His Earth, His Universe vs. the Big Bang

You can’t even attempt to find out God’s work. Imagine it. The creator of all things, creates a void, shapes it, defines it, gives it characteristics,  distinct, precise rules; the universe must obey his will. 

The professors and teachers of evolution. Atheism and paganism will discredit anyone who believes this.  And they will sound right most of the time because of uneducated Christians surrounding this topic of creation vs. Evolution.

Ecclesiastes 8:17  Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Psalms 40:5  Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

There are literally only 4 real possibilities of how the universe came to be.  One, it came from nothing accidentally which can be proven to be non scientific; Two, it has always been here which can be proven to be non scientific; Three, it is not here, it is an illusion which can be proven to be non scientific; and fourthly, it all came from nothing supernaturally. Which one will you base your soul on? Do you really believe a Big Bang created order?  

As the earth revolves at a staggering speed of 108,000 kilo per hour, it also revolves on it’s axis every 24 hours.  It’s unbelievably amazing!  And we are supposed to believe that the laws of gravity and these facts just came to be from a cosmic explosion? 

"The sword of the Lord is filled with blood"

As a believer, I can't stand it when man is praised so highly.  When man is esteemed so great, it turns my stomach. I can't wait until the Lord is properly glorified. Before this happens, he will have to have his DAY. The Lord says, “Behold, I, [even] I, will bring a sword upon you,”.  God Almighty says,  “When I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at [every] moment”. 

He says, “For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea”.  The Lord proclaims, “I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.”

This is not the baby Jesus in the manger. This is not the loving Lord giving the beatitudes or the great commission.  This is not the kind, compassionate teacher that believers have come to know as their Lord and savior. This side of God is more liken to a roaring lion.

One day, maybe long from now, or maybe on the imminent horizon, the whole world will partake in  an event. I think every eye will see it happening in some capacity around the globe.  It will affect the physical characteristics of our globe if not already affected by present or coming tribulation.   

There will be no conspiracy to hide it, it will be too big.  It won’t be a ufo, or an alien from outer space.  It won’t be a earth killing meteor that heralds the end of the world.  It will be a King on a white horse with a massive army behind him.  

This King, soon coming, is Jesus Christ. It’s often been said by preachers and theologians of Jesus Christ, “The first time he came to earth he came as a lamb, the second time he comes to earth he comes as a lion”.  This is true but it doesn’t even begin to describe that event.  In fact, the word of God is very descriptive about the 2nd Advent and the demeanor of the Lord Jesus Christ at this point.  He is a man of war at this point and he is furious. 

Exodus 15:3 The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.

When All the Multitude Kept Silent

Acts 15 was and is one of the most important chapters in the word of God.  You have to understand what has just taken place.  The multitude has always played it’s role, for good or evil.  They have always had something to say.  

The multitudes are different today.  Then, they flocked to the Lord on His time here on earth.  They marveled at his doctrine and miracles.  Jesus had compassion on the multitudes.  They also came with Judas to betray Him, as well as wanting Barrabas to go free to see Christ crucified.  The multitude always had those who believed, and those who did not (Acts 28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.) 

The multitude or masses controlled politicians and religious leaders of their times, the same way they do today.  Why do politics change their politics?  The multitudes. But Acts 15 was the game changer. Acts 15 was what the Pharisees, Sadducees and Chief Priest were trying to quell when the Lord was killed and when the Acts of the Apostles began.  

If it helps, think of it as a uprising or a revolution. There are many references to a new way.  A new doctrine, a new commandment, a new testament. Remember the accusation of Jason, they turned the world upside down.  They would lie, cheat, discredit, and do whatever they could to stop men saying such things as; Neither is their salvation in any other. For there is none other name, under heaven given among men whereby we MUST be saved! (Acts 4:12)  

It was a paradigm shift.  Nearly 4,000 years of hardcore, Jewish tradition, customs, religious culture, and even the “God honored” priesthood was now rendered obsolete.  The temple, the veil that was rent, the altar, the incense, and the “holy things” were no longer the standard of worship.   

With this, many of the religious leader’s seats, leadership and positions were now suddenly being threatened and brought into in question. But something happen in Acts 15 immediately after Peter proclaimed the “Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ”. The very next verse is one of the most important verses in the bible in my opinion. 

"Respect!!!" The Lord's Sun

I like to hear men debate about things like the sun, the moon, the stars, black holes, a exploding super nova, gigantic gas planets.  

All this knowledge they have of them, when in reality, it is all hypothesis, conjecture and calculations.  They have no idea what these things are.  They talk as if they witness these events and they can actually see black holes.  They are invisible.  They can only guess at characteristics.  They have no idea!

And we think we have creation, the cosmos, and wonders in space figured out?  How do these men with the knowledge of all these scientifically proven facts not fall prostrate in realization that they are WAY out of their league?

What keeps the Sun from blowing this solar system into oblivion?  I know what evolution teaches, but who really buys that conjecture at this stage? There is a scientific term called “solar constant” used by scientist for the last hundred years.  What it means is the variableness of the suns solar energy, the fact that it is constant and never changing . It baffles scientist even today!  You know why?  Because it was God who made the worlds, not a sonic explosion.

Hebrews 1:1  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 

2  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 

3  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

How does the Sun stay together? Its not gravity. There is no gravity present.  It’s literally blown away.  A chaotic big bang could not have produced something so orderly and unchanging, or un-evolving.  A Big Bang theory is against the very law of thermodynamics.

Scientist have studied the variableness  and factors of the sun for years.  With the sun, there is NO ROOM for ERROR.  If there was not a solar constant, and the sun varied in any of the many factors that scientist, physicist and biochemist have studied and calculated with extreme mathematics, quantum physics, that life would cease to exist. 

These following variables, which are also scientific facts, are necessary, or life would cease to exist on this plant that God created.

Witness!

The system of stars through out the garments of the universe may be millions of  years old with the Gap theory at the center of that debate, but human civilization from Adam to our days beyond the year 2000 AD is approx. 6,000+ years.  

The constellations were meant for man and their uses, set in their courses, for times, and seasons, but not for their devotion, inordinate observations, and worship.    That has been the outcome of the depravity of man.  In their heart, they rejected God and concocted fables and legends, while claiming the Bible is fable and legend.

Jerusalem's and Egypt’s location were not mistakes but by the grand design of God.  They were by purpose and providence, perhaps the two most notable cities in the world. Human civilization began there. Much can be learned of the skies in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.  

Canaanite, Assyrians, (Jews and Gentiles) have worship demi-gods, constellations, gods, and stars since before the Law was given to Moses. In Genesis 6, the sons of God  and the daughters of men, the tower of Babel and much more shows us these truths.  Through idolatry, they set up images, alters, groves, monuments, high places and  images.  They set up images of stars, planets and such things of gold and silver, and worshipped them.  Kings, and Judges of Israel, and Gentile Nations all partook. 

Since before, 2 Kings 11, and 21 (23:11) (Solomon and Manasseh) men have worshipped stars.  Babylonians, Kabbalist, and Pagans have carried it on. Sabeism - Worship of the Stars.  Philosophers believe that our actions are determined upon the stars. Or the gods.  Many Philosophers thought the stars and ruling constellations demanded mans sway and this became their way of rejecting God Almighty.

Street Preaching Must be Redefined by the Local Churches

The Superbowl, the U.S. Open, the World Series, the Daytona 500, Mardi Gras, Gasparilla, Movie Openings,  Spring Break events, 4th of July events, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, you name it; Seems all the street preachers are actually going to these sort of scheduled attractions, parades and festivals. To go out of our way with God’s money to go to a large group of sinners that have no interest in our Savior and are purposefully meeting for sinful reasons may fall under the category of laboring in vain. Don't cast me out yet. Here is my reasoning.

The Laodicean Church Age is agreed upon by most prominent scholars to have began in the late 1800’s or early part of the 1900’s.  This coincides with the first per-version of the word of God in the Revised Version 1881.  Soon after, you start seeing a strain of apostasy.  The shift no longer is consecrated devotion to the Lord, and edifying the church.  It starts to transform to “evangelistic”, Kingdom building, techniques that emphasizes reaching the masses, planned revivals, and inventing a whole new way of doing missions.

Righteousness is not accepted collectively as a nation as it was in the Philadelphian church age.  Holiness is no longer practiced in the government and education systems as it was in the “old days”.  This is the age of apostasy.  It’s a different age.  As much as I or others would love to live in the 1800’s,  or the 1920’2 or the glorious 1950’s, we can’t and we don’t. 

Many outreach minded pastors consider it a full tilt fight, no matter how the world changes, the old time ways continue.  These big events where we tract bomb and street rant, how can sinners decipher his drawing or calling among 50,000 people. 

We think because we live in America and have our rights (Laodicea) that this is our beloved, Puritan Christian nation of old.  It is not any longer.  America is a after thought to God at this point.  Politics, corruption, corporate greed, our school systems, abortions, vanity, materialism, debt, kids killing kids, love of money, crime, extortion, the poor, the fatherless, the degenerate, the proliferate, divorce rates, theft, atheism, sodomy, lawlessness, lasciviousness.  Who are we kidding.  We are another nation that turned on God, like Israel.

What if?

Recently a family member whom I respect and love deeply approached me with a barrage of questions as to why I believed a certain way.  They were informed I was way off the tracks by someone else. 

I can usually handle myself in situations like that but these were delicate matters, family was involved and I didn’t have all the answers.  I also didn’t want to have the appearance as someone who could thrash them with scriptures.  They just seemed so shocked and genuinely hurt with my change of core beliefs.  They even asked about my finances in regards to my giving during this discussion.

I pretty much summed it up by saying to him that after examining things for many years, I just can’t blindly give to men I don’t know, respect, align with or understand. I can’t just go, “Well, God just told me to give to the work so here you go”.  I’m against that mindset. It’s foolishness to me.  It lines up more with the OT philosophies of physical blessings because of offerings. We don’t give to receive any blessings! We give today selflessly, to recieve nothing in return. 

Now, months later, in retrospect, I guess I would say to them, “I just view the church drastically different than you.  I don’t buy in to the nonsense in it.” It's formulas and modern day programs, gimmicks and contemporary styles. It’s not about being disillusioned either!  It’s about waking up to the blatant reproaches! Many fail to acknowledge or examine the symptoms of these reproaches because of the work of the ministry. 

It is so much more than the giving principles and following commissions! How long can we listen to pragmatic teachings and traditions over and over and over? I see so much of “the machine” in our doings, in all of it now that I fear that the best of the independent local churches are now average traditionalist churches, whether they realize it or not!  Just an observation.  Just an onlooker.