The Bang and God

The last words of the article jumped out of my magazine. Quote, “Stars, it seems, really may go kaboom. Woosley, still in love with pyrotechnics, is delighted. "It's like God built the universe just for me." End Quote…

No this statement was particularly important to me in that it is in a recent article of “The National Geographic Magazine” (see below)– an international magazine not known for its ‘God’ or ‘Christian’. Generally speaking it points to a creation that is at best a ‘happening’ of chance.

Yet the topic of the article is the present and up-to-date creation that is taking place on any and every day in the universe that is all around us. Stuff is happening in the outer space far from our little blue planet.

On the other hand the typical, God fearing, Bible toting Christian wants little to do with controversy of evolution and people that oppose the Creation Theories of the ‘Bible People’. We have all been around the block a few times on that one.

Here in all the glory is a fascinating article about our creation that is still being created. What an amazing though that is for all of us. It is happening all the time.

Now maybe you won’t get quite as excited as I do when you look at the heavens above at night. For me it is beyond description the feelings I have when looking at the wonder.

In the article you will read the following words… quote…
Early on February 18, 2006, Swift recorded an outpouring of gamma rays from somewhere toward the constellation Aries. Within three minutes, the satellite had determined the position of the burst and broadcast an alert.

Two days later, astronomers at a telescope in Arizona reported that the burst came from a small, nearby galaxy, only a fraction as far away as usual. Astronomers had already traced a connection between bursts and supernovas. But this burst was so close, and Swift had spotted it so quickly, that scientists hoped it would help confirm what they suspected: A gamma-ray burst is an exploding star's opening act. After an unusually long flood of gamma rays and x-rays, lasting more than half an hour rather than the typical few seconds, the February 18 burst gave way to visible and infrared light. Within three days this afterglow was fading away—and then the supernova grabbed the spotlight. End quote… (see reference below..)

To understand you need to know a little about “Swift”. “Swift” is a special satellite launched in 2004… quote…
Swift, launched in 2004, scans the skies for gamma rays. When it detects a burst, it swivels its telescopes toward the source to get a good fix and detect the afterglow—the lingering point of light that marks the spot where a burst originated. It also sends an alert to earthbound astronomers, who can take a closer look with bigger telescopes. End quote… (see reference below)

Swift helps earthlings to concentrate their attentions on one area when a Star is going to erupt, changing radically to its new shape – possibly even creating a Black Hole/Supernova.

Now I know that this may not turn your crank today – but it simply blows me away! My God created it all. And better yet it is an ongoing, everyday, a living creation. It includes a snow storm, a volcano, a butterfly and a baby Robin with its mouth wide open.

At this moment I have just been talking to God. He called and I answered. He as reassured me that he will take of some of the really big problems that I carry. In fact he has asked if I can take care of some really, really big parts of his creation… and my answers is ‘No’.

Today I need to know that he is in charge. Today he has spoken softly that he is completely in charge. Wow! I needed that.

Job 38:31-32 (New International Version)
31 "Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion?
32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?

~ Pastor Murray Lincoln ~

For you reading interest and pleasure take a look at

“Bang – The Cataclysmic Death of Stars”
www.ngm.com/0703

And… SWIFT
In a Flash NASA Helps Solve 35-year-old Cosmic Mysteryhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/short_burst_oct5.html