Nonchalant - Genesis 2:1

 Genesis 2:1 seems so nonchalant in its wording. "Thus, the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." 

Back in 2003/2004, the Hubble telescope took a look at a tiny spot in the universe over 11.3 days. The extra extended exposure of that minuscule portion of the heavens astounded scientists. Science-speak since has recorded the following babble. "Subsequent deep imagery from Hubble, including the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, has revealed the most distant galaxies ever observed. Because of the time it has taken their light to reach us, we see some of these galaxies as they were just half a billion years after the Big Bang."

Moses was no scientist, and he didn't need to be. He got the skinny from the Creator. God breathed out creation as if it were easy. That light from, unknown but to God, galaxies that reached the weak Hubble telescope in the early 2000s didn't need light-years to arrive at that point in the universe. Like Adam, who needed no time to become a full-fledged adult, the light was there from the instant that God said, "Let there be light." Each of the billions of recently discovered galaxies has been shining since Genesis chapter 1. Their light existed before they did. After nearly seven thousand years since creation, God allowed man to make a tiny telescope that could take snapshots of a particular spot in space. I say "spot" because the pinpoint that Hubble focused on has been described as if one held a Roosevelt dime at arm's length and concentrated on Franklin's eye. Scientists chose that location because it was one of the only ones that didn't have other light sources from our galaxy, overexposing Hubble's vision.

Science speculates that it would take thirty-two million light-years to reach these recently discovered clusters. The NASA site goes on to explain, "The image required 800 exposures taken over the course of 400 Hubble orbits around Earth. The total amount of exposure time was 11.3 days, taken between Sept. 24, 2003, and Jan. 16, 2004."

The author goes on to enlighten us about the following, "These oddball galaxies chronicle a period when the universe was younger and more chaotic. Order and structure were just beginning to emerge."

Of course, these are some of the same scientific types that see tadpoles in the human embryo. So, please don't be too harsh on them unless you have to.

When you believe in an Almighty God, it is not difficult to understand that He can create all from nothing instantly. Let the nerds try and discover purpose in it all and let the saints of God proclaim his mighty power and tender care.