Creation Truth Foundation
[Originally published as Ordered Space]
I appreciate space. Not space around me, although the older I get, the more I appreciate that as well. The things in the heavens fascinate me and have for most of my life. I love working with our telescopes, allowing people to see for themselves objects that the Lord made on the 4th day of history.
When I was younger, I followed our Space Shuttle program, and over the years I have had the opportunity to see a couple of those shuttles around the country. Now it is great to see all the renewed interest in exploring the heavenly creation. I know many people are focused on evolutionary goals, yet over and over again we make discoveries that point to the trustworthiness of God’s Word.
While planning a trip to El Paso, it occurred to me that Blue Origin’s launch facility is in West Texas somewhere. Some quick searching led me to the realization that we would be staying within an hour and a half of it, and, what was more, there was a scheduled launch window occurring during the time of our visit. When the time came, I and a few colleagues rose early one morning to make the launch.
We made it with just minutes to spare. And it was spectacular!
The entire launch lasted only about ten minutes in total as the rocket climbed to just beyond the Karman Line (space boundary, 62 miles/100km) before returning. While Blue Origin is best known for its New Shepherd rocket that carries paying customers to space and back with the biggest windows ever in a capsule, this NS-29 launch was purely experimental, with a payload of instruments to measure simulated lunar gravity.
Even though it was not a Saturn V, Space Shuttle, Starship, or Falcon launch, it was amazing to hear and feel a launch for the first time, from blast-off to the sonic boom return. It has piqued my desire to see a bigger launch now.
As I began to reflect on what I experienced, the Lord reminded me of his design. Earth, our home planet, is so well designed for life. There is literally nowhere in all the universe like it. Yet he gave us the ability to discover creation beyond it. The only reason we can launch rockets and do space exploration is that he set it up in an orderly way. Physics works because he established it to work in a predictable fashion.
As much as we may never understand everything in the universe from our position here, it works on an ordered reality that is reinforced by God’s Word. This is what drove Sir Isaac Newton in his understanding of physics. He wrote,
The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone but were by an intelligent Agent.
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Evolutionists may come up with theories about the origin of things in the heavens, but over and over again they are being shown through experimentation and observation to be wrong. The Lord set the order of everything in the beginning and sustains it by his Word (Hebrews 1:3).
So as you look to the heavens tonight, gaze into the depths of space and observe the different facets the Lord placed up there for our eyes (Genesis 1:17). Peer through a telescope at the lesser light of the moon with marvel and anticipation of further human study in the coming years. Check out the amazing observations being made by the James Webb telescope from deep in space.
All of these shape our perspective of how awesome our Creator is and how much we depend on him. With every discovery, the design of our home world becomes more and more obvious even as we recognize it is so minuscule and fragile. Thanks be to God that his infinite focus has been, is, and always will be here on us!
Blessings.
