This post is Part 2 of 2 parts, see previous post for Part 1.
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Let’s look at this “round” as envisioned by a Blogger named S. Dot Faux (Fox)
“The creation room, if you could call it that, was dark and filled with just a hint of obscure smoke. Some angels preferred to call the location the "rec" for recreation room. After all, “re”-creation was about to happen. In a way, (one could say) creation was one eternal round.
Angels lined the room's perimeter with their eyes fixated on the gigantic table in the "center." The table was filled with dynamic object balls in a high-energy state. The balls were racked perfectly and specifically for this round. The balls were fusing into an intense singularity, and were in the process of shrinking. The buzz in the room suddenly became quiet when God walked into the room with (God’s) (own) deluxe carry(ing) case.
The anticipation was thick. No angel was sure what God would do. How could they? Even as they watched God's movements, no one was quite sure what they saw.
God went to the table and opened (the) carry(ing) case. Some thought they saw God lift out a two-point compass. Others saw a three-piece (billiards) cue being quickly assembled. The brand name was GODHEAD, but others thought they saw TRINITY. Whether compass or cue, whether one brand or the other, the tool was assembled into a powerful unified whole. The angelic audience could sense all the potential energy.
God chalked-up the tip, and then approached the foot of the table. (God) set the cue ball down, and then adjusted (the) grip. (God’s) stance was perfect. God then announced to the angels, "Let there be light." No time was wasted. The tool struck the cue ball just above its center and at top speed the cue ball hit the (number) 1-ball flush; yielding an entire transfer of force.
Several of the witness angels exclaimed in unison, "Nice break!" Others said, "Great follow through." One thing for sure: it was a big bang.
The foreheads of the angels glistened as the room heated. Particles and antiparticles exploded from the singularity, and the room even seemed to expand.
A young angel in "Beginning Physics" (more formally known in heaven as Genesis Physics) blurted, "I think I saw a God boson." (The Higgs boson ["the God particle"] is a massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no known fundamental scalar particles in nature.) Nearby angels with more experience put their fingers to their lips and made a "SHHHHHH" sound. The young angel got the message.
Quarks and antiquarks scattered everywhere, but they showed a slight asymmetry. Also flying in all directions were leptons and antileptons, especially electrons and positrons.
Photons (light) were emitted when particles collided with antiparticles. The angels put on their sunglasses, and frankly they looked as "cool" as the room was slowly becoming.
In fact, the angels were getting a little nippy. Soon, quarks combined in threes to produce protons and neutrons. With further cooling, atoms of deuterium started to form. Further collisions and cooling produced advanced elements, and these elements created molecules, and these molecules formed gasses, and gasses condensed to form solids.
Then, the angels witnessed God stick (a) finger on the table and do some stirring. After some time had passed, the table was filled with black holes. So many particles were rushing into those holes that the angels wondered whether the round would be over with a single stroke.
There were six stirs. The directions, velocities, and masses of particles were altered with each stir.
After the sixth stir, God announced to the angels, "My work here is done. Let nature takes its course. Observe and report when necessary."
As God left the room, the angels were left to wonder whether everything else on the table was now determined. The game seemed over, but the angels did not realize that the game was just in its initial stages.
The angels expected all the particles to disorganize, and most did. But, there were evolving pockets of energy and in some of those places matter became more complex. In one corner of the table there were dinosaurs. The angels gasped at those wonderful giants. (Short pause for breath)
It seemed like an eternity, but the angels continued to watch. Eventually, nearly everything seemed to be swallowed into the black holes. Not much else was happening.
Then, just as all the excitement seemed to be lost, God walked into the room again.
"Rack 'em up," God ordered. "I want another round."
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http://mormoninsights.blogspot.com/)
4. So, Why is this philosophical and theological mumbo jumbo I have ventured out into, important to us tonight? I could ask how is the concept of God, as Alpha and Omega, connected to the ongoing work of God in this world, which God created, - loves, and redeems. Let’s think about for a moment why our God who is beyond measurable time and space, who proclaims in the Revelation of John to be in and through all things, that is, the beginning and the end, the Alpha and Omega, would even begin to understand our frail humanity and the difficult passages of mortal time we must endure. I have difficulty wrapping my mind around this concept. One could argue from scripture or life experience the reasons why. But, let me simply state, emphatically, that I have a spiritual testimony of the unconditional, immeasurable and all inclusive love that is God. I believe with all my heart that the human Jesus who walked physically among our spiritual ancestors is also the God of the Cross who walks with us today, often weeps with us, and ultimately rejoices with us through each human experience. Throughout his messianic mortal ministry we see Jesus in an ever encompassing state of humility and humanity. In the four gospels, Jesus is revealed as the Son of God whose true and eternal glory is hidden by a veil of human flesh, as the Son of Man. In the Gospels, Jesus hungers. He thirsts. Jesus suffers. And he bleeds from every human pore. When our Jesus died upon the cross, we see him in his most humble state, torn and bloody, bearing the punishment of God for our sins, on and in his own flesh. But the Gospels do not end with the cross and Jesus’ humiliation. The Gospels end with the account of the physical resurrection, the empty tomb, and Christ’s spiritual exaltation. The Christ we meet in the Book of Revelation is not the carpenter’s son. Nor is he the humble and suffering Jesus of Nazareth. The Jesus we meet in the Book of Revelation is the Christ, the Risen and Exalted One who is Lord of his church, the highest among all priests, the Creator of this One Eternal Round, who encircles us in complete and total love during all mortal beginnings and at all human endings.
Endings:
Again, I struggle with this concept; I can not even begin to fully understand the smallest aspect of the physics and metaphysics that God is part of and yet even beyond. The meanings behind Alpha and Omega are so broad that I spent days in prayerful confusion as I attempted to bring these words to you tonight. So, allow me to borrow someone else’s words as written by Vanessa Sheridan to wrap my simple human heart and mind around God’s never ending love:
“I continue to be amazed by the inability of the heart to fluently
And openly speak its mind;
We are too often prisoners if our own lack of capacity to articulate
What our innermost selves desperately long to
Breathe into space.
Our souls seethe with passions so profound that they cannot easily –
Perhaps never –
Be uttered by our oh-so-human tongues.
Our spirit cries from the very depths of our being,
“Help me say what I really feel!”
And yet, we remain trapped within the confines of our finite language
And our socially derived
Barriers of convention and propriety;
We cannot seem to break free of the arbitrarily imposed bonds –
Shackles that
We have purposely or perhaps even unwittingly placed
Upon ourselves –
And so we live quietly in our pain,
And our secret longings remain silent, unknown by anyone
Other than our most private selves
And the One who created us.
You are the God who comes to us
and meets us as we are.
In your presence we discover the freedom for which our souls cry
Out.
You are the God who gives us life
and who enters into that life in wondrous, amazing ways.
You are the God of music, of prayer, of preaching,
of the Gospel of Liberation.
You are the God who comes to us when we cry alone at night,
and who laughs with us in our joys.
You are the God of white, straight, rich, Euro-American people,
Some of whom have attempted to co-opt your gospel truth and
claim exclusivity for it —
But we know better.
We know that you are also the God of black and brown and red
and yellow
and Gay and Lesbian and Bisexual people,
And people who are poor,
and people who simply hurt,
All of whom you love passionately, fiercely, and tenderly
With a love that refuses to ever let us go.
You are truly the God of diversity,
Who created the stars and red hair and mother’s milk
And puppies and sunsets –
Yes, and Transgender people too.
You are the God who gives us hope
and liberation from this world’s oppression,
And You are the God who will always love us
With a love that is indeed everlasting and incomprehensible in its
completeness.
Yes, You are God and we are Your people.
May we bless you and each other without ceasing. [Forever and ever]
Amen, and amen.”
(page 262 “Shaping Sanctuary: Proclaiming God’s Grace in an Inclusive Church”)
