i.
This is the side that
creates and sets foundations in order. God designs products.
ii.
He designs very large
products such as universes and solar systems. A short list of some of his larger
creations would be suns, planets, black holes, galaxies, nebulas, quasars, white
dwarfs and supernovas.
iii.
I do, however, realize
that God’s creative genius in the very large is unbelievable and indescribable.
The writer of Psalm 8 says it in this manner “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?” The
heavens have been put together in some sort of order.
i.
The universe has galaxies
which are made up of many solar systems. We happen to live on the outer fringes
of the Milky Way galaxy.
ii.
The Milky Way is a spiral
galaxy, as compared to elliptical or colliding. We really cannot even see beyond
our own galaxy. Almost all the stars that we can see in the sky are a part of
the Milky Way. The Milky Way is approximately 80,000 – 120,000 light years
across. This too is unfathomable especially considering that a light year is the
amount of distance that light can travel in one year.
iii.
In a vacuum the Speed of
light always travels at a speed of 299,792,458 meters per
second, no matter how its speed is measured. So that would be about 10 trillion
kilometers. The speed of light is fixed. It cannot be changed. The speed of
sound is fixed. Gravity is fixed.
iv.
There are many other aspects
of God’s design that are fixed in the same way that an engineer designs wind
loads and strength loads for bridges, buildings, and other man-made projects.
As we begin to realize that
God designed the universe with rules and laws in mind we can begin to look at
his rules and laws related to mankind. This class will not attempt to look at
spiritual laws outside the realm of business and finance but God’s spiritual are
well known to most Christians. For example, the Ten Commandments are laws that
God gave his people regarding their moral character.
God
has a set of laws that define the manner in which we may grow wealthy. Man
usually does not look to God’s law as a framework by which to work. But God’s
laws are useful to all that apply them. The revolutionary thought is that many
are blessed by God even though they do not know Him or give Him credit. If I
jump off a building I will fall to the earth at 9.8 meter/sec2. An
interesting point to be made is a non-Christian will fall in the same way and at
the same speed! The law of gravity has its hold on all earth-bound humans. God
has designed spiritual laws concerning wealth and finance that holds all
earth-bound humans in check.