News headlines around the world have been screaming “the end of the world” in regards to the powering up of the CERN particle accelerator in Europe yesterday.
Many people I know have been on tender hooks waiting for the passing of this test to see if the world lives beyond this event - especially as there seems to have been valid safety concerns. And it seems that the anxiety of the whole thing has taken it’s toll in an ugly way.
A 16 year old girl was so freaked out by the event that she drank pesticide and committed suicide thinking that the world would end. My heart goes out to this little girl as she faced her fears during the last days of her life.
How I wished she knew the God of the Bible and realised that mankind, as dumb as it can be sometimes, will never be in a position to alter the destiny of the world as outlined in Scripture. Only God knows the beginning and the end of everything. Anyone grounded in Scripture shouldn’t have skipped a heartbeat about this experiment causing the world to end. God says:
“Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose” Isa 46:8-10
Before this planet was around, God knew the beginning and end of it. Think of it in this way. If you were on the side of the road watching a parade go by, you would see the beginning, the middle and eventually the end of it as time passed by.
But God is not like you or me. His vantage point would be like in the sky where He looks down and sees the start of the parade as well as the end - right before Him. He can confidently say that 20 minutes into the parade, a float looking like a monkey will pass you. Sitting at street level at the start of the parade and hearing God say this to you, you would need to accept this as faith - even though you can’t see the monkey float.
In a similar way, He has mapped out the history of the planet - from beginning to the end. And He has taken the time to document this and publish it - it’s called the Bible. And the Bible has the audacity of being the only “religious” document in the whole world of including vast amounts of prophecy. Some of which has been fulfilled, some of which is being fulfilled and some of which will be fulfilled.
Mankind is sitting at street level and watching history parade itself in a linear fashion. God has declared what will happen in the past, present and future - as only He is beyond time and can see the beginning and end in one glance.
And nowhere in scripture is a reference to mankind destroying the world before God accomplishes His purpose. I wish this little girl knew of this before she downed the pesticide that took her life. I wish her parents were grounded in scripture. I wish her parents knew Jesus - the ultimate accomplishment of God.
But they didn’t and she’s dead.
God is in control. Not man.
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