" The Big Bang "

2nd. Peter 3:9-13   " The LORD is not slack concerning HIS promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance.  But the Day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night;  in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 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 ?  Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. " 

     Those who deny the biblical account,  " In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth " (Genesis 1:1), are left with the question:  How did the universe come into being ?  The most common explanation given by evolutionists in recent decades is called  "the big bang theory."  As the term "big bang"  implies, the basic premise of the theory is that all the order we now see in the universe came from an explosion of unimaginable magnitude. But unanswerable contradictions exist that are casually ignored.  The term  "explosion"  does not bring to our minds a picture of order.  When a building explodes, we do not expect to see the fragments deposited in well-organized piles, let alone a new structure.  Even more perplexing is, if there is no creator, what was the source of all the original matter that purportedly went  "bang"  ?

     After throwing cold water on the secular  "big bang theory,"  I must admit that I believe in a big bang with respect to the universe, for the WORD of GOD, in today's text, teaches the truth of the "big bang"  - not at the beginning of our present universe but at the end of its existence.  The inexplicable supernatural creation of our universe reveals GOD, the CREATOR (Psalm 19:1). Though our universe did not begin with a  "big bang,"  it will, in fact, end with one.  The same passage of Scripture that tells us of this coming explosion explains to us that the loving and merciful CREATOR of the universe is  "not willing that any should perish" (v.9).  As Christians, we all must be aware of the future  "big bang," and it would behoove us to keep today's text in mind as we live life in the here-and-now.  Make certain that you are in Heaven when it happens ! JMC

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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