The view from space: "We are all so unbelievably small"

God is majestic. He is enormous in power, might, will, strength, and mind. He made the universe in 6 successive, literal days, with just His voice. He created all the stars and named them also. This achievement is incredible to wrap our minds around, especially since we as humans are self-centered and myopic. We can't conceive of exactly how big the universe is partly because we're seeking our own glory which blinds us to it. We tend to magnify our own selves as a human race. (Genesis 11:1-9). 

We also diminish God in His power, especially because He is invisible. (John 20:29; 1 Peter 1:8). However, God created the universe, moon, sun, and earth as a sign to us sinful creatures who in our pre-salvation state, do not know Him. As it says in Romans 1:18-20,

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

It's highly important to believe and understand that Genesis 1 is literal. It is not poetry, allegory, or hyperbole. It is lyrical, to be sure, but it is a record of actual history as it happened. It is revealed to us by the One and only witness to its creation: Jehovah.

Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created.
(Revelation 4:11.)

When Paul preached to the Gentiles, he used creation to convict them of God's existence. (Acts 14:15; 17:24-26.) He then used that truth in the Gospel's proclamation. By this, we know that Paul believed the opening chapters of Genesis as historical fact as revealed.

I've felt an increasing burden for the evangelical world's compromise of and even outright rejection of Genesis 1 as literal fact. On blogs, I see that when asked, major ministries claim that Genesis 1/literal creation/young earth is a tangential issue not appropriate to bring up in evangelism. Yet Paul used creation and Genesis 1 as the foundation of evangelism in Acts and Romans!

In personal conversations with people they tell me that Genesis 1 isn't a battleground because, well, the Gospel isn't there. But it is! Genesis 1 & 2 demonstrate the Creator to whom we are all responsible. Genesis 3 shows us the reason we need the Gospel and contains the protoevangelium.

I've been feeling this burden for Genesis 1 for a few months now. I intuit that it is from the Lord and that it is in my heart and mind for a reason. I'll be writing about it, I surmise, several times in upcoming blogs.

Today's point I'd be pleased that you take away is that preaching a literal Genesis 1 aligns with the foundational truth Paul used when he preached to the gentiles. Preaching Genesis 1's literal and 6-day creation doesn't have the same impact, say, if you were to tell the Gentile it's just a poem.

Please watch this short video to see how unbelievably small we are, and by comparison how unbelievably big God is. I don't think it is produced with a Creation/Creator perspective in mind, but it is factual and amazing nonetheless.

Scripture cannot be broken, and the battle for Genesis 1 as literal and historical is the primary and starting hill to die on.