Psalm 97:6 KJV The heavens declare his righteousness, and all
the people see his glory.
- Stars galaxies, quasars, pulsars shout forth God’s glory
- About 3,000 stars can be seen with the naked eye.
- Science estimates 10↗21 stars
- Other estimates 70,000 million million million
- Or 3000 million billion stars
- To understand this think of the number of grains of sand on the earth’s seashores is estimated to be 10↗25.
- Earth’s sands appears to equal the number of stars in the universe
- The Bible also says that each star is unique like snow flakes
1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
I. Our Speed Through Space
- The earth revolves around the sun once a year. It also rotates on
its axis every 24 hours.
- The earth’s spin results in a surface speed of 1,000 miles per hour
at the equator.
- The average passenger plane flies at 500 mph
- The speed of the earth due to orbital motion around the sun is 66
times greater still.
- Earth is also moving around the Sun at about 67,000 miles per hour
- During an average human’s lifetime (70 trips around the sun), 41
billion miles are traveled.
- 186,000 miles a second or 6 trillion miles in a year
- Solar-system travel around the galaxy.....500,000 mph
- Overall motion of the galaxy...................1.1 million mph
Mans Technology
- The fastest rocket to leave the Earth’s atmosphere traveling to
Pluto at 36,000 mph.
- New Horizons spacecraft, an Atlas V rocket with five boosters
strapped on it lunched Jan. 19.
- The spacecraft passed by the moon in nine hours.
- It took the Apollo astronauts three days to get that far on a Saturn
V rocket, the largest rocket ever launched from Earth.
- Ps 144:3-4 KJV LORD, what is man,that thou takest knowledge
of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
- Psalm 144:3-4The Message - I wonder why you care, God—
why do you bother with us at all? All we are is a puff of air; we’re like shadows in a campfire.
- Man is bent on denying God - 2x Ps 14:1, 53:1
Psalm 14:1KJV The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 10:4KJV The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
- Instead man seeks for ET
- SETI
- A great number of astronomers think that, since life supposedly
evolved here on earth, it must have evolved near one of the many stars out there
- SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
- The first SETI conference took place at Green Bank in 1961
- Despite all the listening, on thousands of frequencies over many
years, nothing indicating intelligent life has ever been heard.
- Apr. 99 Astronomers discovered the first solar system other than
our own. It has three planets orbiting a star that is 44 light years away (Upsilon Andromeda)
- Proxima Centauri (Latin: meaning ’next to’ or ’nearest - a red
dwarf star approximately 4.2 light-years distant in the constellation of Centaurus
- Over 270 planets have been discovered around other stars
- A number of months ago, Hugh Ross & various astronomers tried
to find a twin of the Sun using six different star properties.
- Only four or five stars out of more than 100,000 had
characteristics similar enough to fit this category,
- Of those few still had differences that disqualified them
II. Are We Alone In the Universe?
- No - There are Spirit beings - Angels & Demons
- Yes - To Aliens
- Why there is no Aliens
1. We Are Created in the Image of God
- His love is for us
Genesis 1:27KJV
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
2. Jesus Died Just Once for us
- Scripture says mankind is not an insignificant or a result of
accidental evolution.
Hebrews 9:12KJV
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:26-28KJV
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews 10:10KJV
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1 Peter 3:18KJV
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
3. This Universe Will Be Destroyed
- When Adam sinned all of creation was effected
- The Earth was first destroyed by flood because of sin
- The Universe will be destroyed by fire
2 Peter 3:7KJV
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:9-10KJV
9 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. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Does this Make Center of the Universe?
- We really don’t know where the physical center of the universe is.
- If God’s heavens are infinite in extent, then no center actually
exists.
- Science likes to say there is no special recognition for the earth.
- Just a speck of dust in a far corner of an obscure galaxy!
- Earth was created before any other planet or star existed.
- Sun, Moon & Stars created on the 4th day - Gen 1:14-19
4. Stars Have Importance
- Of all the sciences, the Bible has more to say about astronomy
than any other.
- Bible speaks of the sun, moon, stars, the host of heaven, planets,
and constellations.
- Major astronomical themes occur in Genesis, Numbers, Joshua,
Judges, Job, Psalms, Amos, Luke, Hebrews, 1 & 2 Peter,
Jude, and Revelation.
5. God Knows Their Number and Their Names
Psalm 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them
all by their names.
Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
6. They Have An Order
Song of Solomon 6:10KJv - Who is she that looketh forth as the
morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Song of Solomon 6:10NIV Who is this that appears like the dawn,
fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession?
7. To Be Light
Isaiah 60:19KJV
19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
9. Providing a Calendar System
- To distinguish the passage of time (days, months and years
Gen. 1:14-15 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament
of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
10. To Be Signs
- Declaring the glory of God to men
Ps. 19:1 NIV The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies
proclaim the work of his hands.
- Coming of Christ was by heavenly signs Angles in Lk --- Star of
Bethlehem in Mt. 2
- The earth is a universal focal point in that Christ our God came to
redeem men, & will one day return.
- A spiritual battle goes on for the souls of men, focusing on this
earth and extending to high places
Ephesians 6:12KJV For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
- The earth is a spiritual center of the universe.
11. See The Stars Prior To Christ’s Return
- OT
Isaiah 13:9-10KJV Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
- NT
Luke 21:25-28KJV And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
- Just look up to see God’s Glory
- Just look up & see the cross
- Now by faith enter into His glory now and forever more
