Crack Of Heavens D2r

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Karren Bangura

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:26:56 PM8/3/24

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Before I read Scripture, I have a long introduction. And before I have the long introduction, I want to pray. And before I pray, I want to say something by way of personal testimony to the faithfulness of God. And now that Martyn Lloyd-Jones has been mentioned, I have one other thing I want to say. So I will read Scripture eventually.

I just want to say that if you lean on him and not on your own understanding, he will not only make your way straight; it will be straight into some of the sweetest, deepest insights and experiences with him that you could have had anywhere.

Then, in Genesis 3, Adam and Eve reject God as their supreme wisdom, their supreme beauty, and their supreme desire, and God brings on them and on all their posterity and all creation, a curse, saying:

Now, in Genesis 3:15, there is a spark of hope held out that the fall is not the last word for the creation, nor the last word for Adam and Eve and their posterity. God speaks to the soul-destroying, creation-destroying serpent, and he says:

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

In other words, once there was no suffering; there was no pain, no evil, and no death, but now every single human dies, and suffers before they die. Animals suffer too. Rivers suddenly overflow their banks and sweep away villages. Avalanches bury skiers. Volcanoes take out whole cities. In one night, a tsunami kills 250,000 people. Storms in the Philippine waters sink ferry boats with 800 people on board. AIDS, malaria, cancer, and heart disease indiscriminately kill millions every year, both old and young. Monster tornadoes level Midwestern towns. Droughts and famines bring millions to the brink, and over the brink, of starvation. Freak accidents happen so that the son of a friend falls into a grain elevator and drowns in the grain. Another person loses an eye from a lawnmower accident. A baby is born without a face.

Back to the big picture. God created the heavens and the earth out of nothing. It was very good. There was no pain, no evil, and no death. Creation was full of everything good. But then, this horrific heart choice of anything over God brought the whole creation down, and God subjected it to futility and the bondage of corruption.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago (Acts 3:19).

What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.

What in the world is that? Notice he says it is sown and it is raised. This is not the new car; this is you. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So there is continuity with having a body, but discontinuity between natural and spiritual. In 1 Corinthians 15:49 he says:

This selection of engravings, charts, diagrams, and texts reveals the furred and cratered faces, the portents and instruments in European observations of the heavens from the sixteenth through the eighteenth century. Drawing in part on a recently acquired collection of early modern comet literature, these items explore the fascination and anxiety with the world, its state, and its possibilities of imperfection that infused the early modern European discussions of the stars.

This exhibition, held April 8 through June 30, 2009 at the Beinecke Library, celebrates the International Year of Astronomy with the Yale University Department of Astronomy. An online archive of the exhibition is now available.

The plural form "heavens" or "the heavens" has been typical in reference to the impersonal sky since the 17th century. The plural form became less common in reference to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed departed as the medieval view of celestial spheres was disproven; it is still commonly used, however, in discussing theologies such as Buddhism which retain numerous heavens or levels of heaven.

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