I was excited last week to see the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter the evenings of March 1 and 2, but it rained. Oh, well ... I’ll have to wait another year. With the cool nights, the waxing moon has been exceptionally bright with the next full moon on March 7. Hey, that’s tonight! And it should be a clear evening! The moon is a wonderful example of God’s glory and proof of His creative work. Apollo astronauts placed laser reflectors on the moon in 1969, and scientists were first able to measure the distance from the earth to the moon accurately. They discovered that the moon is receding from the earth at the rate of about 1.49” per year. That means that the moon was 1.49” closer to the earth last year, and 12 ½ feet closer a century ago. The closer the moon gets to the earth (in the past), the faster the downward spiral, the greater the ocean tides, the faster the rotation of the earth (the day) and … So, how could the earth/moon be 4.6 billion years old? It could not. Psalm 19:1, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”
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