Daily Devotional – November 9th (Where Did All the Laws Come From?)

By admin On November 11th, 2013

 

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Daily Devotional – November 9th

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Where Did All the Laws Come From?

This article is an excerpt from “Moon Into Blood Trilogy” 

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/dust_moth.html

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Atheism has concluded that the Universe was the product of a giant explosion in ages past, which they call “The Big Bang Theory”: In the beginning there was nothing. And out of nothing came an explosion, from which the Universe was born. And out of this chaos came a well-ordered, and very beautiful and awesome Universe in which…all things operate according to laws: billions of laws!

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Do you see the contradiction of such an idea? According to them, out of merely nothing, came law and order as well as poetic beauty and majesty!

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Does this sound absurd?

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Yes, it’s ridiculous to even imagine for a moment, that out of nothing came an explosion which resulted in a well-ordered and beautifully awesome universe which operates by innumerable laws!

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dustmoth_NASA by D. Hines

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LAW & ORDER THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE

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From the tiniest pahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stylised_Lithium_Atom.pngrticle of an atom, to the greatest of all galaxies…there is law and order. Laws concerning gravity. Laws concerning food. Laws concerning music…and motion…and mechanics. Laws concerning all creatures, great and small. From the tiniest amoeba, to the great whales of the oceans. Laws about the Earth, and fire and air…and laws about water. Laws about health and laws about UN-health. Everything operates by laws…millions and billions of laws! Laws which require obedience, and laws which impose penalties for DIS-obedience.

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Stylised Lithium – Atom = share-alike lic. – wikimedia commons.

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THERE MUST BE A SUPREME LAW-GIVER!

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Now at this point, the question that must be asked is this: “Where did all these laws come from, by which the Universe operates? Did these laws just come out of nowhere? Or can we conclude https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:041A.Moses_Breaks_the_Tables_of_the_Law.jpgthat all these laws which govern, not only Man, but every single thing in the Universe as well, were given by some supreme Law-Giver?”

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The obvious answer is “Yes, there must be a Law-Giver”. It only makes sense! Laws didn’t just magically appear out of nothing!

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And God is that supreme Law-Giver!

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But the same God who wrote the laws of Nature has also written the moral laws for Mankind to follow.

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And the Book we call the Bible is that Divine Law-book given to Mankind, by that Divine Law-Giver…God.

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Dore – Moses breaks stones – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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THE JOY OF LAW & ORDER

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If you would ask a scientist why he or she loves science, you would be sure to hear the answer,“Because all nature operates by Law & Order!”

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Yes, this is the one great reason why there are scientists! Because all of nature is very predhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Starry_Night_at_La_Silla.jpgictable, as long as that scientist is familiar with the various laws of whatever he is researching.

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Now this is amazing, if we really think about it! Supposedly all this universe, being filled with law & order, came forth from chaos and nothingness!

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And out of all this chaos and nothingness, a great explosion brought forth a well-ordered universe (according to their big-bang theory), with almost an endless number of laws, which govern every single thing, great and small, animate and inanimate alike!

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And so, here we have thousands of scientists, many who are atheists. And one of their greatest joys is to work within all this law & order! And yet they cannot even put 2-and-2 together! No, they just can’t understand that all this law & order couldn’t exist without a supreme Law-Giver….GOD!

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Wikipedia – cropped/altered – Creative Commons License

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NATURE’S POETRY…

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800px-Water_splashes_001 by Omegatron for Wikipedia Share-Alike license

But not only does nature operate by laws, but nature operates in beauty and in poetry, too. Does Man imagine that this drop of water looking like a beautiful water crown is just a freak accident of nature? No! It tells of God’s kingly majesty as He offers all to drink freely of the “Water of Life”. And so this water-drop is a visual metaphor, and a poetic statement made by nature…spoken to Man: Man, the only being on Earth who can appreciate its beauty and poetry. Just an accident?

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Water splashes by Omegatron for Wikipedia – Share-alike Lic.

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THE SPIDER: A SYMBOL OF EVILhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spider_vdg.jpg

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Does Mankind think some “Big Bang” could ever have produced this scary-looking spider and its web…a perfect illustration of how evil desires to ensnare fallen men in its web of addictions and deceptions? Just ask any of us who have ever been ensnared by some addiction or habit. The spider web is such an incredible metaphor of Satan’s seductive power!

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So here too is poetry…howbeit the more frightful, hideous kind of poetry, rather than being beautiful. But a very necessary metaphor to help us to understand sin and Satan.

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Spider – cropped photo – Wikipedia – Share-alike license

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A WORLD OF LIES

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With all this law & order, it would seem like a very elementary conclusion, that this beautiful and poetic and allegorically-instructive universe is the creation of an all-wise and all-powerful Creator!

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But in defense of scientists, we have an enemy, who has, “blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2nd Corinthians 4:4.

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Yes, 2nd Corinthians 4:4 calls him, “the god of this world”! We have all been deceived, and not just scientists!

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And yet, the overwhelming evil which pervades this hopeless world, should make it obvious that there is a literal enemy of God, the Devil, or Satan, as he is called in the Bible!

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Martin, John – Satan presiding_at the Infernal Council – 1824 – Wikipedia – public domain

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THE VERY GOOD NEWS!

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And so, we live in a world which is a great contradiction! That is, though we see all this http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_bible.jpgbeauty and law & order, and poetry, and allegorical-wisdom in nature! But we also see a world filled with lost souls in rebellion against the goodness and law & order which governs the universe! And so, mankind is confused by these two great opposing forces! Good and evil now exists together.

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But the very Good News is, that the all-wise, and all-benevolent God has given us a Book which makes sense of all this very confusing world! And by reading that Book, we discover that this loving Creator has sent His only begotten Son into this lost world, that, “that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life!” John 3:16

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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A HIGHWAY OF HOPE!

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Yes, not only has God given to us the tokens of His goodness and love, as seen in nature, but He has provided for us a way of escape from this world of sin and death! And this “Highway To Heaven” has been made possible through the atonement provided by our loving Savior, Jesus Christ! 

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And so, what are we waiting for? Let us each begin to climb that highway, as we become disciples and followers of Jesus!

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“And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called ‘The Way of Holiness'” Isaiah 8:35

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Jesus Discourses with His Disciples – James Tissot – by Brooklyn Museum – by Wikipedia – Public Domain

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THE READER IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS 25 MINUTE AUDIO STUDY IN THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH, CONCERNING THE COVENANT AND LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF JESUS. THIS STUDY # 215 IS CONDUCTED BY HAROLD CAMPING…

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Cry of prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem – Wikiart – US Public Domain

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stylised_Lithium_Atom.pngTODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me the joy of knowing more about the wonders of nature. Help me to see, not only the beauty and love, and poetry of nature, and wisdom of nature, but also to realize that this universe is governed by law and order…

Stylised Lithium Atom – Share-alike Lic. – Wikimedia Commons

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“MARCH 19 (Babylon = Baby-Land! Part 5: Living By The Law!)”, or you may also read…February 13 (Nature’s Witnesses, Part 6: ‘Law & Order’”)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

 

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THE MOON: A HEAVENLY OBJECT LESSON

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“Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.” Isaiah 24:23

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When God created the Moon and the stars, He ordained them to “rule the night” (Gen. 1:16). The Moon, especially when it is full, can light your pathway through the night, as it reflects the light of the Sun.

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So too, the Christian is to be a light to the world: to this sin-darkened world. But as the Moon must reflect the light of the Sun, in order to be a light to the world, so also must the Christian reflect the light of Jesus, to be a spiritual light to this planet in rebellion. Listen…

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“Ye are the light of the world…Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matt. 5:14-16

.This is a drawing of a winter-time total lunar eclipse, first published in Bilder- (Picture Atlas of the Stemenwelt) in 1888

However, during an eclipse, the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, preventing that sunlight from shining on the Moon’s face. This is an incredible object-lesson about when the child of God allows the world to come between him and his Lord. Like the eclipse, that person no longer reflects the light of Jesus, because his or her love of this dark world of sin has eclipsed the light from the “Sun of Righteousness” (see Malachi 4:2).

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And so, this is just one of the many poetic truths seen in the Moon. And this article will show some further metaphoric truths to this wonderful and mysterious object-lesson in the sky, known as the Moon. (For more on this subject of an eclipse, you may link to the article… “Lunar Eclipse & Spiritual Eclipse”)

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Dutch Painting: Um_moinho_dominando_a_baía_à_luz_lunar wikimedia US public domain

This is a drawing of a winter-time total lunar eclipse, first published in Bilder- (Picture Atlas of the Stemenwelt) in 1888

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“MOON SHALL BE ASHAMED”

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“Then the moon shall be confounded (or “ashamed”), and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

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But having said all this, why would God speak about the Moon as if it were a person? And why does He say that the Moon will be confounded? How can an inanimate object be confounded (i.e., “perplexed”, “confused”, “amazed”). And why does God refer to the Moon as “her” (“the moon shall not give HER light.” Ezek. 32:7)? Such odd language! But as you read this Moon Into Blood Trilogy, these questions will be answered, plus many more questions, as well.

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If you wish to explore into this subject, just click here… “Moon Into Blood Trilogy”

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READ MORE…

October 15th (How Shall the Moon Be Turned Into Blood?)

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TV_highquality.jpgTOMORROW:

“November 10th (An Elegy For TV)”

TV – highquality – Wikimedia – Creative Commons License

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #311 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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