Thursday, July 9, 2009

The universe: The size of a marble?

One of the more intriguing scenes of a movie that I have seen belongs to Men in Black. If I remember correctly, every galactic player is seeking after a jewel that has enclosed within it a universe capable of endowing upon its keeper great powers. It's not hard to imagine why a nasty, Grizzly sized cockroach would want to own it! As the movie comes to a close you should recall this famous zoom-out scene from the streets of New York:




I thought it was brilliant that an enormous alien hand would be playing marbles with something so... cosmic! There have been a number of zoom-out scenes that have come along since then that are equally awe-inspiring. The video shown below probably took a number from MIB seeing as the universe ends in the shape of a marble here as well. This begs the question and boggles the mind: "Exactly what is beyond the edge of the universe? Nobody but God knows but whatever it is, we can be assured that the lame line at the end of the clip that the narrator gives is correct: "It's really, really big!"


Amidst all this splendor and grandeur sit we in a pile of dust and yet it has pleased God to tabernacle (live) amongst His people. David, who never knew of such things in the universe yet knowing God's love was able to proclaim in Psalm 8:

3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet.

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