The Solar System . . . Past and Present

I have been amazed at the blood moon that has been displayed recently.  Just the other night, I saw a photo posted on FaceBook of that moon rising over the City of Fort Worth . . . and as I gazed in wonder at the massive body and the awe-inspiring coloring, it occurred to me, once again, that I know very little about our solar system . . . that portion of the universe which we see beyond the earth’s atmosphere.  I have always been curious about it and amazed at the brilliance of it all, especially when viewing it from a vessel in the Gulf of Mexico — where man-made lighting does not diminish its brilliance.  Allow me to explain that statement . . . man-made lighting could never really interfere with the brilliance of celestial lighting, but it does affect human eyesight’s ability to fully appreciate the majesty of it all.

Aware of my ignorance of the universe, I have made efforts in times past to study and learn more about it all. Yet, each time I set out to do so, I encountered a limited supply of educational materials. I found it to be filled and congested with, and influenced by things like the Big Bang Theory, as well as other similar teachings about how the solar system “evolved over a several hundred million year period.”  A brief time with such materials made me weary and discouraged in my studies.  Becoming weary, I simply left it behind and moved onto something else.

I readily confess that I know little of the solar system’s design, composition, structure, function, and placement/arrangement; however, that certainly doesn’t imply that I am ignorant of its origin.  I fully know that my God created it all . . . and as He hung each part in space, He issued instruction that it was to remain where He placed it . . . and to do what it was created and designed to do . . . until He commanded it to do something different.  With that strong belief, I am simply unable and unwilling to learn from, study behind, or accept the teaching, theories, and hypothesis of anyone who is too ignorant to understand and accept the truth that God created it all.  For me, if one is unable to establish the proper foundation, I must put question marks about what it is they propose to build.  I simply reject theories such as the “nebular hypothesis” and others that begin with an event wherein the Sun and the planets condensed from a gargantuan disc of gas and dust that had evolved from a cloud of interstellar material.

With that as an introduction, I intend to blog some for the next bit about what I have sniffed out recently concerning the structure of our solar system.

Here is point one in my discovery, thus far: The first thing I wanted to try to understand and get set in my hard-head concerns the arrangement of our planetary system . . . the structure of our solar territory . . . meaning how it is all arranged.  Always having assumed that the earth is the “center of all things” (how human of me, right?), I was disturbed to learn that, in truth, the center of the solar system is the large yellow star we call the sun!  The truth is that we live in a “sun-centered” or a heliocentric solar system.  That gave me pause.

I am not sure why I first struggled with this new information. As I stop and consider it all on a deeper level, I am able to see a deep spiritual truth in this . . . like a synonym . . . we do live in a world created by God, and His Word, His purpose, plan, and provisions . . . are centered upon and revolve around His “SON” . . .

Perhaps the Psalmist had a greater understanding of the solar system than we have today . . . He sure declared that he was able to see God’s great glory reflected in the skies!

It Seems to Me . . . That one of mankind’s greatest shortcomings is our strong inclination to first think of ourselves and our own desires. The sad truth about us is that it requires discipline to cause us to turn our thoughts toward God and to consider where He has placed us . . . and seek to understand why He did so!

More to follow . . .

 

 

 


 

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