On Creation, a Synopsis

The psalmist wrote: The heavens declare the glory of God.

Today he might add: All nature declares the glory of God.

Why? Well, at the time Psalm 19 was written, humankind had not been aware of the Creator’s instructions written upon genetic strands of DNA, nor had we been able to read the fingerprint-like identity of all matter by means of spectroscopy.

With these two advances of science — the ability to read DNA and to identify every substance in the universe — we humans can now see that God our Creator provides us a complete blueprint with which we can identify every bit of living organism and every bit of inanimate matter. In brief, all of the stuff of the universe — be it human or beast, be it fish or fowl, be it reptile or insect, be it Giant Sequoia or diminutive clover, or be it rock or swirling cosmic gas. The Creator’s catalog of pieces, parts, and designs. It’s all there for us to see.

And this is probably why the Apostle Paul left us these thoughts:

Romans 1:19 — For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

And:

Romans 1:20 — For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

And let us not overlook these final words: so that men are without excuse.

Without excuse for what? Well, that’s made clear by the next verse: For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Now consider this question: what do rocks, buffalos, ice cubes, and the Sun have in common?

Being subject to the laws of nature, each of these is continuously recycled. Continuously!

So in all of creation, nothing is wasted. Everything is and continues to be.

We calls this phenomena “cycles.” The petrologic cycle (rock), biologic cycle (living organisms), hydrologic cycle (water), and astronomic cycle (stars, galaxies, and beyond).

And where we have cycles, we have recycles.

Of most recent attention is the astronomic cycle. Easy to visualize. Think supernova. We now perceive the life cycle of a star: birth, growth, maturity, aging, death.

We see fascinating Hubble photographs revealing post-supernova and pre-star formation. Swirling dust and gases destined to become new stars.

So “creation” offers DNA instructions, spectroscopy fingerprints, and discernible cycles. Everything identified. Everything in motion. Everything used not once, but countless times. And we humans have the unmitigated gall, the audacity, the insolence, to consider ourselves the equal of our Creator! Woe the day we are recycled — still arrogant, still unwilling to humble ourselves!