How GreatThou Art

“The heavens declarethe glory of God; andthe firmament shows

His handiwork.”

Psalm 19:1

Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning Godcreated the heavens

and the earth!”

Genesis 1:3

“Then God said, ‘Letthere be light;” and

there was light.”

Most Distant Galaxies - Hubble Deep Field

Psalm 33:6

“By the word of theLord the heavens weremade, and all the hostof them by the breath

of His mouth.”

Genesis 1:16“Then God made two

great lights: the greaterlight to rule the day, andthe lesser light to rulethe night. He made the

stars also.”

The Milky Way

Ancient cultures regarded theMilky Way as:

‘A splash of spilt cream.’

The Romans called it: Via Lactea

“The Road made of Milk”

The Milky Way

The Milky Way

“To whom will youliken Me, and make Me

equal and compareMe, that we should be

alike?”

Isaiah 46:5

Job 22:12“Is not God in the

height of heaven? Andsee the highest stars,how lofty they are!”

Psalm 147:4“He counts the

number of the stars;He calls them all by

name.”

How ManyStars are inthe Universe

70,000 Million, Million, Million

70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

70 Sextillion

The Solar System

“And take heed, lest you lift youreyes to heaven, and when you see

the sun, the moon, and the stars, allthe host of heaven, you feel driven toworship them and serve them, whichthe Lord your God has given to all thepeoples under the whole heaven as a

heritage.”

Deuteronomy 4:19

Sun“It would take seven million years of the

gross national product of the UnitedStates to pay for your local power

company to run the sun for one second -and it's just one of billions of stars in our

galaxy, which is just one of billions ofgalaxies in the known universe that God

has made!”

God is that big and powerful!!!

Canis Majoris

Mercury

Venus

Moon

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

“He alone spreads outthe heavens, and

treads on the wavesof the sea; He madethe Bear, Orion, and

the Pleiades…”

Job 9:8-9

Great Bear - Big Dipper - Ursa Major

Orion

Orion’sNebulae

Horse headNebulae

Cat’s Eye

Pleiades

Andromeda

Whirlpool Galaxy

Sombrero Galaxy

“Indeed My hand has laidthe foundation of the

earth, and My right handhas stretched out the

heavens; when I call tothem, they stand up

together.”

Isaiah 48:13

“Ah, Lord God! Behold,You have made the

heavens and the earthby Your great power and

outstretched arm.There is nothing too

hard for You.”

Jeremiah 32:17

Why arethey upthere?

Let’s bringit closerto home

“Have you not known? Have you notheard? Has it not been told you from

the beginning? Have you notunderstood from the foundations of

the earth? It is He who sits above thecircle of the earth, and its

inhabitants are like grasshoppers,Who stretches out the heavens like acurtain, and spreads them out like a

tent to dwell in.”

Isaiah 40:21-22

Earth

“When I consider Yourheavens, the work of Yourfingers, the moon and the

stars, which You haveordained, what is man thatYou are mindful of him, and

the son of man that You visithim?”

Psalm 8:3-4

The PaleBlue Dot

“Look again at that dot. That’shere. That’s home. That’s us. Onit everyone you love, everyone youknow, everyone you ever heard of,every human being who ever was,lived out their lives…on a mote ofdust suspended in a sunbeam!”

Carl Sagan

The Pale Blue Dot

The greatestwonder of

all time

The Greatest Wonder of All

“For as high as the heavensare above the earth, so greatis His love for those who fear

Him; As far as the east is fromthe west, so far has He

removed our transgressionsfrom us.”

Psalm 103:11

Whirlpool Galaxy – X Factor

“Long before you decidedwhat you were going to do

with God, God decided whatHe was going to do with you –that was to not give you what

your sins deserved, but togive His Son what your sins

deserved, and to give you thegift of Himself and an

invitation to live forever!”

Jesus is comingsoon…

Are you ready?