Designed by God?

We see ordered and managed systems throughout the natural world. The natural sciences show an order to the universe. There are known, defined rules operating everywhere we look.

There are many hypothesis about how things (of all sorts) operate. Many of these will not be proven to be correct but they will be continually replaced by other ideas until one is found that seems to be OK (on the basis of the current scientific knowledge at that time).

We call them 'natural' laws, they are implicitly part of nature itself. We know the speed of light, the rate of decay of various isotopes, the chemical makeup of most materials, etc. But all we are doing is measuring stuff. We can also see to some extent the role that stuff has in relation to other stuff.

Scientists cannot say 'why' or 'how' these laws exists, they just accept their existance! Genesis says that God created the stars, the sun and the moon. There was day and night with greater lights during the day and lesser lights during the night. So along with the physical sun, moon and stars, there was gravity so the sun, moon and planets were moving in their defined trajectories.

There was also light during the day and starlight during the night. So the act of creating the heavenly bodies also meant that light (as we know it) was created. The movement of those stars that could be observed from earth are also predictable and the natural laws also applied to them.

So why is the Universe as it is?
There are many galaxies each consisting of billions of stars. So why is our planet where it is in the Universe? Is it just luck(!) that the Earth is where it is? Most galaxies appear to be too unstable, too hot, too near dark holes, to have too much radiation, to have too much of this or not enough of that! Even in our galaxy the Solar system is in just the right place, with just the right sized Sun, emitting just the right amount of light and just the right sized planets with just the right sized trajectories around the sun, etc. etc. Our place in this universe was selected for us by God.

We have our own solar system
The earth actually existed before the sun, the moon and the stars. God did not pick a special place for the earth. He created everything else around the earth to keep us safe!

This is why Genesis 1 is so important. It explains why we are in such a privileged position in our solar system, let alone in the universe! Without understanding how God looked after us so carefully from before time existed, it is not possible to know how we actually exist, the odds against the Earth and the Solar System existing in it's current form with all it's wildlife and mankind as a sentient being, are just too high to ever have occured by accident!

So why is the Universe as it is?
Does our existance depend upon the universe outside of our little solar system? Why are there so many galaxies and billions of stars out there. Perhaps these billions of stars are there to stabilise the Earth and keep conditions safe and secure for us.
My view is that all these galaxies and stars that Hubble produces such beautiful pictures of, are there simply to show us how big our Creator God is! Talk about planning ahead! The beauty of the Universe was in existance waiting for Hubble to show us the glory that God created for us!

Genesis 15:5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars-if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
Genesis 22:17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 26:4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed
Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Hebrews 1:10 He also says, "In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
Scripture from New International Version Bible

Can you picture how big the Christian God is just from the size of the Universe, apart from anything else!

The Evolutionist used to think that there were millions of places in the Universe with our form of life. Now they have decided that there may only be a few other places capable of supporting life (as we know it Spock!)
So human beings are really lucky, aren't they? Almost anywhere else in this huge Universe and we would not exist!

Why cannot people accept that humans are special and that we are in a special place in this special universe because that is where God wants us to be!

The universe is ordered and logical. Order infers a Designer and Christians understand that Designer to be the Christian God of the Bible, and the Bible explains in Genesis our existance and our purpose.

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