February 8, 2019 -- Isaiah 40:21-23 -- Real Life
/Do you not know? Do you not hear?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
Isaiah 40:21-23 ESV
Recently I was reading an issue of National Geographic. There’d been a discovery of many human-like bones in a hard-to-reach portion of a cave in South Africa. The authors were breathless spelling out how these might fit into the “family tree”. All kinds of “just so” stories were spun. It is sad to think how far godless scientists will go to deny the creation and deny the work of God, the Creator, Who in six days made the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. These false prophets of our age—secular scientists—seek any explanation that does not involve the Living God or His creative work.
The earth is not billions of years old. There was no evolution from non-living chemicals to single-cell life that eventually becomes human beings over hundreds of millions of years. The earth is around six thousand years old. The LORD Who made the heavens and the earth, put the very first humans—Adam and Eve—in the Garden of Eden. They rebelled against God and brought all of humanity and all of creation into the ruin of sin. God in His mercy gave to us His Son, Jesus Christ, the final Adam, in Whom all who believe have the forgiveness of sins and new life. What is truly amazing is that this God of Wisdom had Isaiah speak of the circle of earth. Those who believe in God have His Spirit by Whom we can interpret creation, understand its purpose and our purpose—to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
There are basically two views. First view: nothing coalesced, nothing became something, exploded and formed planets and stars and comets and galaxies. Then lifeless rocks and chemicals came together and sparked life. In this scum all the information for all life was already written. By the way, this contradicts materialism which states all that exists is mass and energy (matter). There is no place in materialism for understanding information. True view: there is mass and energy and information. God Who is eternal, with no beginning and no end, is all-powerful and all-knowing, created the heavens and the earth. He put into creation the fundamental entity of information. All men and women bear His image and our very DNA testifies to His glorious works. We cannot understand the beginning nor the end, unless we encounter Him Who knows the end from the beginning and sustains all of creation by His great grace and mercy.
God of creation—Great are You and worthy of praise. Thank You that the heavens declare Your glory and even our DNA pronounces Your magnificence. Help us, we who believe in Jesus and by Your Spirit know the Truth of the Word, to speak against the myths and lies of our age which deny Your Splendour in creation and Your Omnipotence through-out the ages. Make us bold witnesses for the truth which is found in Jesus. By Your Spirit make us worthy students of the Word and soldiers of the cross who disarm the false claims of this age. In our words and our lives, Lord, be glorified. Amen.
