SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
1/20/2017 9:19 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
Jesus Christ In Relation To The
Universe PT3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Colossians
1:16-17
Message of the
verses: “16 For by Him all things
were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created
through Him and for Him.
17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”
We are looking at our third reason for Jesus’ primacy
over creation which is that in Him all things hold together as seen in verse seventeen, and as
mentioned I want to link this with a verse from 2 Peter 3:10 “10 But the day of
the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a
roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and
its works will be burned up.” Now the
word in the Greek translated “elements” is the word stoicheion and the meaning of this word is “any first thing, from
which the others belonging to some series or composite whole take their rise
(Greek/English Dictionary).” I have
heard that we also could describe this word as “basis building blocks” and of
course the basic building block of everything in the universe is the atom. Now I want to quote from a man D. Lee Chesnut
from his book entitled “The Atom” which John MacArthur quotes in his
commentary. This will help us understand
the atom.
“Consider the dilemma of the nuclear
physical when he finally looks in utter amazement at the pattern he had now
drawn of the oxygen nucleus…For here are eight positively charged protons
closely associated together within the confines of this tiny nucleus. With them are eight neutrons—a total of
sixteen particles—eight positively charged eight with no charge.
“Earlier physicists had discovered
that like charges of electricity and like magnetic poses repel each other, and
unlike charges or magnetic poles attract each other. And the entire history of
electrical phenomena and electrical equipment had been built up on those
principles known as Coulomb’s law of electrostatic force and the law of
magnetism. What was wrong? What holds the nucleus together? Why doesn’t if fly apart? And therefore, why do not all atoms fly
apart?”
John MacArthur writes “Chesnut goes on to describe the
experiments performed in the 1920’s and 1930’s that proved Coulomb’s law
applied to atomic nuclei. Powerful ‘atom
smashers’ were used to fire protons into the nuclei of atoms. Those experiments also gave scientists an
understanding of the incredibly powerful force that held protons together
within the nucleus. Scientists have
dubbed that force the ‘strong nuclear force,’ but have no explanation for why
it exists. The physicist George Gamow,
one of the founders of the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe,
wrote,
‘The fact that we live in a world in
which practically every object is potential nuclear explosive, without being
blown to bits, is due to the extreme difficulties that attend the starting of a
nuclear reaction.’
“Karl K. Darrow, a
physicist at Bell (AT & T) Laboratories, agrees:
‘You grasp what this implies. It implies that all the massive nuclei have
no right to be alive at all. Indeed, they
should never have been created, and, if created, they should have blown up
instantly. Yet here they all are…Some
inflexible inhibition is holding them relentlessly together. The nature of the inhibition is also a
secret…one thus far reserved by Nature for herself.’”
So this is where 2 Peter 3:10 comes in as I will quote it
once again “10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the
heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with
intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.” Now as we look at this from another verse
this time from Hebrews 1:3a we read “And He is the radiance of His glory and
the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.” Now I want to conclude this SD by quoting
from a sermon that John MacArthur preached in the 1970’s on these verses:
“Some
day when it gets to be God’s time, He’s going to unstick the atoms. The
universe will explode in nuclear fission. The heavens will pass away with
an explosion that is called “a great noise,” and I can imagine that it will be
something unbelievable. “And the elements will melt with fervent heat,”
another result of this terrible electrical charges going across the
universe. Everything is going to melt. It’s going to be literally
dissolved. Luō, “to loose.” “To loose” is the word. It
means “to loose that which is bound.” (That word loose in found in 2Peter
3:12).
“The nuclear glue is gone and everything is dissolves and melts.
The releasing, the loosing of the binding force destroys the nuclei of all the
atoms. The law of repulsion takes over. Coulomb’s law will destroy
the universe. When Paul says, “He upholds all things,” or “By Him all
things consist,” he tells us who it is that holds it all together.”
So here we combine the
prophecy of how the universe will end with how Jesus Christ created the
universe and holds it together as seen in Colossians and also in Hebrews. The next prophetic event to happen will be
the rapture of the church, shortly after that the tribulation period which last
for seven years. Next Christ will return
to stop the war that is going on that if unchecked would probably destroy the
world. After that the Millennial Kingdom
will begin and then the Great White Throne Judgments will take place after
that. Next will be what Peter tells us
will happen as Christ lets loose of the power in the atoms and the world will
be uncreated. After that the new heaven
and the new earth and the New Jerusalem will be revealed and eternity begins
for all who have put their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. Peter writes in 2 Peter 3:11-12a challenge
for all who name the name of Jesus Christ:
“11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for
and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?”
1/20/2017 10:15 PM
