But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. Ps 115:3
Dan2:28,37, Isa 34:4, Ps 19:1-3
As we read through the exile books of Nehemiah and Ezra the phrase “the God of Heaven” appeared over and over, and not just in the mouths of the Israelites, but in gentile kings and leaders.
In Daniel we see this again as both Daniel proclaims it is the God of Heaven who is the revealer of mysteries and as Nebuchadnezzar is humbled by the Most High God and acknowledges Him as the King of Heaven.
Not identified as a national deity or cult figure, the God of Heaven, with a domain that has no boundaries, is thus also the God of all the Earth.
And while it is impossible for us to look past the heavens, we are assured that God will one day roll up the Heavens like a scroll and will reveal all things that are now hidden.
I was inspired by the woodcut below, thinking at our attempts to comprehend the heavens and how humans have struggled to understand our place in the cosmos. For the piece I chose both ancient astronomy pieces and charts from the Apollo 11 voyage. The key hole, which represents the unknown, is off center hinting at our inability to even guess at the right place to go for answers, much less get them.
“Of that place beyond the heavens,” wrote Plato, “none of our earthly poets has yet sung, and none shall sing worthily.” Undaunted by Plato’s warning, artists sought to depict what might lie past the sphere of the cosmos as this well known woodcut illustrates…The sun, moon and stars—the known celestial bodies—appear within the arch of the heavens. Outside are unfamiliar orbs, turbulence and the machinery that moves the universe
-David Ulansey
