Scripture： Genesis 1:11-31
1. Prayer
2. Reading
3. Meditation
My meditation:
Today’s scripture tells us that God begins to create
the living things starting from Day 3. The order of which is:
Day 3: grasses, vegetables and trees are created
Day 4: the sun, moon and stars are created
Day 5: fishes and birds are created
Day 6: cattle, insects, beasts and human beings are
created.
God's creation was finished
on the 6th day and there are 3 things that attracted my attention. As God made
plants on the 3rd day and yet the sun and the stars had yet to appear. We know
that plants cannot carry out photosynthesis without light. How can there be
plants without the sun? Well, we’d remember that God had already installed the
pro-living environment already, namely, the combination of light, water and
land. Hence, there was light even though it was not from the sun or the
stars. Where did it come from? God is
definitely the answer. As the creation is basically physical in nature, light
coming not from the stars was then shining. This phenomenon is a mystery and very
fascinating. I have no answer to what exactly is the light in question even
though I have my views.
Let me share with you the first two things that have
drawn my attention
There were evenings and mornings since the first
day. Thus, the light should be coming from one direction rather than coming from all directions in order to produce the night and morning
phenomenon. If it is so, how light can exist before the stars were created? We
shall leave it to the scientists to solve this mystery. Of course, there are other
possible explanations besides the above speculation.
The second thing is that the "Earth" was
the center of Creation. Though it is not explicitly mentioned, the Earth appears
to be the center of the universe. Such a view doesn’t fit in well with today’s
scientific discovery as the Earth is found to be only a small planet in a solar
system. How can it be the center of the universe? This question could be
answered easily be presuming that the Creation story is purely a fictional one.
Thus, Genesis is basically a mythical composition. However, such an
interpretation would mean that the biblical record is not necessarily factual. If
this is the case, it will be difficult to ascertain that the Bible is composed of eternal
truths. It will be even more difficult to convince people that the miracles in the
Scripture are true (such as Jesus' resurrection).
On the other hand, we cannot rule out that the
earth is really the center of the universe arising from God’s omnipotence. Yet,
how can we explain the idea of an earth-centered universe? Obviously, a
possible suggestion is that the Earth is really
the physical center of the universe such as the explosion centre in the
Big Bang theory. Another possible explanation is that from the spiritual perspective,
namely, all spirituality is focused on the Earth. We shall explore this possibility
tomorrow.
Question：
What are the implications of an Earth-centered
universe?
Howard
