A Change in the Sky

From: Messages of God's Love: 1940

Psalm 102

As we look up at the sky on a clear evening and think that the moon and the stars have shone since the world began, we think they could never be changed. Yet in this psalm we read:

“The heavens are the work of Thy hands, They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax (become) old like a garment; as a vesture (robe) shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed.” Psalm 102:25, 26²⁵Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. ²⁶They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: (Psalm 102:25‑26).

These words are repeated in the New Testament, and other verses also speak of a change in the earth and sky. The change is not explained for us, but teaches us of God’s great power (2 Peter 3:10¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10)). John saw a vision of a new heaven and a new earth (Rev. 21:1¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (Revelation 21:1)).

But notice this psalm speaks of One Who does not change:

“But Thou shalt endure... But Thou art the same, and Thy years have no end.” Verses 26, 27.

When we read those same words in the Book of Hebrews, 1:12, we find this was spoken of the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, Who laid aside His glory with God, the Father, to come to earth to suffer, but returned to that glory, so His “years have no end.” When on earth He said that the prophets and psalms spoke of Him; He was the One promised. and written of in these psalms and other scriptures:

“Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” (See Luke 24:26, 27, 44²⁶Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? ²⁷And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:26‑27)
⁴⁴And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. (Luke 24:44)).

Our word, Christ, is the Greek form of the Hebrew word Messiah, whom Israel was to look for. It was because Jesus was One so great, that He can be the Saviour of all who trust Him. The Lord Jesus said:

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.” Matthew 24:35³⁵Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Matthew 24:35):

What in the sky is not pure in God’s, sight? (Job 25:5⁵Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. (Job 25:5)).

ML 12/01/1940

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