Unseen

 

  Ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witness unto me                                                                    Acts 1:8

Look at it! Think of it! A hundred and twenty men and women having no patronage, no promise of any earthly favor, no endowment, no wealth—a company of men and women having to get their living by common daily toil, and busied with all the household duties of daily life and yet they are to begin the conquest of Christianity! To them is entrusted a work which is to turn the world upside down. None so exalted but the influence of this lowly company shall reach to them, until the throne of the Caesars is claimed for Christ. None so far off but the power of this little band gathered in an upper room shall extend to them until the whole world is knit into a brotherhood! Not a force is there on the earth, either of men or devils, but they shall overcome it, until every knee shall bow to their Master, and every tongue shall confess that He is Lord.

A thing impossible, absurd, look at it as you will, until you admit this—they are to be filled with the Holy Ghost. Then difficulties melt into the empty air. Then there is no limit to their hopes, for there is no limit to their power. Their strength is not only “as the strength of ten,” it is as the strength of the Almighty.

This is Christ’s idea of Christianity; the idea not of man—it is infinitely too sublime—the idea of God!

                                                                Mark Guy Pearse

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

No visible trace of the Holy Spirit is more visible than the loving presence of those who host it. It is the word manifest in a human host.

Unseen

I normally will not mention authors, books or articles in my posts. This is an exception. The author is Dr. Michael S. Heiser who published a book called  "The Unseen Realm". The subject of the unseen realm is a place where few dare tread or offer their thoughts for fear of criticism. There are often things that happen that we cannot explain but cannot deny. There are times when we feel the unseen hand of God or have things happen that defy any explanation in the world of the seen and physical reality we live in. At times it even tests our sense of sanity. "Did this just happen" or "How do I explain This". Even scientists such as Einstein confessed to things they could not explain. Some even say we live in a kind of hologram. The big thing right now is the missing matter that h olds the galaxies together. Why then is the idea of the unseen world so far fetched? "Blessed is he who believes but has not seen." (John 20:29)  This is a reference to those that have not seen but believe in Christ. If you are one of these believers then you believe in the unseen world. If you believe in Eden then you believe in the unseen world. 

I have gotten many comments when I post some of my collection of images of the wonders of the universe. I have long loved the Creations of our Lord God. It is beyond our reach and in many ways beyond our full understanding or comprehension just how immense and complicated this universe is. Did you know that we are not capable of seeing the full extent of the universe even if we had a telescope or instrument to see as far back in time and space as it is possible to see? Our universe is so large that light from the farthest regions has not had the time needed to reach us. Amazing!!!! Here are a few of the wonders we can see.

The galaxy group Abel 1060 in the constellation Hydra. the large spiked object is a star that was over exposed.

The massive galaxy group Abel 2218. The spiked spots in this image are the only stars. Most everything else is a galaxy. The curved streaks are from background galaxies. The galaxy group is so large it bends the light from object we cannot see to form the streaks. They are what astronomers call "lensed images" because the galaxy group acts as a giant lens to magnify the background object.

AM 0500-620 consists of a highly symmetric spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on and partially backlit by a background galaxy
 

Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365

Inter acting galaxy pair Arp 87

This is Arp 147. The galaxy on the right apparently collided with the galaxy on the left and lost the center of its disk in the process. Amazing!!!!

That will do it for this post. If you enjoy this kind of post let me know and I will do more of them. Until next time, God bless and Keep you safe. Remember to always "Love The Details."