Considering the Heavens...

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Considering the Heavens...
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• When I consider your heavens,the works of your
  fingers,the moon and the stars,which you have
  set in place,
• what is man that you are mindful of him...?
• Many people see the vastness of space and wonder
  if there is a God, and, if He is there, why He
  should care about us?

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• Is there evidence in the heavens of Gods love
  for us?
• Or is this all just a vast,dead, space withouta
  hint of the loveand care of theGod of the Bible?

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• We will consider the creation from the first
  heaven(our atmosphere)...

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• to the farthest reaches of the second heaven (the
  cosmos)...
• ...and see just how mindful of us He is

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Considering the Atmosphere...
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• Our gravity is just enough to keep this thin
  layer of gases above us.
• Any more gravity means a heavier atmosphere with
  more deadly lighter gases staying here
• Less gravity and we cant hold onto oxygen and
  other life gases
• Why, its like gravity is just right. Hmmm...

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• The atmosphere is 20 oxygen.
• Less? Humans arent here
• More? Everything burns a lot faster, and our
  bodies die earlier
• Its like we have just the perfect amount. Hmmm...

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• The thin invisible ozone layer keeps us alive.
• Less, and we roast in ultraviolet light from the
  sun.
• Too much and we dont get enough of the suns
  life-giving energy through to the surface
• Seems to be justthe perfect amount.Hmmm...

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• Carbon dioxide in our atmosphere acts like a
  blanket and keeps us warm.
• Any less, we freeze.
• Any more, we fry in a runaway greenhouse effect.
• Why, we seem to have just the right amount.
  Hmmmm...

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• Lightning strikes...
• If any more,too many fires
• If any less,not enoughnitrogen wouldget
  fixed
• Seems to be just right. hmmmm...

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• Water vapor...
• Want more?You get a runawaygreenhouse effect
• Less? life on land wouldsuffer from meager tono
  rainfall
• Seems to be just perfect. Hmmm...

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• Our slow 24-hour rotation keeps our winds perfect
  - even hurricane force is low - our temps nice
• Faster or slower and life is no fun
• Hmmmm...

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• Our liquid center gives us a magnetic field which
  protects us from the deadly solar winds...
• Some solar wind can sneak in at the poles and
  give us the aurorae...

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• a constant, visible beautiful reminder of our
  magnetic fields protection.

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• Apparently, we have a perfect atmosphere!

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Considering the Moon...
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• The Moon has slowed us,kept us steady,given us
  tides,stabilized our orbit...
• Without it,life could not exist.
• Apparently, we have the perfect satellite.
• Hmmmm...

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Considering our Neighbors
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• Venus, closer to the sun, has...
• an atmosphere so heavy with carbon dioxide its
  like being a km under water
• a surface temp around 900F
• a cloud cover made of sulfuric acid
• no water

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• Mars, smaller farther out, has almost no
  atmosphere, and its water reservoirs are
  essentially frozen, so there is no life-giving
  water cycle...

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• But its a happy planet!
• Apparently we arethe perfectdistance fromthe
  sun for life.
• Hmmmm...

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Considering Jupiter Saturn
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• Jupiter and Saturn are at the perfect distance
  to...
• leave our orbit alone, but also...
• protect us from nasty, earthbound comets and
  asteroids...

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• For example, in 1994, Jupiter captured an
  incoming comet and ate it like it has done many,
  many times before

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• These dark plumes wherethe comet parts hit are
  bigger than the Earth!

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• We still get hit by the big ones occasionally,
  but not nearly as often and always at the perfect
  time.
• Apparently, we have the perfect big brothers out
  there.
• Hmmm...

big rock,bad day
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Considering the Sun
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• Our sun is the perfect size,mass,brightness,
  and generation for life. Anything else, were not
  here.

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• Our sun is a bachelor, a single star. Most
  stars have at least one other companion. If the
  sun had a buddy, we would not be here.
• Apparently we have theperfect star. Hmmm...

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Considering Other Stars
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• Our sun wasnt born near other big and
  destructive stars like these four here in the
  Orion Nebula...

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• The Trapezium Cluster are clearing away
  planet-making material from their siblings.
• No planets, no life.
• Hmmm...

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• Sun-sized stars eventually go out in a blaze of
  glory.
• The sun will, too, a long time from now...

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• But humans were puthere at exactly theright
  time tocompletely avoidthis inevitablescenario.
  
• Its as if we got stuckon a perfect
  planetcircling a life-giving starwhich has
  theperfect life-cycle.Hmmm...

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• Many stars are bigger than our sun. They live
  much faster and die much younger...

betelgeuse
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• and when they die they go BOOM! scouring clean
  everything within hundreds of trillions of miles.
• We have no big starry neighbors.

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• As to these explosions called supernovae
• - too close, life is exterminated
• - too far, not enough planet-building debris
• - too frequent, life goes bye-bye
• - too infrequent, no planets
• Supernovae are perfect, too? Hmmm...

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Considering our Galaxy
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• We live on the only streetin our galaxy which
  allows life...
• Closer to the nucleus, we get supernovaed,
  radiated to death, and thrown out of a stable
  orbit by other stars.farther, no planet-building
  material.

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• We live in the perfect type of galaxy for life,
  the spiral.
• Spiral is perfect for life. Elliptical not
  so.

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• FREE FACT!
• Our Mormon friends claim that we came from Kolob,
  a planet in the center of the galaxy.
• No can do! Theres a big fat black hole there!
• Nothing survives this place.

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• It appears we are located in the perfect place
  within the perfect type of galaxy. Hmmmm...
• Can things get any better?!

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Considering the Universe

• We live in a cluster of galaxies like this, but
  at the safest place - the edge!...
• At the edge, spirals survive. How?

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• Living in the nasty inner placesleads to...
• Collisions!!!
• and/or...

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• Cannibalism!
• Either way,no life.

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• Worse! Clusters can collide with clusters to
  produce the most massive things ever seen!

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• Its as if we live in the perfect galaxy in the
  perfect part of a perfect cluster in the perfect
  part of the universe.
• Hmmmm...

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Considering Everything

• Considering...
• Our atmosphere,
• Our Moon,
• Our neighbors,
• Our Sun
• Our Galaxy
• Our place in the universe
• And many other things not even mentioned...

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• Many scientists are seeing for the first time
  that Somebody must be behind it all.
• And because manyscientists are seeingdesign
  everywherethey look...some are seeingthe
  Designer.
• And are being drawn into the Third Heaven - the
  presence of God.

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Considering the Third Heaven

• If this whole universe is flooded with design,
  then maybe the Bible is correct, they say.
• If the Bible is correct, so are His promises to
  take care of us and fill us with abundant life
• If He has so meticulously taken care of this
  Whole Place, how much more will He take care of
  you, for whom He sacrificed Himself?

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• Whats better thanHim taking care of us now?
• Some day we will becaught up intothe other
  dimensionsof the Third Heaven,in a New
  Creation,where Hes prepared a place for us,to
  spend eternity with Him.

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