(Posting early for a placeholder with some of the basic concept(s). Will come back to elaborate and polish up.)

We can’t even begin to fathom God. His immensity would destroy us in a fraction of a millisecond.

It’s actually by His grace that we are shielded from full revelation of Him. It would be like running 10,000,000,000,000 amps of electricity through a 1 amp breaker. (I’m not an electrician but I’ll Google and make a more accurate example). The entire thing would just blow up. It can’t handle it.

Let me attempt to illustrate just one aspect of God’s immensity: Think of the screen you’re reading this on. It’s most likely your cellphone. Now think of every part and component that goes into making that cellphone. Lets say: the screen, the battery, the camera, etc. Each of those are broken down into components. Now each of those components has a story. The factory they were made in, let’s say. The factory has an owner, and people that work there. Each of those people have a story. The food that they ate for breakfast has a story. The table they ate it on was made from wood that came from a tree that has a story. That tree came from a seed that has a story. Etc. Etc. Etc.

We can’t even begin to fathom or hold all of the details. But God not only holds all of those details, He holds every single detail of every single thing that ever existed from all time. He knows everything, always. Not only does He hold their current state, He holds the entirety of their past and the future states as well. Layers upon layers, bro!

This example of how God’s knowledge is so far beyond us, is an analogy to how His Holiness is so far beyond us. He is perfect beyond measure. He is good beyond measure. We weigh things according to such a small, limited scope. He measures by true justice. By true understanding. Eternally. Substantially. Inviolably. Not by our whimsy flimsy temporary perception and feelings of how we think things should be – His assessments are true and holy, based on how things actually are.

This is why athiests or agnostics miss the mark when they posture morally against God based on what they see from their limited vantage point (or based on whatever social media post currently has them emotionally unsettled). True, it’s hard to make sense of a lot of things. Why are some babies born sick? Why do people suffer? The answer for our intents and purposes is the reality of sin. But why doesn’t God just put an end to it? We don’t know, but it’s folly and pride to assume that we have a better angle at the issue than the God who created the entire universe and knows everything about everything in perfect wisdom and who judges with perfect righteousness. We go beyond our scope. We try to play judge, we try to put ourselves on par with the creator, when really we are the judged, the created. We refuse to sit in the seat that is fit for us.

The truth is, we can’t handle the truth. We can’t be God. The situation is too big for us. Praise God that there is a God. I don’t have to be God, I can trust Him to be God. Because after all, He is God. What a relief!

I think some of these people have high blood pressure because they think they need to be God. They themselves are the closest things they know to a God for themselves. Pretty stressful, if you ask me.