Page 12 - The Glory in the Heavens

INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION

H ave you ever thought about the vastness
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of the universe in which we live? Perhaps

you have not given much thought to this

subject until now. Even if you have, one

can still hardly imagine the huge size of the universe.
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Let us try to explain how big it really is with an exam-
ple. What is the biggest width you can think of? The

distance from one side of the city you live in to the

other may seem pretty big to you. Alternatively, it may

well be that you have travelled all the way from the

east to the west of your country and couldn't help but

be amazed by how big it was. Some of you might have

travelled to distant countries. Nevertheless, always

keep in mind one important fact! Even if you travelled

all around the whole world, that would still be too tiny
to help you imagine the enormous size of the universe.

That is because the size the Earth occupies in the entire