This is a recent picture captured by the Hubble telescope of what is known as the Butterfly Nebula. The wings of the butterfly are actually gases that are escaping from this dying star. The wingspan of this planetary Nebula stretches for about 2 light years wide or a mind blowing 1,341,233,258.4 miles. The gases that have escaped from this star are ripping through space at a speed of about 600,000 miles per hour. Traveling at that speed, we could reach the moon in just 24 minutes. This amazing star is 23,514,501,492,734,432 miles away from planet Earth.
I think about the picture of God’s holiness that Isaiah saw at the beginning of his ministry in Isaiah chapter 6. Imagine the grandeur of the Temple. There was nothing like it. It was huge. It was glorious. You could not help but think about the majesty of God as you entered the temple. In Isaiah’s vision, the seraphim’s angelic song echoed off of the canyon-like walls of the temple as they sang “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
The more that we learn about the vastness of our Universe, the deeper the echo of Holy, Holy, Holy should resound. His vastness cannot be contained within our Universe, but yet His love reaches down to me in the most intimate of ways.
Let the vastness of God’s glory echo off of the walls of your Temple, your body. Let His robe fill your temple. Let your life constantly sing Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty. The whole earth and beyond is filled with His glory!
