3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.ĢPet. 3:8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.ĢPet. 3:7 But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.ĢPet. Likewise, Peter declares that when God's program for earth reaches conclusion, God will destroy the His first Universe: 2Pet. 21:2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. Man rules over all (not just some) of the works of God’s hands, which precludes the possibility of other life existing outside of Earth.įinally, once the Lord returns to Earth and reigns in HIs kingdom, then the entire universe is destroyed according to scripture: Rev. 8:6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands 8:5 Yet You have made him a little lower than God,Īnd You crown him with glory and majesty! 8:4 What is man that You take thought of him,Īnd the son of man that You care for him?

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained 8:3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, Next, the Bible says that man rules over all that God has made: Here again, the Bible states that the heavenly testimony is a declaration for man’s sake. 19:6 Its rising is from one end of the heavens,Īnd its circuit to the other end of them Īnd there is nothing hidden from its heat. It rejoices as a strong man to run his course. 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber In them He has placed a tent for the sun, 19:4 Their line has gone out through all the earth,Īnd their utterances to the end of the world. 19:3 There is no speech, nor are there words 19:1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God Īnd their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. These objects have no purpose outside of man on Earth.īeyond the reasons given in Genesis 1, the Bible says the universe testifies to man concerning to the glory of God: Psa. They exist to provide use for God in communicating to mankind. Pastor Armstrong explains these reasons in detail in his Genesis study, but in summary all three reasons point to man. Notice the three reasons the Lord made all celestial bodies in the universe: signs, seasons and days and years. 1:18 and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness and God saw that it was good. 1:17 God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 1:16 God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night He made the stars also. 1:15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth” and it was so. 1:14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years 1:13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day. All other celestial bodies besides Earth are merely adornment of man. Don't believe me? I defy you to read this and act like you haven't been mean at least once.The Bible teaches that the Earth is the only place in God’s creation where life exists since all things in the universe were created specifically for man. You can be the nicest person in the world and a little bit of meanness will occasionally sneak out. Men, women, boys, girls, kids – we're all mean sometimes. I'm not going to say we're all secretly mean girls, but we do mean things.

All things done without reason