A few minutes ago I was keeping track of one countdown and reading about another. The final lift-off of Space Shuttle Endeavor appeared to be flawless. Harold Camping's wrong-headed countdown to the Lord's return is without merit.
Watching the space-ship vanish into the sky I was reminded of all that had led to the ability that allows people to fly into and live in Space. My memory recalls John Glenn, Gus Grissom, and Sputnik. Smart, dedicated people a concept, a piece, and a launch at a time made this possible. They were inspired by words like these from President Kennedy, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Mr. Kennedy and the scientists and technologists who made space travel possible were/are working on the basis of a mandate of God--"[S]ubdue [the earth]; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (Genesis 1:28)
Mr. Camping, and all those who claim to know what the Lord ,Himself, has said is unknowable are clearly and arrogantly wrong. (See also Matthew 24:36 & Acts 1:7) It is an example of we humans pursuing what we cannot catch. There are limits to what we can know by our own observation, what we can do by our own efforts, and fix by our own ingenuity. "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever. . . ." (Deuteronomy 29:29)
I rejoice in the skill, thought, and daring that has allowed us to explore the fringe of space--the fringe on our side--but I am appalled at the hubris of those who claim to be able to do what God says they cannot.
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Will Jesus return this Saturday. I am tempted to say, "Absolutely not!" I would like to think that high on God's agenda is the need to show people like Camping for the ____ (you supply the word) they are. I would like to do that, but if I did I would be doing what Camping has done.
More to come.
It's STTA.
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