Yesterday's sermon at Grace was the first in a series on “Felt-Board Jesus.” Meaning that in Sunday School and many other times in church we get a 2-D picture of Jesus. He was a nice guy and a good teacher. Well… yeah, but he was much more than that.

The message was about getting a fuller, 3-D image of Jesus. I say 3 dimensions is a good start but still, we are only getting a glimpse of who Jesus really is. In his message, Grant said that God created a 3-D universe. He created that, plus some. But let me back up for a second…

The New Testament seems to suggest that Jesus created the universe.

John 1: 1-3 says:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

And Colossians 1: 15-16 says:

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

The Universe and String Theory

Now, hang with me here. Astrophysicists tell us that the universe has at least 4 dimensions, the 3 that make up space and a fourth that makes up time that's where we get the term “space-time” which you'll hear if you watch enough Star Trek.

But, there is a relatively new theory called “String Theory” that is being used to attempt to bridge the gap between Einstein's General Relativity (how big objects move and operate) and Particle Physics (how tiny objects move and operate, and when I say tiny I mean real tiny. like the particles they think make up gravity and electromagnetism and the nuclear forces.)

I don't know a whole lot about String Theory but I do know that they need at least 6 additional dimensions to make it work. It makes my head hurt just trying to think about it.

So, we have Jesus, who actually exists outside of the universe and who created (or at least helped create) a universe that is at least 10 dimensional. We are apparently tied to operating in just 4 of those dimensions but what if Jesus had the ability to operate in all 10? Is that how he walked on water? Is that how he turned water into wine, healed the sick, raised the dead? I have know idea but I think it starts to give us an idea of how vast our universe is and more importantly how much more vast our Lord is.

3-D Jesus? Its a start.]]>