I did a sermon years ago (lay person) and used one of the early images from Hubble. Had a guy at church print it out on a huge poster. I forget most of it now - put it had the terms power and love in it. Maybe grace too?
The power of God to create an amazing universe - but also to create a new person (grace).
And I quipped something about how for the ancients the stars they could see were vast and amazing and full of wonderment. And now even more so with powerful telescopes. I wonder if God didn’t just create it to show us how great He is, and how much he loves us. Like a parent telling their child “I love you THIS much” as they spread their arms out wide.
And God spreads his arms out as wide as the universe.
BTW - many of the earliest scientists were devout Christians. They figured if they could understand creation better, they could understand the Creator better.
Psalm 96:13
Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.
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Matthew 25:34
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
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John 17:24
“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
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Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
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Romans 8:19
For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
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