The Immeasurability of Creation

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"About the time of the invention of the telescope, another instrument was formed," says Chalmers, "which laid open a scene no less wonderful, and rewarded the inquisitive spirit of man. This was the microscope.
"The one gave me to see a system in every star. The other leads me to see a world in every atom.
"The one taught me that this mighty globe, with the whole burden of its people and its countries, is but a grain of sand on the high field of immensity. The other teaches me that every grain of sand may harbor... the tribes and the families of a busy population.
"The one told me of the insignificance of this world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance, for it tells me that in all the leaves of every forest and in the flowers of every garden there are worlds teeming with life and as numberless as are the glories of the firmament.
"The one has suggested to me that beyond and above all that is visible to man there may be fields of creation which sweep immensely along and carry the impress of the Almighty's hand to the remotest scenes of the universe.
"The other suggests that within and beneath all that minuteness, which the aided eye of man has been able to explore, there may be a region of invisibles, and that, could we draw aside the mysterious curtain which shrouds it from our senses, we might see a theater of as many wonders as astronomy has unfolded; we might discover a universe within the compass of a point so small as to elude all the powers of the microscope, but where the wonder-working God finds room for the exercise of all His attributes, and where He can raise another mechanism of worlds, and fill and animate them all with the evidence of His glory."
"Lo, these are parts of His ways; but how little a portion is heard of Him? but the thunder of His power who can understand?" Job 26:1414Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? (Job 26:14).
"And unto man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding." Job 28:2828And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (Job 28:28).
But if you turn away from and reject the wonderful offer of mercy of His Son, Jesus Christ, then what must your end be? His judgment, awful and eternal, awaits all who refuse Him!
God, being holy, must punish sin, but we see the heart of this God of all creation revealed in the following verses: "But now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many." Heb. 9:26-2826For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:26‑28).
That is, He would bear the sins of all who believe and receive His offer of salvation. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31).