Could heaven have it right?

I love to see new places, places I haven't been before. A new country, a different city, the people of that country all fascinate me. The great adventure of discovery is alive and well in this old pastor!

One place I'm looking forward to visiting is heaven itself. In fact I already have a condo there and hope to see it soon. There are brief glimpses of this place throughout scripture. One that fascinates me is in Revelation as John tries to describe what he sees,

Rev. 4:⁹ Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

¹¹ “You are worthy, our Lord and God,

to receive glory and honor and power,

for you created all things,

and by your will they were created

and have their being.”

The picture is one of active and intentional worship of God by those around him. Whoever these elders are they worship God, giving him worth, because he created all things and because he sustains the creation he made. Praise for God's creation work is the theme of these 24 elders.

What a contrast this is to our day when the culture around us credits time and chance with creation! The secular world lauds evolution as the cause of life while in heaven the elders praise God and declare that he made it all. What a fascinating contrast this is! It's clear that these are two very different views of creation and the universe. It's clear that only one can be true.

Could it be that others have more knowledge about creation than we do? Could it be that God really did make it all? At least everyone in heaven thinks he did. Haven't they heard of evolution? Don't they read Dawkins? Don't they know that science has "proven" evolution to be true? Apparently not! In heaven there is universal consensus that God made everything and he's praised for it.

In the first book of the bible God tells us he created everything. In the last book of the bible he's praised by the hosts of heaven for the creation he made. Could it be that science is wrong? Could heaven have it right? Apparently we don't know as much as we think we do....maybe praise to the one who created everything would be the perfect response.