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“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years” (Genesis 1:14).
Have you ever realized that time did not always exist? You and I find it hard to imagine living without the idea of time to measure what we do, since we have always lived in a world of time. But it did not always exist. When God rearranged this world and made it ready for man to live on, He created time, and made things like the sun and the moon to regulate time. The sun shines during the day, and the moon at night. But the cycle of the moon around the earth takes approximately one month, and the earth takes one year to revolve around the sun. In this way we have days and nights, months, and years. But then the Lord took one week to remake this world. Because of this, we measure a week of seven days. It was God who gave all this to us.
As we get to the end of this year, it is good to remember that God created time, but that after God has created new heavens and a new earth, there will be no more time. Eternity will stretch on and on, without any time to measure it. Where will you spend eternity?
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