If you are tired of 2008 and anxious for 2009 to start you will be frustrated to hear that the "official time keepers" have added one second to 2008. Read this article about it, "2009 to Arrive Not a Second Too Soon."
It reminds me that in the sermon Sunday I mentioned that I have a whole message on time. Here is a quick overview.
Time is a tool for God. God does not need time. In Genesis chapters one and two God created everything. That includes time. At Genesis 1:2 we find God reforming the creation into a format that we recognize today, though it is marred by sin at this time and was not at its initial re-forming. In Genesis, God made day and night, the sun moon and stars. These have been the basic tools for us to create a framework for time in our minds.
Interestingly, these tools tell us more than the date and time (roughly). They also tell us about the history of the universe. For instance, if the earth is rotating slower each year, how fast was it rotating one million years ago? Could it actually rotate that fast and hold together? How did faster rotation effect previous generations of living beings?
God is not ruled by time, but rules time. Time is a tool that he uses to accomplish his purposes. In Psalm 90 we are told to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Time is a tool that God is using in his redemptive plan to draw us to himself.
If you are not too brain dead on this Christmas break, think about how the relativity of time, the substance of time, gravity, and God's ability to be outside of it all fits together with the notion of God creating time with a purpose. It is a bit of a brain twister, but it gives us a glimpse of how big God is, and how his perception is so different from ours.
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