Consider the Heavens
Minderhoud uses recent astronomical events—the near-miss of asteroid DA14 and a meteor explosion—as a springboard for reflecting on God's sovereign governance of the cosmos. The article emphasizes how the orderly movement of heavenly bodies demonstrates God's sustaining power and reminds believers of His final judgment, connecting physical phenomena to theological truth about divine providence.
On February 15, a 130-foot wide asteroid, named DA14, raced through Earth's atmosphere at some 17,200 miles above its surface -- a close shave in astronomical terms. Although first observed in 2012, the asteroid has been circling the sun with an orbit similar to that of Earth. Consequently, its orbital path at times will intersect very close to Earth's orbital path around the sun -- as it did earlier this year, resulting in the "close" encounter. Coincidentally, earlier that same day a...
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