Psalm 93:1-2 "The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.2 Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting." (ESV)
These verses tell us something both about God and Reality.
1. Concerning the biblical view of God He is presented as the sovereign Creator and King of the universe who is robed with majesty and power.
2. He is presented as an eternally reigning king (Pointing to God being eternal and outside of time).
3. We can ascertain from these verses that the King of the universe is not to be equated as one in the same but yet separate and transcedent from His creation. If pantheism is true it would be awfully difficult for the Creator and reigning Sovereign to also restrain the "movement" of the universe considering He Himself would also be "restrained" from the same deteriorating cosmological factors.
4. There is also a metaphysical (Reality) point being made in that it presents the universe being sustained and held together by the sovereign LORD. (Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3)
Helpful Definitions: Taken from http://www.carm.org/dictionary.htm
Metaphysics: The branch of philosophy involved with examining and discussing the ultimate nature of reality. The term comes from "meta" which means "after" and "phusika" which means "physics."
Pantheism: This is an identification of the universe with God. With this view there is a blurring of the distinction between the Creator and the creation as well as an attack upon the personality and nature of God. Pantheism tends to equate God with the process of the universe and states that the universe is God and God is the universe. This is not true because God is the creator of the universe (Isaiah 44:24) and therefore separate from it.
Cosmology: The study of the origin and structure of the universe.
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