Creation implies pre-existence, intelligence, dynamics, and order. Those four things should be characteristics of God. Among those four aspects, order is often forgotten. “Order” is holding things in their places, not in just a static position but dynamic order, meaning that although things moved, they each move relative to one another.
The most obvious to early man was
the revolution of Earth’s moon about the planet Earth, and because Earth is a “planet,”
that means that it is orbiting about some thing. Later man realized that
the Earth orbited regularly about the Sun. Enoch, thousands of years ago,
realized that the orbit was 365-1/4 days for Earth to make its trip around the
Sun. To this time, it remains regular at 365-1/4 days. What causes that? First
off, everything from the beginning was dynamic. God rested but the creation had
not. It is supposed that when God rested, all things were done, and most things
remained in their pre-determined position. In a manner things that orbit are
continually “falling” relative the larger body to remain on orbit. The rate and
mass of those bodies are precisely the size and rate needed to remain orbital.
Accidents don’t happen without a
cause. Is it merely coincidence that the moon and Earth are at the precise places
they need to be to appear to be one unit at the total lunar eclipse. Both the
distance between the two and the size of the each must be precise for the moon
to eclipse the Earth. Those factors reveal Intelligence.
What is “Earth”? The word “Earth”
comes from the German language, and it means “ground.” (Etymology Online).
Other planets are named after other gods; not real gods albeit planets are images
of false gods. However, planet Earth is the exact image of the first man, “Adam.”
Our planet was made for Adam’s kind. Earth
is Adamic and there can never be another Earth.
Both the composition and elements
of planet Earth are identical to mankind. Hence, planet Earth in Hebrew is “Adam.”
That Adam is quantumly entangled with planet Earth cannot be coincidental.
Intelligence is behind that.
The dynamics of heavenly bodies
are fixed. Isaac Newton realized that something called “gravity” held them in
place and made a formula that calculates it. Newton saw “gravity” as “a
universal force of attraction between objects with mass; that was derived from
the Latin word gravitas, meaning "heaviness" or
"weight". Weight exists because of gravitas — dignity — “worthy
of honor and respect”
Gravity, because of the gravitas
of God, does not weigh things down, but holds all things in their places. The
Hebrew word in the Bible that means “weight” is kavod.
Kavod is translated into
English as “glory.” Glory is weightiness in a manner. It can be used positively
to describe the substantial, weighty, and honorable presence of God, or it can
also be used in a negative sense to describe something that is a burdensome
weight.
Let’s examine kavod more
closely: כָּבוֹד spelled kaf, bet, vav, and dalet. Kaf
represents the mercy of God, bet God dwelling among us or even the
person Jesus, vav the connection between things, and dalet the
way.
The letter bet implies mass and dalet motion. Vav is
important in the word and vav is the connection. What connects all
things? Gravity. Hence, kavod does represent weightiness and from God
makes it glorious (Gen 1:29; “very good”). It seems that gravity is hidden in
the words kavod and glory. Hence, gravity is certainly implied in
Scripture, making the glory of God highly significant. The psalmist
confirmed that interpretation: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament shoes His handywork” (Psalm 19:1).
The firmament are firm things, and the fourth heaven contain their orbits.
Enoch specifically wrote about that specific heaven: In 1 Enoch, Chapters
72–82 that section in its entirety is entitled The Book of the Heavenly
Luminaries. It is about the movements of the sun, moon, and stars and
within it is the descriptions of the "courses" (orbits) of the
heavenly bodies, their dominion, and how they are connected to the seasons and
the length of the year.
Those chapters describe the weightiness and the glory of God. Paul wrote:
The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead. (Rom 1:20)
The movement of the heavenly bodies is therefore evidence of Jesus
who made all things (John 1). The intelligence revealed in the orbits of
heavenly bodies reveal Intelligent design and only the Bible points the finger
at THE INTELLIGENCE — Jesus.
Indeed, the glory of God — the movements of the bodies in the heavens — is
displayed every night. One should think of Jesus as the sky reveals Him.
What moves the heavenly bodies and holds them in their places? Gravity. Bodies
orbiting other bodies is the lesser body constantly falling away, and they fall
away with the precise gravitational attraction to keep them moving and at the
same distance from one another.
Gravity is the unseen Power of God to keep the cosmos dynamic. Even black
holes use gravity to suck in and dispose of useless heavenly bodies. In a
sense, black holes clean up the universe and dispose of dying suns as new ones
are created to keep all things in balance.
So, what is gravity? The Glory of God. When God put on flesh to reveal Himself,
He would have been subject to gravity because He was in a body. However, after
He was glorified by his death and resurrection (John 7:39), Jesus was much
different; He overcame the world; “Be of good cheer,” He said, “I have overcome
the world” (John 16:33).
Jesus was resurrected as a glorious God. He had mass that ascended
into the heavens. Jesus asked Mary, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to
My Father” (John 20:17), then it happened, Jesus “led them out as far as to
Bethany, and He lifted up his hands, and blessed them, and it came to pass,
while He blessed them, He was parted from them and carried up into heaven”
(Luke 24:50:51).
Jesus overcame the world in His newly acquired glorious flesh; and the
Earth at no pull on Him. God had gravitas for Him and attracted Jesus to
where He is. There was an attraction — an entanglement — between the Father and
Son, so that gravity — the glory of God — pulled them together where in the
end, Jesus sat by the right hand of God in Power (Luke 22:69). That invisible
Power was the Glory of God — gravity — that “re-assembled” [1] the Godhead just as Paul wrote to the Romans.
Gravity seems to hold both the cosmos and the Godhead together for both
reveal the glory of God. Hence, gravity is of extreme importance in scripture.
There are other mentions in the Bible that implies gravity and they will be
discussed in part two.
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