ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Akosi 28, 2017

“Kuo lelei ‘aupito”

Senesi 1:31

Pea na‘e ‘afio ‘a e ‘Otuá ki he me‘a kotoa pē kuo ne ngaohi, pea tā kuo lelei ‘aupito . . .

Genesis 1:31

Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it  was very good . . .

Komeniteli ‘a Keni Hausia

Commentary – R. Kent Hughes

‘Oku ‘i ai e taimi ‘oku ou tomu‘a kamata ‘eku lau Folofolá mo ‘eku lotú, ‘aki ‘eku fakakaukau loto ki he faufaua ‘a e lahi ‘o e ‘univeesí - ko e kalakesio ‘e tahá, ‘oku ‘i ai ha ngaahi fetu‘u ‘e taha kilu miliona, pea ‘oku taha kilu miliona ‘a e lahi ‘o e ngaahi kalakesió mo honau ngaahi fetu‘u ‘e taha kilu miliona, pea ko e kalakesio ‘oku tau ‘i aí, ‘oku fe‘unga hono fālahí mo e ta‘u maama ‘e teau, pea ko e vā mama‘o ‘o e ngaahi kalakesió  ko e ta‘u maama ‘e 3 miliona. ‘Oku taumama‘o fau mo fakaofo!

Ko e laine ‘uluaki ‘o e Fuakava Motu‘á  ‘oku pehē mai, “i he kamata‘angá na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘a e ngaahi langí mo mamani” (Senesi 1:1).  Pea ‘i hono fakataha‘i ‘o e ongo fo‘i lea ko ení, - langi mo mamani – ongo me‘a fehangahangai, pea ‘oku ‘uhinga leva ia, na‘a ne fakatupu ‘a e me‘a kotoa pe. ‘A ia, ‘e malava pe ke ke lau ia ‘o pehé ni, “ ‘i he kamata‘angá, na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘a e ‘univeesí”. Pea na‘á  ne pehē, “kuo lelei”. Pea ‘ikai ngata aí, ka ‘i he kakato ‘o ‘ene fakatupú , na‘a ne folofola ‘o pehē, “kuo lelei ‘aupito”!

Sometimes I begin my personal time of prayer and devotion by reflecting on the mind-boggling size of the universe – that a little galaxy has 100,000 million stars, that there are 100,000 million more galaxies each with 100,000 million stars, that our galaxy and each of those galaxies is a hundred light years across, and that there are 3 million light years between each of those galaxies. Absolutely phenomenal and amazing.

The opening line of the Old Testament says, “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Now when it juxtaposes two words – heavens and earth – two opposites, it means he created everything. So you could really read that as, “in the beginning God created the cosmos.” And then he said it was good, but he said even more than that. He said it was very good.