![]() ![]() ![]() Electrons are organized into shells, which is a region where an electron is most likely found. Electrons move around outside the nucleus. The nucleus carries a positive electrical charge. The nucleus of an atom contains protons and neutrons. The mass of a proton is 1840 times greater than the mass of an electron. The mass of a proton is essentially the same as that of a neutron. Protons and neutrons are about the same size as each other and are much larger than electrons. In other words, neutrons do not have a charge and are not electrically attracted to either electrons or protons. Electrons and protons are electrically attracted to each other. Like charges (protons and protons, electrons and electrons) repel each other. The charge of a proton and an electron are equal in magnitude, yet opposite in sign. Each proton has a positive electrical charge. Each electron has a negative electrical charge. Nuclear reactions, such as radioactive decay and fission, can break apart atoms. They do consist of parts, which include protons, neutrons, and electrons, but an atom is a basic chemical building block of matter. Further reading about atoms we see some of their basic characteristics are: Atoms cannot be divided using chemicals. The picture above depicts the helium atom, which has a nucleus (containing 2 protons/1/2 neutrons) and two electrons. Each element created by YHWH from the smallest to the largest was done by His design – and this is where I want to explore further. He enclosed all of these with a protective layer (the firmament) and sat metaphorically above on His heavenly throne to watch His children on the earth. As an artist, I like to explore pattern and design and looking at Creation in Genesis, we can see that YHWH used all His creative powers to produce an earth which has the heavens above and the pillars below (Job 9:6 – Who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble, for example) together with hidden depths where we might find Sheol (Proverbs 30:16 – Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, “Enough.”). ![]() He made the building blocks of Creation from the tiniest minutiae upwards. 19 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 17 God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. 16 Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth” and it was so. ![]()
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