KA-BOOOOMMMMMMMM!!

"IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible." -Genesis 1:1, Hebrews 11:3 Amplified Bible Today I went to Wal-Mart of the glow in the dark stars that you can put in your room and at night when you turn the lights out, the stars will glow. Since I was a little girl, I have loved these glow in the dark stars. After finding them, they were a little more than I thought they would be. Other than that, I turned the package over to read this....

"THE BIG BAG THEORY" Millions of billions of years. There is so much wrong with that. So we'll just start with the star factor. Can I tell you something really easy to understand? The Big Bang didn't happen, just like when I open this package of stars they aren't going to hang themselves, they need a hanger; someone to hang them. You dig? Stars have such significance in the Bible too. Do you really think a "big bang" could set the world in motion and create such magnificence? Are you really going to fall for that? KABOOM! Onomatopoeia. To say the least I was very ashamed to buy this package of stars supporting the Big Bang Theory. I both wanted to laugh out loud and cry upon reading the back of this star package, then I wanted to preach a sermon, so that's why I'm writing this on my blog. The problem with millions of billions of years is this: If you believe in millions and billions of years you have to believe in life before Adam and Eve i.e. neanderthals, and monkeys becoming men...however that works. So upon believing that you then have sin in the world because there is already life apart from God, neanderthals are killing for food, so you have murder. When God created he said it was very good, therefore in believing in millions and billions of years undermines the Bible's teaching on death, and on the character of God. (For more on this visit www.answersingenesis.org) Now, back to stars. What does the Bible say about stars? The Bible does make a surprising number of references to signs in the heavens. Both Old and New Testaments assume that what happens up there matters. If we are interested in following the counsel of the Bible, we must hold a distinction in mind. Astrology assumes that stars are causes of earthly events. The Bible assumes that they can be messages about earthly events. It may be useful to think of this as a thermometer distinction. A thermometer can tell you if it's hot or cold, but it can't make you hot or cold. There is a big difference between a sign and an active agent. This is the difference between "astrology" and what the Bible holds forth. Several striking passages on this issue were written by David. David is a towering Biblical figure. A fierce warrior, a revered king who was himself deeply reverent. Highly intelligent and wonderfully poetic, he wrote much of the Book of Psalms and some of the most beautiful passages of scripture. Among these is Psalm 19, where David extols God's handiwork in the stars. But he doesn't only extol, he tells us that the stars bear a message. Watch his choice of verbs....

1 ...The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. 3 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world...

David chose verb after verb which says that the stars communicate. An intriguing passage. But isn't it just poetry? Isn't David just speaking with a poet's elegant symbolism? The apostle Paul didn't think so. In The Book of Romans, Chapter 10, Paul is addressing the question: had the Jews of Christ's day heard that Messiah had come? He answers the question by saying that of course they had heard. He then quotes David to make his point!

17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. 18 But I ask: Did they [the Jews] not hear? Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

Note the structure of Paul's argument. Paul is taking the position that something has happened in the stars which indicated to the Jews of his time that the Messiah had come. As we shall see, the apostle Peter elsewhere forcefully makes the same argument. Of course, this argument has exactly no force unless something had happened in the stars. The fact that both men employed this line of reasoning shows they are making the same assumption. They assumed that their listeners were aware of celestial phenomena associated with Christ. It's our quest to determine what those phenomena were. (For more information about stars and Jesus visit www.bethlehemstar.net) What's more, what about the star that showed the Wise Men the way to Jesus? Did it just go KaBOOM! too? Stars, and the universe and creations is so much more than just a Bang. The only thing I can agree on with the Big Bang Theory is this: God said it, and BANG, KABOOM it happened. :) Well talk more about Creation later. Let this sink in.