A HEAVENLY GRANT! Now that's BIG!
Is there a heavenly recession?
Absolutely not! The definition of the
word recession is "to withdraw or back
up." God, our heavenly Father,
spoke
the universe into being with two
words: "LIGHT BE." Light travels at
186,000 miles per second. Do the
math: 186,000 miles per second x 60
seconds = 11,160,000 miles per minute
x 60 minutes = 669,600,000 miles per
hour x 24 hours = 16,070,400,000
miles per day. IN ONE DAY! And it's
still expanding at the speed of light!
Let's look at Genesis 1:1-3 in the AMPC:
Apostle Paul wrote the answer
in his
letter to the Hebrews, so let's turn to
Hebrews 10:38 (AMPC):
38 BUT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH
[MY RIGHTEOUS SERVANT SHALL LIVE
BY HIS CONVICTION RESPECTING MAN'S
RELATIONSHIP TO GOD AND DIVINE
THINGS, AND HOLY FERVOR BORN OF
FAITH AND CONJOINED WITH IT]; AND
IF HE DRAWS BACK AND SHRINKS IN
FEAR, MY SOUL HAS NO DELIGHT OR
PLEASURE IN HIM.
Now let's check out the Bible
definition of
the creative force of God
in Hebrews 11:1 in the AMPC: "Now
faith is the assurance (the
confirmation, the title deed) of the
things [we] hope for, being the proof
of things [we] do not see and the
conviction of their reality [faith
perceiving as real fact what is not
revealed to the senses]."
Don't put hope down! No, no! Get your
hopes up!
Hope is faith's blueprint! It's
God's precious covenant promises
upon which you and I stand by our
faith in God's WORD, which is His
bond!
The answer we are looking for is in the
great Hall of Fame of Faith in Hebrews
11:1-40. The answer is Hebrews 11:3
(AMPC):
3 BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
WORLDS [DURING THE SUCCESSIVE
AGES] WERE FRAMED (FASHIONED, PUT
IN ORDER, AND EQUIPPED FOR THEIR
INTENDED PURPOSE)
BY THE WORD OF
GOD, SO THAT WHAT WE SEE WAS NOT
MADE OUT OF THINGS WHICH ARE
VISIBLE.
1 IN THE BEGINNING GOD (PREPARED,
FORMED, FASHIONED, AND) CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
2 THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM AND
AN EMPTY WASTE, AND DARKNESS
WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE VERY
GREAT DEEP. THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS
MOVING (HOVERING, BROODING) OVER
THE FACE OF THE WATERS.
3 AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT;
AND THERE WAS LIGHT.
Years ago, in a rabbi's office, I read a
Hebrew translation of these verses
that said, "Elohiym [plural] said,
'
LIGHT BE—LIGHT WAS.'" It wasn't until
four days later
that our sun was
created. Notice, the Spirit of God =
OUR GOD = was moving, but nothing
happened until
the King of the
universe said it!
"Brother Copeland, what does all of
that have to do with me?"
Wait a minute, and I'll show you. The
