Thursday, September 12, 2019

How Long Did it Take God to Create the World
Darrell G. Young
Sept. 10, 2019

If God created the world; as the Bible plainly states: How long did it take God to create the World?
This question has been debated & theorized about for thousands of years.
Cosmologists insist that because of the vastness of space and the relative speed of light; that the universe must be billions of years old. In fact the great vastness of Space is due to the fact that God “stretched” out the heavens; and in so doing created the appearance of eons of light years!
Many theologians will suggest that the world is approximately 6-10,000 years old; and that God created it in just 6 days!
Still other commentators suggest that there was a Gap between the initial creation process and the finished product. Some even support the Big Bang theory and a type of Theistic Evolutionary oversight over a long period of time.
But all of these educated guesses miss the mark entirely. They do not take fully into account what the “Creator” himself has said about how long it took to make the world, and all the things that exist!
The simple answer is: It took God absolutely “NO TIME” whatsoever to make all that exists in our universe! Yes; you read that right, it took God No Time at all! None!
Psalms 33:6-10 indicates that by the mere power of the Word of God, and upon his audible pronouncements, it came into existence!
Hebrews 11:3 indicates that God did not even need pre-existing matter to produce his designs!
Oh, I know full well that Genesis One conveys the idea that God created the world in 6 days. But these 24 hour creation-modules that would later become designated as “Days” were pre-designed for mankind’s affinity for judging time.
Time did not exist until God finished his great 6-Phased construction project! In fact, God is beyond time and space; and in reality invented our concept of dimensional time! God was not, and still is not confined to our dimension of time-progression, distance, nor even to our universe of matter and energy!
In fact, everything God brought into existence in his grand Construction Project was designed upon completion to be a perfect habitat and environment for mankind to Live in.
Isaiah 45:18 For this saith the Lord that created the heavens, (space) God himself that formed the Earth, and made it, he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited! (By man)
Only the Earth was so prepared! And God did all this outside of TIME!
Then just before God created Man, and planted him upon Earth, he formed the Sun, the Moon & the stars for Light, and also placed them perfectly for enabling the calculation of TIME by man.
Sir Issac Newton, the great scientist; once postulated; “the reason I know there is a Creator, is because “Motion” has been imputed into everything in the cosmos.” Everything moves with great precision and can be calculated in its circuits.
Thus, when God completed his 6-stage pronouncements of Space, Matter, Light, habitat for men and provided the Stars; he stepped back; inspected it all for accuracy and goodness; then He gave it all MOTION, MOTION! Motion begat Time! Then TIME began! Time has been ticking ever since; and Time will continue until God stops it!
How long did it take God to create the world?
NO TIME AT ALL / HE’s GOD! He dwells in the non-dimensional realm known as ETERNITY!
Perhaps; you should consider the hope of enjoying Eternity with God, when your time on earth expires.
Pastor: Darrell G Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
Do Angels Appear to People Today?
Darrell G. Young
Sept. 11, 2019
There is an increasing interest in angels today. In fact, there seems to be more interest in Angels than interest in God, who created the Angels! We know that God created angels, and He uses angels in His plan.
From a casual reading of Scripture, a person might get the idea that angelic appearances were somewhat common in the ancient world, but that is not the case. The first appearance of angels in the Bible is in Genesis 3:24, when Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden. God placed cherubim to block the entrance with a flaming sword. The next noted angelic appearance is in Genesis 16:7, about 1,900 years later.
However, these two records of angelic appearances don't take into account the prospect of "Fallen Angels" visiting Earth in the pre-flood era and manifesting themselves in bodily form to "take and use the daughters of mankind" for the devious plot to contaminate the "seed-line" of Adam to produce the Promised Seed of the Woman. (Genesis 3:15)
Abraham was visited by God and two angels in Genesis 18:2, when God informed him of the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The same two angels visited Lot and instructed him to escape the city with his family before it was destroyed (Genesis 19:1-11). These angelic visitations occurred about 300 years after the Great Flood.
When angels appear, those who see them are often struck with fear (see Judges 6:22; 1 Chronicles 21:30; Matthew 28:5). Angels deliver messages from God and do His bidding, sometimes by supernatural means. In every case, the angels point people to God and give the glory to Him. Holy angels refuse to be worshiped. On the other hand, Fallen Angels will engage any admiration, so beware!
God is still as active in the world as He has always been, and His angels are certainly still at work. Just as angels protected God's people in the past, we can be assured that they are guarding us today. Hebrews 13:2 says, “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” As we obey God's commands, it is quite possible that we may encounter His angels, even if we do not realize it.
In special circumstances, God has allowed His people to see His unseen angels! But it is very rare! It is rare today, because God expects us to Live by Faith, and grow in that faith!
We must always heed the warnings of Scripture concerning angelic beings: there are fallen angels who work for Satan who will do anything to subvert and destroy us. Galatians 1:8 warns us to beware of any “new” gospel, even if it is delivered by an angel. Colossians 2:18 warns against the worship of angels. Every time in the Bible when men bowed down before angels, those beings firmly refused to be worshiped. Any angel who receives worship, or who does not give glory to the Lord Jesus, is an imposter. Second Corinthians 11:14-15 states that Satan and his angels disguise themselves as angels of light in order to deceive and lead astray anyone who will listen to them.
We can take courage in the knowledge that God's angels are at work. In special circumstances, we might even have one of those rare personal visitations. Greater than that knowledge, however, is the knowledge that Jesus Himself has said, “Surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Jesus Christ is beyond all angels and all humans, and He alone is worthy of our worship.
Hebrews 1:1-4 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4. Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Focus On Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry