The above title just dropped into mind within seconds of awaking at 6.50am as I gave my day to the Lord. Mulling that over just before reading today’s Sanctuary diary, that ‘drop’ expands into ‘Jesus is the Resurrection-Radiance of God’s Glory!’

Since the reprise of He is Risen! – Time and Quantum effects in Jesus’ Resurrection, followed by a new post with video links relating to The Shroud of Turin I’ve wanted to write this to plug science into scripture, especially following subsequent Saturday Men’s Breakfasts started to study the Book to the Hebrews – and now ‘God-incidentally’ AS I TYPE, this song on the subject of my focus – and the link to which I’d already inserted at a mid-point of this new post as my very first action – begins to play on this pc:

Nearly 30 years ago I highlighted this awesome declaration in Hebrews in my then new NIV Insight Bible purchased for ministry training:

Moreover, in his quoting prophet Jeremiah’s hearing the Lord’s instruction as a potter moulded clay, David Strutt profoundly likens it to his actions in creating a painting:

‘If the clay inspired the prophet and he has troubled to explain to us what he saw, so indeed it may speak powerfully to us as a prophetic illustration. If we have seen the potter’s skilful hands coaxing a thing of beauty out of a chunk of mud, so we can see that God acts so (emphasis mine). I have never made a pot but I do paint and, when I do, it arises from a vision I have seen in my mind’s eye.’

He goes on to explain how he endeavours to bring forth the vision into reality, but on occasions something may not work and so needs erasing with turps.

Thus, today’s mediation confirmed what was in my own mind: that modifying the original ‘drop’ by combining ‘Resurrection’ with ‘Radiance’ is not out of order.  I’d indeed heard well and it was and is again being expanded, now into a triple ‘R’:

‘Jesus is the Resurrection-Reflection-Radiance of God’s Glory!’

In Part 2 we connect this into scientific findings…