What about the Rocks

 

What About the Rocks

Stop! Stop! Wait a minute. Slow down and think. Forget about life for a minute. And try to explain rocks or even water. The non-living part of the universe far out numbers that which is alive. You are wanting me to believe that the rocks created themselves?

You say the world just broke off from some big cluster of matter and started spinning senselessly into this giant void? Have you looked at the earth? It’s round. Why isn’t it an awkward chunk? Oh, it has a few lumpy bumps here and there, but essentially it is round. And it is filled with all kinds of matter; all of the “matter” which is useful to you and me. I wonder why all of that is there? And the deeper parts that you may want to say make it not round, are filled with water. Water! the only other thing we need as desperately as we need the air and it covers most of the land we live on, completing its ‘round’ nature. And since there are more than two forms of life here, we have both fresh water AND salt water. And so, everything essential to life is growing or can grow right here. All of the life forms that live here also have their food supplies here and can live in the salt water; or live on the land and drink fresh water. Isn’t that handy!! And not one thing you look, a rock or a living thing, is simple. EVERYTHING is complex.

What is a rock??? A rock is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals. That sounds simple enough. And so, what are minerals? Here are some examples of minerals and their chemical formulas: Apatite [Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH, Cl, F)] Calcite (CaCO₃) Copper (Cu) Corundum (Al₂O₃) Diamond (C) Fluorite (CaF₂) Gold (Au) Graphite (C) Olivine [(Mg, Fe)₂SiO₄] Orthoclase feldspar (KAlSi₃O₈) Quartz (SiO₂) Silicon (S) Sulfur (S) Topaz [Al₂SiO₄(OH, F)₂]. This is not a complete list. It is just enough to make the point; minerals are not simple or rare, either. Where did all of these come from?

Using the big-bang, they always existed. Being unable to explain origins, this theory sidestepped the problem and said everything known to man always existed. The reasoning? Since the universe is expanding it must have been all together in one big ball at some time in the past. And so, that ‘ball’ must have contained all we now have. However, just because something is currently moving does not mean it has always moved. It only suggests that at some time earlier it began to move.

When God created this mass of rocks, everything was placed perfectly where God intended it to be. And at that time, it was not expanding. When sin entered so did death and the destruction of this universe and the expanse we now see. It was not a giant ball; it was a perfect universe. All of the lifeless ‘rocks’ we know see in the universe were once perfectly positioned to create the magnificent universe God intended. And there was life throughout the universe on multitudes of rocks just like the “rock” we live on. Maybe not human, but all kinds of animals and plants we could never imagine. God placed so much detail and complexity in everything He created so that there could be no question as to its origin. Men “choose” to deny God even though His signature is clear throughout the universe, even in the rocks.

Romans 1:20 or the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse….

Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.