Can You Hear the Music?
In an announcement that electrified the world of physics,
scientists said (2/11/2016) that they have finally detected gravitational
waves, the ripples of space-time that Albert Einstein predicted a century ago.
Astronomers hailed the finding as an achievement of
historic proportions, opening the door to a new way of observing the
universe. “Until this moment, we had our
eyes on the sky and we couldn’t hear the music,” said a Columbia University
astrophysicist, a member of the discovery team.
“It’s really comparable only to Galileo taking up the telescope and
looking at the planets,” said a Penn State physics theorist.
Gravitational waves, first postulated by Einstein as part
of his theory of general relativity, are extraordinarily faint ripples in
space-time (Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2/12/2016). It was on November 25, 1915, that Einstein
announced to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin that “the general
theory of relativity is now complete” (Smithsonian magazine, 10/2015, p. 21).
From where did the design in the universe originate? Is there an original composer who directs the
“music” of the universe?
Albert Einstein has said:
“In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my
limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is
no God. But what makes me really angry
is that they quote me for support of such views.”
“My comprehension of God comes from the deeply felt
conviction of a superior intelligence that reveals itself in the knowable
world.”
“My religiosity consists of a humble admiration of the infinitely
superior spirit that reveals itself in the little that we can comprehend about
the knowable world.”
Einstein, one “seriously involved in the pursuit of
science,” became convinced “that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the
universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man.”
The eminent scientist recognized that the universe
reflects an intelligence behind it.
Though his concept of God may sound more pantheistic than personal, he
nonetheless described God as both spirit and superintelligence (Boone and
Cooper, Questions about God, 2009, pages 48-49).
Still another quote from Einstein: “Then there are the
fanatical atheists… They are creatures
who can’t hear the music of the spheres.”
Can YOU hear the music?
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above
proclaims His handiwork” (Psalm 19:1 ESV).
The Creator of the world is also the Heavenly Father.
The Heavenly Father wants YOU to be His child. Sin separates us from Him, but God loves us
so much that He gave His one and only Son to die on the cross for our sins
(John 3:16) so that we might have forgiveness (Ephesians 1:7), be added to His
family (Acts 2:41,47), and receive the gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23).
The Father will save those who place their faith and
trust in His Son (Acts 16:30-31), turn from their sins in repentance (Acts
17:30-31), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). He will continue to cleanse those who
continue to walk in the light of His Word (1 John 1:7).
“Listen” to the music of an intricately designed
universe. “Hear” the call of the Creator
as He invites us to relationship and eternal life through His Son.
Won’t YOU “follow the music” by trusting and obeying Him
today?
-- Allen Dixon (uncle) and David A. Sargent (nephew)
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