In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
First verse says "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". The verse can be dived into two parts - in the beginning and God created the heavens and the earth. What we mean by "in the beginning?" So the words “in the beginning” mean: before there was any created matter, In the begining was the God and God was the word and word created everything out of nothing by the word of God..
In rhe begining God existed and God only existed in the begining. Then the creation and creation starts with the word of God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him there was not any thing or (nothing) made that was made.
In him was life,and the life was the light of men. - life of God (Christ as the Holy spirit) in us becomes light in us. God is our light and life too. Without this we have no spiritual existence. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. We with the light of God can shine in the darkness that we experience all around us. Darkness we see all around us but the life of God in us becomes the light for our path even though darkness is all around us. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. There is darkness all around us tod but the light of God can lead us completely in the darkness. Imagine going through a jungle road in the darkest night and we can see the light of the car pierce through the darkness and leads the car through the darkest road. Imagine that the light malfunctions - can the car move another inch. No not at all. This is our condition in this world. The car can also move forward with out light but it may not reach the correct destination bit hundred percent destruction. Thisis the effect of our life without God on this earth. We will are destined for destruction with out the light and life of God. For a car to move forward in darkness it needs an engine, body, horn, petrol and light. Engine is the soul - body is the physical body - horn the warning to the rest around us - petrol is the life inside the car and light is The light of God that leads us to God.
When we come to the new testment in the gospel of John ee see Christ as the true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world from God. God. God's light was brought into the darkness world polluted world - polluted by the disobedience of Adam and Eve through the second AdamThen Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” Christ. Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
When we come to the new testment in the gospel of John, we see Christ as the true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world from GGod.Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” (John 8:12). Christ as God"s son - came us a man to save the mankind from their sins - has all the attributes of God. Christ is God came in the form of man to save man - fully man and fully God - a perfect blend to save mankind from satanic destruction originated in the garden of Eden.
We can clearly see the difference between Christ and John in the first chapter of John's gospel. Christ came as man to die for our sins and give us life but John came as a witness to Christ.like all othe prophets. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. Christ is the light -The word of God that guides us. Like John we are not the light but the light of God in us testifies through us about Christ tovthose in darkness. We are in this world to be the witness of Christ - the light inside us shines in the darkness or should shine in the darkness. Then only we become witness of God. We have a burden to shine in the darkness as we have seen the light. May the Lord help us to shine to the world in darkness around us.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know himhiPeople could not recognize the almighty God who created the heaven and earth. They became corrupted in their mind and did everything against the will of the Almighty became sinners. God became angry on his creations and sons of adam disobeyed God and they filled the earth with all kinds of ungodliness and was walking according to the will of satan. Lord saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth, that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil, continually, in a way that leads to God’s judgment and holy wrath being shown in the flood that follows. Yet right here, sandwiched in between this picture of sin and judgment, we find a picture of mercy, of grace, “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
After the finality of God's statement in the previous verse, verse 8 catches us by surprise. In light of the great wickedness of humanity, the Creator has just expressed the pain His creation of mankind has caused Him. Even worse, He has announced His plan to wipe humanity, along with birds and animals, from the face of the earth.
Now, however, we are told that one man, Noah, has found favor in God's eyes. The rest of the chapter will explain exactly what "favor" means. It won't stop God from carrying out His plan to destroy so much of His creation. It certainly won't mean that Noah's life will be perfect, or easy, or painless. However, it will mean that humanity will continue. The end of civilization will be followed by a new beginning. Noah will not only survive the upcoming judgment, along with his wife and children, but he will carry on the survival of the human race.
Today some of us have found favour with God and that is why we are today seeking the Lord and his ways. Others have not found favour with God and God only knows the reason for that so we should not boast about it because it is His mercy and not by our righteousness or by our good works. We should not despise others who have not found favor with God.
He came to his own,[b] and his own people[c] did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, w
Lord saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth, that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil, continually, in a way that leads to God’s judgment and holy wrath being shown in the flood that follows. Yet right here, sandwiched in between this picture of sin and judgment, we find a picture of mercy, of grace, “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
ho believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor ofThen Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[d] from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.[e] 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God,[f] who is at the Father's side,[g] he has made him known.
The Testimony of John the Baptist
there was the Word, the Son of God. Remember: “These are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God” (John 20:31)
Heavens is nothing but the space outside the earth, which includes all the constellations stars and our sun the smallest star in the smallest constellation the milky way and theThen Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
huge stars the the huge constellations and everything that is separated by millions of light years and the dark spaces and all which no one ever knows. includes all stars plants and everything in the space realm. Compared to Earth - the heavens form a very vast space. space is basically what lies beyond the Earth's atmosphere. the sun planet galaxies - all these things are in outer space.
From our Earth-bound perspective, outer space is most often thought to begin about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level at what is known as the Kármán line. This is an imaginary boundary at an altitude where there is no appreciable air to breathe or scatter light. Passing this altitude, blue starts to give way to black because oxygen molecules are not in enough abundance to make the sky blue. On the second day the creation of Light and separation of light and darkness has some meaning in the above context because Oxygen has something to do with the blue and darkness. Oxygen is life and God was happy with the amount of oxygen for the existence of life on the earth.
No one knows exactly how big space is. It's difficult to determine because of what we can see in our detectors. We measure long distances in space in "light-years," representing the distance it takes for light to travel in a year (roughly 5.8 trillion miles (9.3 trillion kilometers)).
From the light that is visible in our telescopes, we have charted galaxies reaching almost as far back as the Big Bang, which is thought to have started our universe about 13.8 billion years ago. This means we can "see" into space at a distance of almost 13.8 billion light-years. But the universe continues to expand, making "measuring space," even more challenging.
Additionally, astronomers are not totally sure if our universe is the only one that exists. This means that space could be a whole lot bigger than we even think.
But how the Bible says the heavens and the earth. What an odd comparison? That is "heavens and earth heavens" We cant compare heavens with earth but Bible compares this small earth with all the heavens in the outer space.
Black holes
Stars, planets, asteroids and comets
Galaxies and quasars
We often refer to our expanding universe with one simple word: space. But where does space begin and, more importantly, what is it?
Space is an almost perfect vacuum, nearly void of matter and with extremely low pressure. In space, sound doesn't carry because there aren't molecules close enough together to transmit sound between them. Not quite empty, bits of gas, dust and other matter floats around "emptier" areas of the universe, while more crowded regions can host planets, stars and galaxies.
From our Earth-bound perspective, outer space is most often thought to begin about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level at what is known as the Kármán line. This is an imaginary boundary at an altitude where there is no appreciable air to breathe or scatter light. Passing this altitude, blue starts to give way to black because oxygen molecules are not in enough abundance to make the sky blue.
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No one knows exactly how big space is. It's difficult to determine because of what we can see in our detectors. We measure long distances in space in "light-years," representing the distance it takes for light to travel in a year (roughly 5.8 trillion miles (9.3 trillion kilometers)).
From the light that is visible in our telescopes, we have charted galaxies reaching almost as far back as the Big Bang, which is thought to have started our universe about 13.8 billion years ago. This means we can "see" into space at a distance of almost 13.8 billion light-years. But the universe continues to expand, making "measuring space," even more challenging.
Additionally, astronomers are not totally sure if our universe is the only one that exists. This means that space could be a whole lot bigger than we even think.
SPACE RADIATION INVISIBLE TO HUMAN EYES
The majority of space is relatively empty, with just stray bits of dust and gas floating around. This means that when humans send a probe to a distant planet or asteroid, the craft will not encounter "drag" in the same way that an airplane does as it sails through space.
In fact, the vacuum environment in space and on the moon, is one reason why the lunar lander of the Apollo program was designed to have an almost spider-like appearance, as it was described by the Apollo 9 crew. Because the spacecraft was designed to work in a zone with no atmosphere, it didn't need to have smooth edges or an aerodynamic shape.
In addition to the bits of debris that speckle the "emptier" regions of space, research has shown that these areas are also home to different forms of radiation. In our own solar system, the solar wind — charged particles that stream from the sun — emanate throughout the solar system and occasionally cause auroras near Earth's poles. Cosmic rays also fly through our neighborhood, stemming from supernovas outside of the solar system.
In fact, the universe as a whole is inundated with what is known as the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which is essentially the leftover radiation from the explosion mostly commonly known as the Big Bang. The CMB is the oldest radiation that our instruments can detect.
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DARK MATTER AND ENERGY
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There remain two giant mysteries about space: dark matter and dark energy.
While scientists have provided extensive evidence for the existence of dark matter and dark energy, they are each still poorly understood as, so far, scientists cannot directly observe them and can only observe their effects.
Roughly 80% of all of the mass in the universe is made up of what scientists have dubbed "dark matter," but it's not known what it actually is or if it is even matter by our current definition. However, while dark matter doesn't emit light or energy and cannot, therefore, be directly observed, scientists have found overwhelming evidence that it makes up the vast majority of the matter in the cosmos.
Dark energy might have a similar name to dark matter, but it's a whole different component entirely.
Thought to make up nearly 75% of the universe, dark energy is a mysterious and unknown force or entity that scientists think is responsible for the universe's ongoing expansion.
Smaller black holes can form from the gravitational collapse of a gigantic star, which forms a singularity from which nothing can escape — not even light, hence the name of the object. No one is quite sure what lies within a black hole, or what would happen to a person or object who fell into it – but research is ongoing.
An example is gravitational waves, or ripples in space-time that come from interactions between black holes. This was first predicted by Albert Einstein at the turn of the last century, when he showed that time and space are linked; time speeds up or slows down when space is distorted.
As of mid-2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration has announced three black-hole interactions and mergers detected through gravitational waves, in just two years.
The team found these three events in about two years, indicating that when LIGO is implemented at full sensitivity, the observatory may be able to find these sorts of events frequently, scientists said in May 2017. Should a bunch of these black hole events be detected, it could help scientists learn how black holes of a certain size (several tens of sun masses) are born, and later merge into new black holes.
Stars (like our own sun) are immense balls of gas that produce their own radiation. They can range from red supergiants to cooling white dwarfs that are the leftovers of supernovas, or star explosions that occur when a big one runs out of gas to burn. These explosions spread elements throughout the universe and are the reason that elements such as iron exist. Star explosions can also give rise to incredibly dense objects called neutron stars. If these neutron stars send out pulses of radiation, they are called pulsar stars.
Planets are objects whose definition came under scrutiny in 2006, when astronomers were debating whether Pluto could be considered a planet or not. At the time, the International Astronomical Union (the governing body on Earth for these decisions) ruled that a planet is a celestial body that orbits the sun, is massive enough to have a nearly round shape, and has cleared its orbit of debris. Under this designation, Pluto and similar small objects are considered "dwarf planets," although not everyone agrees with the designation. After the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in 2015, principal investigator Alan Stern and others again opened up the debate, saying the diversity of terrain on Pluto makes it more like a planet.
The definition of extrasolar planets, or planets outside the solar system, is still not firmed up by the IAU, but essentially astronomers understand it to mean objects that behave like planets in our neighborhood. The first such planet was found in 1992 (in the constellation Pegasus) and since that time, thousands of alien planets have been confirmed — with many more suspected. In solar systems that have planets under formation, these objects are often called "protoplanets" because they aren't quite the maturity of those planets we have in our own solar system.
Asteroids are rocks that are not quite big enough to be dwarf planets. We've even found asteroids with rings around them, such as 10199 Charilko. Their small size often leads to the conclusion that they were remnants from when the solar system was formed. Most asteroids are concentrated in a belt between the planets Mars and Jupiter, but there are also many asteroids that follow behind or ahead of planets, or can even cross in a planet's path. NASA and several other entities have asteroid-searching programs in place to scan for potentially dangerous objects in the sky and monitor their orbits closely.
In our solar system, comets (sometimes called dirty snowballs) are objects believed to originate from a vast collection of icy bodies called the Oort Cloud. As a comet approaches the sun, the heat of our star causes ices to melt and stream away from the comet. The ancients often associated comets with destruction or some sort of immense change on Earth, but the discovery of Halley's Comet and related "periodic" or returning comets showed that they were ordinary solar system phenomena.
Among the biggest cosmic structures we can see are galaxies, which essentially are vast collections of stars. Our own galaxy is called the Milky Way, and is considered a "barred spiral" shape. There are several types of galaxies, ranging from spiral to elliptical to irregular, and they can change as they come close to other objects or as stars within them age.
Often galaxies have supermassive black holes embedded in the center of their galaxies, which are only visible through the radiation that each black hole emanates as well as through its gravitational interactions with other objects. If the black hole is particularly active, with a lot of material falling into it, it produces immense amounts of radiation. This kind of a galactic object is called a quasar (just one of several types of similar objects.)
Large groups of galaxies can form in clusters that are groups as large as hundreds or thousands of galaxies bound together gravitationally. Scientists consider these the largest structures in the universe.
Romans 3:11–12
11 There is none that understandeth,
There is none that seeketh after God;
12 They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable;
There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:
1Kings8:30 Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive.
"Heaven", especially when capitalized, is a single place, generally spiritual or religious in nature, and typically referring to the afterlife
"the heavens" is similar to "the skies", and refers to the area far above the ground
As far as I can get it, capitalized Heaven stands for "paradise" and is sort of a proper name, so that it doesn't require "the".
"Heavens" in plural originates in ancient jewish religious ideas that there are several skies above us, not just a single one. See, e.g., in Paul, 2Cor. 12:2. So, "the" before "heavens" is used to indicate a specific known identity, an imaginary supernatural place where the God and all his divine superpowers reside.
But as far as I can see, "heaven"/"heavens" are somewhat interchangeable in English. E.g., Lord's Prayer in English uses singular: "Our Father which art in heaven", whereas in Latin version, it's in plural, "heavens": "Pater noster qui es in caelis", so that it's translated in some other languages, like Russian.
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