in the when, but in the who. Genesis 1-2 tells us that God created everything, including humans, the first of which being Adam and Eve, and that when he did, it was all good. It might be a true story about how things began – but its point is about God!
There might be a couple things to ask ourselves now:
1. When we look at the world, how do we see it? Did it just come to be? Did science do it? Did God? If so, what does that mean for our lives and how we view it?
2. If it was all good, even “very good”, then what happened? Cuz it certainly ain’t all good now. And what does Jesus have to do with this? Ah, stay tuned.
Check out Genesis 1-2 by clicking here.
