2 Peter 3:12–13 (ESV) — 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of
God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the
heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to
his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which
righteousness dwells.
NOTE: While the
words could be interpreted to mean sky and earth, upon further reflection, the
universe is more probable. I suppose I struggle with the universe being
recreated because it seems unnecessary--we only messed up the earth and maybe a
little of our solar system. The passage does reveal the enormous power of God.
To recreate the entire universe is really beyond comprehension, literally
incomprehensible and completely unmeasurable. In even trying to describe power
and probability, we use numbers with so many zeros after, that it is better to
call them zero (when the large number is in the denominator), and infinity
(when the large number is the numerator). God is amazing.
PRAYER: Father, you
are beyond our comprehension. And yet you make yourself known to the world
through the person and work of Jesus Christ (I would also add your word, but
Jesus is the word). And You make yourself more clearly known to the believer
through the indwelling Holy Spirit. You are awesome, incomprehensible,
transcendent, and yet knowable, our friend, brother, and Father.
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