The Heavens Proclaim His Glory: A Spectacular View of Creation Through the Lens of the Hubble Telescope

By Thomas Nelson

“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”  Abraham Lincoln

Our world displays the handiwork of God all around us—in the land and sea, the animals and the plants. But in respect to the sky, the heavens, the universe…there’s a realm of beauty and creation man has not been able to witness, until now.  The Heavens Proclaim His Glory is a compilation of stunning photography taken by NASA’s Hubble® Telescope capturing striking images of stars, galaxies, cosmic events, planets, and more. Vivid up-close photographs are paired with a romantic Psalm or quote, as well as a short description of the image. The Heavens will open up a whole new world of worship and praise for our God. 

Contributors include: Francis Chan, Mike Huckabee, John MacArthur, Stephen Mansfield, Sarah Young, Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado, Henry & Richard Blackaby, Robert Morgan, Kirk Cameron, Homer Hickam, and more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Sep 5, 2010
• ISBN: 9780529124326

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WORSHIPING THE GOD

who created it all

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As you turn the pages of

The Heavens Proclaim His Glory,

be prepared for your heart to soar into

the stratosphere of space,

worshiping the God who created it all.

ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ

Did you know?

One light-year is six trillion miles.

The milky way galaxy is 100,000 light-years across.

(That’s 600,000,000,000,000,000 miles.)

There are about 350,000,000,000 galaxies in the universe.

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NASA, ESA, and the hubble SM4 ERO Team

‘Tis there—

Beyond the reach of earth—

That ever draws my heart away…

To wonder at the universe;

To think, to watch;

To dream, to pray.

KEVIN HARTNETT

Jet in Carina

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NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STSCI)

Light Echoes from

Red Supergiant Star

THIS IS A NOVA-LIKE VARIABLE STAR

WITH SURROUNDING LIGHT ECHO.

IT IS 20,000 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY AND

13.7 LIGHT-YEARS WIDE.

IN THE BEGINNING

GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS

AND THE EARTH.

GENESIS 1:1

Silently one by one, in the infinite

meadows of heaven,

Blossomed the lovely stars,

the forget-me-nots of the angels.

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

THE GLORIOUS DAWN OF GOD’S STORY BEGINS with the simple statement that in the beginning of time and space, God was already there. He is eternal. He is not bound by time or by space. Which means He is fully present in every age, in every generation, in every corner of the Universe . . . fully present on planet Earth and on the surface of the moon . . . fully present yesterday, today, and tomorrow . . . fully present with you and with me. EXCEPT FOR ONCE, when He "made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!"

ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ,God’s Story

Contents

Cone Nebula

Saturn Aurora

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

Nebula M2-9

Hubble

Carina Nebula

Galaxy Triplet Arp 274

M100

The Antennae Galaxies

Asteroids

Jupiter

Venus

Star V838

Omega Centauri

Star Cluster

Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717

Saturn Aurora

Hoag's Object Galaxy

Pluto

ARP 148

Beta Pictoris

Black Hole

Grateful Acknowledgment

Cone Nebula

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NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA), and The Nicmos Science Team (Univ. of Arizona)

Then God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth; and it was so.

GENESIS 1:14–15

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