August 7. The Point of Creation. So God created man in his own image. In the image of God,

he created him. Male and female, he created them. Genesis 1. 27. God made humans in his own image

so that the world would be filled with reflectors of God, images of God,

seven billion statues of God, so that nobody would miss the point of creation.

Nobody, unless they are stone blind, could miss the point of creation. Nobody, unless they are stone blind,

could miss the point of humanity, namely, God.

Knowing, loving, showing, God.

The angels cry in Isaiah 6.3,

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.

The whole earth is full of his glory.

It is full of billions of human image bearers, glorious ruins.

But not only humans, also nature.

Why such a breathtaking world for us to live in?

Why such a vast universe?

I once read that there are more stars in the universe than there are words and sounds that all humans of all time have ever spoken.

Why are there so many, so large, so bright, at such unimaginable distances?

The Bible is crystal clear about this. The heavens declare the glory of God.

Psalm 191.

If someone asks,

if Earth is the only inhabited planet,

and man the only rational inhabitant among the stars,

why such a large and empty universe?

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