Gods Sabbath

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E NTERING INTO G OD ’ S S ABBATH R EST

Beyond these immense distances, the universe stretches to in finitude, which means that everything astronomers have discov ered so far is only a minute portion of the whole. Despite our limited vision, present knowledge of the universe is vast enough to provide us with some concept of God’s infinite capacities. What a God is our God who spoke all these galaxies into exis tence by relying on His power alone, for there is no other source of energy apart from His. And yet, after expending so much pow er, God’s capacity is not in the least diminished. The contemplation of the wonders of the universe opens to our limited understanding a little of the tremendous ability of our Creator. The more we study such wonders, the greater will our concept of God’s capacity become. Another example of God’s creative capacity can be seen in His calling various life forms into existence. Our world is filled with numerous kinds of animal and vegetable, and the higher the or ganism, the more complex its structure and design. The human body, for instance, has an estimated 75,000,000,000,000,000,000 cells, which can be categorized into more than 200 different types. Each cell is a micro-world, containing various elements that not only maintain homeostasis within the cell, but also re spond to messages from neighboring and distant cells. Except in the case of certain diseases, these cells do not act independent ly, but maintain a living, working relationship with one another. In order to create such a complex organism, God did not set to work by systematically making each cell, and adding them one by one until the first human body was finished. Instead, the en tire design was formed in His mind, where He saw every cell in its rightful place. When He spoke, that design was implemented into a perfect, complete, and visible existence. No mistakes were made. No deformities of any kind appeared to mar the perfection of God’s creative handiwork. It was an incomparable achieve ment, far beyond the power of any other being.

Constant Maintenance

God is not only the Creator, but the Sustainer of all things. His power continually upholds all things in their order. Without this