REACH TO INFINITY - Robert A Ginskey - July 1977

Robert A Ginskey

Since the dawn of history, man has marveled at the mystery and grandeur of the heavens. On a clear night, our own galaxy, the Milky Way, can be seen as a star-studded ribbon circling the sky. The familiar constellations-Orion, the Pleiades, the Big Dipper- probably look the same to us as they did to ancient civilizations long since perished. But what secrets lie hidden in the celestial realm of outer space? And what is man's place in the cosmic scheme of things? To the writers of the Bible, the heavens were awesome testimony to the Creator (Ps. 19: 1). According to Job, it was God who spread out the heavens; who made Arcturus, Orion, the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south (Job 9:8-9). "When I consider thy heavens," mused David, "the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him?". (Ps. 8:3-4.) In New Testament times, the apostle Paul expressed the same awe and wonder (Heb. 2:6). Yet somehow, in our hurried and harried twentieth century life, the heavens no longer seem to inspire quite the same feeling of reverence toward the Creator. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library