All hail the almighty everlasting and infinite God!
I've been trying to wrap my head around eternity and how living eternally will even be possible. It's essentially impossible to figure out in this life as we are finite beings operating within the time realm. Then, by looking to the stars, I am reminded of who God is and what he's capable of!
according to Google, there are 125 billion galaxies in our known universe. According to Google, there are 200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in our known universe. 200 billion Trillion stars. The sheer number and scope gives me pause to doubt. How is that even possible! Surely Google is wrong... Psalms 147:4 "[God] determines the number of stars and calls them all by name." That's a lot of names!
No two stars shine exactly alike. No two planets are formed exactly alike. God knows them each by name and, one day in the future, God will obliterate this universe and everything in it and remake it all again. Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea.
Seems like kind of a waste when we have only barely seen what this universe has in store. God knows these heavenly bodies, they are seen by Him, and that is enough. The Universe itself is the great indicator of God's infinity. It points to His never-ending character. His eternality. His endurance. We can rest assured in God's infinity and His gift of infinite worth: Life Everlasting.
Amen
I've been trying to wrap my head around eternity and how living eternally will even be possible. It's essentially impossible to figure out in this life as we are finite beings operating within the time realm. Then, by looking to the stars, I am reminded of who God is and what he's capable of!
according to Google, there are 125 billion galaxies in our known universe. According to Google, there are 200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in our known universe. 200 billion Trillion stars. The sheer number and scope gives me pause to doubt. How is that even possible! Surely Google is wrong... Psalms 147:4 "[God] determines the number of stars and calls them all by name." That's a lot of names!
No two stars shine exactly alike. No two planets are formed exactly alike. God knows them each by name and, one day in the future, God will obliterate this universe and everything in it and remake it all again. Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea.
Seems like kind of a waste when we have only barely seen what this universe has in store. God knows these heavenly bodies, they are seen by Him, and that is enough. The Universe itself is the great indicator of God's infinity. It points to His never-ending character. His eternality. His endurance. We can rest assured in God's infinity and His gift of infinite worth: Life Everlasting.
Amen
