2021 A.D.: Physics: The Temperature of Outer Darkness...of Outer Space!
If the worlds and the stars were made for signs and wonders as the Bible says in Genesis, what about space itself? As you may know we display some examples on this site of how things in our solar system have the strangest correlations...sometimes stunningly exact mathematical correlations...with passages in the Bible. It appears, in fact, that 'the Word' really does hold all things together, and that all things in space march to the tune of the instructions given for them in 'the Word'. The axial tilts of the planets seem to have exact correlations to passages of the Bible. The diameters and rotational speeds and distances from the Earth to the Moon seem to have values that correspond to exact Bible passages. The heights of certain Biblically famous mountains of the Bible, in feet, seem to correspond to certain specific passages - at least in some cases. I began finding these things and was almost embarrassed to bring them up at first, thinking everyone would mentally consign them to chance and coincidence, but as I found an ever greater number of such things I personally came to believe there were so many that it could no longer be thought mere coincidence. It seems to me that the physical specifications for the Solar System correspond to relative passages in the Bible in too many instances.
Here's another one I noticed recently. In the Gospel of Matthew it speaks of 'outer darkness' several times. Matthew 8:12, 22:13, and 25:30.
11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 8:11 and 12. KJV
Or here is another instance:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Matthew 22:11 thru 13.
And here is the 3rd instance:
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 25:29 and 30
In outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. It's the bad place you don't want to end up in, per these trustworthy passages. Those people, those of us, not granted the grace and atonement needed for salvation through Jesus will be judged and end up there perhaps, in outer darkness. It's like being in space in a way, this notion of 'outer darkness'. That would be horrible...to end up banished into the darkness of outer space. It's very alone there, and very very cold!! The temperature of space appears to be confidently put forward by science as -454.8 F.
Per Wikipedia, "Outer Space":
The baseline temperature of outer space, as set by the background radiation from the Big Bang, is 2.7 kelvins (−270.45 °C; −454.81 °F).
That is cold beyond cold. If you throw a glass full of water into the air at -50 F. it freezes before it hits the ground. Imagine such a temperature as this. Imagine being in such a place, unable to die, yet experiencing the discomfort of such extreme cold!! It would be a terrible sort of torture. Freezing, alone, not in the company of Jesus or other believers. Of course the condition of the damned is normally describes as fiery, a place of flames, not freezing. But Jesus allowed this 'outer darkness' phrase to be in His Gospels, right?
But if your sins are forgiven by Jesus (and the Father placed all power and authority for such things in His hands) you WILL be forgiven your sins, and you may enter Heaven, not through merit, but through grace alone. Repent of your past sins, turn away from your present sins, be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and then follow the teachings of the Son of God, making a genuine effort to avoid future sins and you can be among His saved people. How does the Bible put it? Like this, in one spot:
"Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”
That is from Romans chapter 4 verse 8. Romans is the 45th book of the Protestant Bible. So it is Book 45, chapter 4, verse 8 of the Protestant Bible. A 45, then a 4, then an 8. And the temperature of outer darkness is, once again, -454.8 F. Kind of interesting, right?