The Aether & "Space"
About this sermon
In “The Aether & Space,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about biblical creation, faith, eternal life and hope. Drawing especially from Proverbs 25, Jeremiah 31, Romans 11, Romans 1, the teaching emphasizes that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.
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Odle focuses on biblical creation while working through Proverbs 25, Jeremiah 31, Romans 11. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on biblical creation while working through Romans 1, Hebrews 1. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on God’s commandments. The message argues that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Job 22. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on biblical creation. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that fasting is presented as a discipline of humility, focused prayer, and renewed dependence on God. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on God’s commandments. The message argues that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life. It connects this with the conviction that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on biblical creation. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that a durable Christian life must be built on Christ, sound doctrine, and obedient response to Scripture. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on biblical love. The message argues that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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Lord calls us to be Christians who trust your presence your power your anointing Your Glory you promised Your Glory would be a guard around us even our rear guard that you would protect Lord anything sneaking up from behind Lord let us be a people that live and dwell in your glory in your presence in truth in righteousness we want to walk with you Lord we want to hear your voice we want to truly know that you are our refuge and our Fortress and our deliverer we want to be in your Shadow Lord that close that we're in Your Shadow and Lord I pray this today in Jesus name amen and amen you may be seated this morning we welcome our little group here at fire and Grace Church and those of you out there watching we are in part seven of the series on biblical creation biblical cosmology today we're going to delve even deeper um this one I have entitled The Ether and space uh we're going to find out what space is it's not uh it's not the fairy tale you've been given by movies like gravity or Star Trek or Star Wars uh or NASA um it's not that we're going to find out what what it's all about uh but anyway let's get into it today again part seven the series on biblical Creation The Ether and space I want to go back and reread because this has kind of been uh the basis for this we're covering this seven-fold or seven part aspects of the whole creation this is a prophecy from The Book of Enoch Enoch one and this is Enoch 92 12. it says and afterwards in the seventh week a perverse generation shall arise abundant shall be its deeds and all its Deeds perverse definitely the time we're living in during its completion toward the very end that is the righteous shall be selected from the Everlasting plant of righteousness the Everlasting plan of righteousness is referred to in the book of Isaiah as Jesus we know that's the Lord Jesus the Messiah God Almighty our creator in the flesh and he says that certain righteous ones will be selected from the Everlasting plant of righteous and to them shall be given the seven-fold doctrine of his whole creation so that's what we've been talking about and I asked the Lord after looking into this what those would be and I felt these seven he gave me the shape and layout of the Earth the firmament the Sun the Moon
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the Stars the ends of the Earth and the ether and we're going to find out of course the term ether is not in the Bible we'll see that it is there the principle is there because the Bible talks about things that God created both visible and invisible so we're going to talk about those things we've already covered the shape and layout of the earth we've covered the firmament we covered the Stars last week we're going to cover the ether this week probably going to get into the stationary Earth and the movement of the Sun and the Moon next week a little bit more and then finish up with the ends of the Earth and I'm going to address the Pastor what's his name Mike Winger I'm gonna address Winger in the days ahead uh with his little cat and his little black rim glasses I'm gonna address him uh but not today we gotta move on here so let's look at some scriptures today we're going to go through those most of those first but like I said this is going to be a long one this is a this is going to be a science class today but true science see this is what folks need to understand Born Again Christians that believe the Bible and biblical cosmologists or flat earthers or whatever you want to call us we're not against true science all right there is true science and there is pseudoscience there is Goofy made up nonsense like we talked about last week with the Stars and how they calculate try to calculate the distance to the stars and all that but there is true science so we're going to talk about some of that today especially light how light works what light is pretty important stuff but let's let's read these verses here Proverbs 25 3 this is something that you need to get a hold of it says the heaven for height and the Earth for depth and the Heart of Kings is unsearchable somebody say unsearchable all right meaning they will never know the height of the heavens they will never know the depth of the earth they don't know so if they tell you they know God said that they don't know that this is going to be unsearchable just for instance the deepest hole ever dug Russians what seven eight miles deep that's it that's the deepest hole anyone's ever dug on the face of the Earth okay yet they want to tell us that the Earth is some kind of molten core how do they know they don't know well we see lava coming up well you know I have a different view on that I think that's hell spitting stuff out on the Earth but we'll deal with that later but there is a hell beneath us and there is a lake of fire there all right but it's not what they say all right
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here's another one Jeremiah 31 37 thus saith the Lord If Heaven above can be measured right oh it's a hundred million light years ago no it's not you don't know what you're talking about it cannot be measured it says in the foundations of the earth searched out beneath eight miles can't do it can't go any further no one's gone any further no one will try I'm sure he says I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done saith the Lord so the Lord said if you can measure Heaven and the foundations of the Earth can be searched out you can find the foundations of the earth then I will forsake Israel well we know the Lord didn't forsake Israel because we fast forward and what did God say in Romans 11 1-2 and 25 and 26 all the way to the end it says I say then hath God Cast Away his people God forbid for I am also an Israelite of the Seed of Abraham of The Tribe of Benjamin God hath not Cast Away his people which he foreknew meaning the original ethnic genetic Jewish people Hebrew people he did not cast them off for I would not Brethren that you should be ignorant of this mystery lest you should be wise in your own conceits he says that blindness is in part happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles become in well when's the fullness of the Gentiles coming in at the very end of the age at the second coming of Jesus Christ so this takes us God's not going to say he's not going to forsake his people all the way to the end of the age therefore they will never be able to measure out the heights of the heavens or the foundations of the earth and if they tell you they got it all figured out and mapped out that's a lie and we know they don't so let's keep going y'all understanding this all right more scriptures so let's look at some of this right here uh Romans 1 20. again one of the reasons why the truth of creation from the Bible is very important topic to uh preachers should be talking about should be preaching Bible schools should be teaching this stuff because uh the proof of creation the things that we can see the things that we can prove the things that are in the Bible that we can confirm and show these things make them without excuse but let's read this it says for the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen now this is very important you need to remember this verse today because we're going to be talking about The Ether it's pretty much invisible most of the time unless it interacts with something that's already made and then we can see it I'm going to show you that in a minute you will see the ether when we zoom in on the moon in a minute you will be able to see it all right but if the moon if you weren't looking at the moon you wouldn't be able to see it you're seeing it and the moon's kind of
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lighting it up for you but anyway it says for the invisible things somebody say invisible things that was pitiful there we go for the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made you know I want to say this I believe God wants us to understand some of these mysteries of creation you're going to understand it today some of these things more than you ever have before it says even his eternal power and godhead so that they are without excuse and then we see Colossians 1 16-17 for by him speaking of this is referencing to Jesus Christ if you read the verses before and after this is Jesus so for by him by Jesus Christ were all things created that are in heaven and that are in Earth visible and invisible right somebody say visible and and invisible whether they be Thrones or dominions or principalities or Powers all things were created by Him and for him and he is before all things and get this and by him all things consist remember that by him God his presence his power all things consist they're held together all right they're kept together just remember that and he is the head of the body the church who is the beginning the firstborn from the dead that in all things he might have the preeminence so Jesus is the preeminent one now let's keep going y'all don't mind this do you all right acts 17 24 through 31 here the Apostle Paul is preaching to some unsaved people now I would say that Paul knew how to win unsaved people to Jesus and if creation wasn't important then Paul would not have mentioned creation while he's preaching to the men of of Athens all right and to the stoics and the epicureans right let's read this so Paul in his preaching to them says this to them God that made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of Heaven and Earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands neither is worship with men's hands as though he needed anything seeing that he giveth to all life and breath and all things and hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the Earth and this is one from Mike Winger and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation the boundary the limits of their habitation and we'll deal with that next week or the week after on the ends of the Earth and that they should seek the Lord if happily they might feel after him and find him though he be not far from every
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