Psalm 148
This is a rather upbeat psalm really,
Praise the LORD, Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.
Ok so that's one way to pass a long flight! however doing that out loud may cause concern and annoyance with some of the other passengers.
The psalm goes on to exhort the angels and armies of heaven to praise God along with teh shining stars.
Why?
Because he made them.
Ok, let's talk briefly about the old creation vs evolution argument.
The universe along with space and time was created in the big bang some 14 billion years ago.
In fact the very expression "big bang" was coined by sir Fred Hoyle, an astrophysicist who did not agree with the theory.
First of all there was nothing, which exploded and then there was everything.
If we can accept this, why can we not accept that there was some reason for it?
Evolution is another theory that some people tell me that I'm not allowed to believe, nor that the universe is above 6000 years old - that some people seem to have picked up from some ultra literal reading of the Bible.
I personally don't have a problem reconciling science with faith - nor if it comes to that do a large number of extremely eminent scientists.
The weather and animals and plants are, along with kings, princes and old and young men and women, let them praise the name of the LORD.
The Psalm ends with
The praise of all his faithful servants, of the people close to his heart.
Praise God.
This is a rather upbeat psalm really,
Praise the LORD, Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.
Ok so that's one way to pass a long flight! however doing that out loud may cause concern and annoyance with some of the other passengers.
The psalm goes on to exhort the angels and armies of heaven to praise God along with teh shining stars.
Why?
Because he made them.
Ok, let's talk briefly about the old creation vs evolution argument.
The universe along with space and time was created in the big bang some 14 billion years ago.
In fact the very expression "big bang" was coined by sir Fred Hoyle, an astrophysicist who did not agree with the theory.
First of all there was nothing, which exploded and then there was everything.
If we can accept this, why can we not accept that there was some reason for it?
Evolution is another theory that some people tell me that I'm not allowed to believe, nor that the universe is above 6000 years old - that some people seem to have picked up from some ultra literal reading of the Bible.
I personally don't have a problem reconciling science with faith - nor if it comes to that do a large number of extremely eminent scientists.
The weather and animals and plants are, along with kings, princes and old and young men and women, let them praise the name of the LORD.
The Psalm ends with
The praise of all his faithful servants, of the people close to his heart.
Praise God.
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