A Close-Up Image Of The Sun

Photo courtesy of NASA.
The sun is the largest and brightest object in our solar system, and if we were to attempt to zoom in on it with a pair of binoculars or a telescope, the result would be rather unpleasant. But we don't have to try to get a close-up view of the sun on our own - the space-based SOHO Observatory has done it for us!

It boggles the mind to ponder the amount of energy that has been produced by the sun since its formation. For that matter, the human mind simply cannot comprehend the amount of energy produced by the sun in just one second! Our human existence on earth has created no appropriate frame of reference with which to compare it. Even the most powerful nuclear bomb on the planet can't produce an amount of energy even remotely close to that produced by the sun!

Now consider these facts: Our sun is just an average sized star in a single galaxy, and the universe contains billions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars! The massive amount of energy produced by all the stars in the universe in just one second is millions of times greater than the amount of energy ever produced on earth in the past plus all the energy that will ever be produced on earth in the future.

But there is something that is infinitely more powerful than all of the stars in the universe combined: the all-powerful God who spoke them into existence. And just as the amazing technology of the Soho Observatory has made it possible for us to see a close-up image of the sun without going blind, the boundless love and sacrifice of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has made it possible for us to some day look upon the very face of God as we bask in His presence.

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