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Does God Rule Over the Entire Universe?

 

According to Judeo-Christian theology & biblical texts, God DOES INDEED rule over our entire Universe. God created all things, from the biggest things to the tiniest particle. It is thru him that all things both work & hold together. 

He is Sovereign, which means he has TOTAL authority & control. His sovereignty is different than a worldly Sovereign, for Almighty God is in complete control of all eternity. Worldly Sovereigns get old & die eventually. God was & is & is to come. The Lord is timeless; he adheres to no actual system of time. In other words God exists outside of time & space. This why he’s Omnipresent or everywhere at the same time.

            Yet if God is in absolute control than why was Jesus captured, tortured & killed when there could have been a thousand angels waiting on his call to come down and stop the crucifixion? Nothing prevented Christ’s death because it was God’s deliberate plan & foreknowledge. All that Jesus went thru had to take place per God’s plan to save us from our sinful selves.

            “Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your fame, O Lord, throughout all generations.”

Psalm 137:13 NKJV

 

“The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all [the universe].” – Psalm 103:19 AMP

 

            God sustains and rules the universe primarily through the immutable physical laws He has established, which govern all natural phenomena* and human behavior. In addition to this, the Lord retains the power to intervene via miracles. All authority, whether human or spiritual, is subject to God’s will. He is described as having complete control over history, nations, and individual lives, ensuring that nothing occurs outside His permissive or direct will. That would mean that all earthly and heavenly authorities are subject to God’s will. Jesus Christ is the unrivaled sovereign who upholds all things by His power, possessing the keys of death and Hades, and ruling over both the physical and spiritual realms. Almighty God is the ultimate ruler of everything in existence. He created it and He rules over it. The universe may seem extremely large in comparison to the earth itself, but to God, the universe is simply something else He has created and has control over. Until next time, serve the Lord by imitating Christ.

In His Name & for His Glory,

RL Keller

Bread of Life Ministries

*An occurrence, circumstance, or fact that is perceptible by human senses.