Considering the Heavens- Part 1

"When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" Psalm 8:3

"Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;" Job 9:9

"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?" Job 38:31

"He who made the Pleiades and Orion..." Amos 5:8

"...; He made the stars also." Genesis 1:16







I'm fascinated with the universe, God has many mysteries, but the universe is the largest one for me. So much is out in space, the earth is merely a tiny, itty bitty dot in the whole thing--no, change that, our whole universe is merely a tiny, itty bitty dot in the whole thing. Yet, this massive and beautiful universe is summed up in 'He made the stars also." Incredible.

"He made the stars also..." 

Even before pictures (above) could be taken or seen, David wrote: "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him the son of man that you care for him?"
God created so much, yet He made man on His earth and gave His only Son for us. May we never forget how good God is and how merciful He is, AND what He placed above our heads and around the universe. God has even created whole other galaxies, but He made earth special and put life of IT.

I also put three verses about Pleiades and Orion, common constellations even thousands of years later. Nearly everyone knows and can find Orion, or at least Orion's belt. Looking a little more upward and to the right, one can see a cluster of stars called Pleiades, or also known as the Seven Sisters.

 From: http://www.starseeds.net/forum/topics/are-there-any-starseeds-from

I placed a close up picture of the Pleiades above to the right. This cluster is nicknamed 'The Seven Sisters' because of a Greek legend. Obviously, when David and Amos wrote about it, they were called Pleiades. I find it fascinating that even back then they had constellations named. Most names have stayed the same over time, but a few changed or the translators didn't know which formation the writer was speaking about.

Secular scientists are spending  millions, even billions, on trying to find life on other planets, any little rock or dust ball they try and make into some kind of 'there used to be life here!' What should we, as Christians, believe? From what the Bible says, God did not send His Son to save aliens on another planet, Christ did not die for little green men. Neither does the Bible even remotely mention life of any kind--human or not--on any other planet but earth. 'He made the stars also' not, 'He created the stars, and another planet where He made life and saw it was very good', just stars, the universe, and the desolate, extremely cold or extremely hot, waist-land (but VERY beautiful) planets.

As odd as it may seem, God may have created the rest of the massive universe for our benefit and enjoyment, for us to discover how great a God we serve, and how mighty and powerful He is.

Hopefully, I will be able to post a few series on space. Lord willing, I'll write about our moon next.