To define God would be absurd, however for the sake of
conversation, let us say that God wields the power as described in the Bible,
and that He is divine, not just superior. Given our human limitations, wouldn't this
make Him unfathomable to us unless He chose otherwise?
The Bible says the Divine One, God, created everything that
was created[i]. This includes time, the laws of physics, and
the nothing He may have created first to place it all in. Job said this creation[ii],
is only a whisper of His power and that He measures the cosmos by the width of
His hand[iii].
This means compared to Him, the cosmos
is very small. Consider within the span
of His hand just one spec called the "large quasar group". It is believed to be so large; it would take
4 billion years traveling at 186,000 miles per second to go from one end to
the other. That is only one spec in the sky. In another spec of the sky one explosion
releases as much energy in a few seconds as the Sun will in its entire
10-billion-year lifetime. This happens
countless times a day.
If you choose to accept this God, it follows that the only
thing we can know about Him is what He chooses to reveal. Then, you must also accept He is the only God
because He says He knows no other[iv]. We must also accept that as high as the
heavens are above the earth, or more precisely, infinite, so are His ways above
ours. We can’t fathom one explosion of
such size and power let alone a “personality” that could create or manage billions
of them. We are dealing with things
where we not only lack information, but may lack the capacity to understand even what was created, let alone the creator. It appears His admonition to let
our words be few[v] about
Him or even our existence, is good common sense.
However, that said, this same God says He gave us a gift of acceptance,
such as the grace a loving father[vi]
gives his beloved child[vii]. We become related to the king, a child who can
approach; when even the most powerful wouldn't dare. Such He says is His gift. Given this, perhaps we can know something of
Him because He has chosen to reveal it.
Final thought: If you choose not to accept this God, empirically you must still
allow for the probability of His existence.
Just because we cannot fathom “someone” like this does not mean He does
not exist. Our imagination is not necessarily
the limits of reality. Considering the
strange universe we find ourselves in, how much of a stretch is it really. As for
the probability of His existence, I am not a statistics expert, but I can tell you
it is not zero. Arrogance is not wise.
[i][i]
Living New Testament John 1:3. God created everything through him, and nothing
was created except through him.
[ii]
Living New Testament. Job 26:14 These are just the beginning of all that he
does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of
his power?"
[iii] International Standard Version, Isaiah 40:12"Who
has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the
heavens by the width of his hand?
[iv] New International Version, Isaiah 48:8, You are my
witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not
one."
[v] New International Version, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Do not be
quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before
God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.
[vi] New Living Translation, Ephesians 3:12, Because of
Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God's
presence.
[vii] New Living Translation, 1 John 3:2, Dear friends, we
are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like
when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see
him as he really is.
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