Sunday 12 November 2023
Why the coming apocalypse is the best news
Genesis Ch.8:21NIV"The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “NEVER again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though a every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And NEVER again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done."
The Lord JEHOVAH Will never destroy (nor will he permit anyone to destroy) his earthly Creation. Especially the human race. JEHOVAH'S Messiah the Lord Jesus Christ will return to usher in a glorious millennium in which the promise of peace on earth announced by Holy Angels at his birth will be fulfilled.
Luke Ch.2:12-14NIV"“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth PEACE to those on whom his favor rests.”"
This peace is not the enforced quiet that passes for peace in the less unfortunate parts of our global civilisation. JEHOVAH Has higher standards than that.
Isaiah Ch.55:8,9NIV"“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
9“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts."
The coming kingdom of JEHOVAH is not going to be a police state characterized by a peace maintained by the threat of armed violence.
The examiner of hearts himself will be the guarantor of humanity's enduring peace and security.
Psalms Ch.37:7-11ASV"Rest in JEHOVAH, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.
9For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for JEHOVAH they shall inherit the land.
10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
11But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."
Politics cannot bring about this promised peace. The only "peace" the politicians and political activists can give us is the temporary quiet while they restock their arms and ammunition.
So even if our anger is justified JEHOVAH urges us to patiently wait on him rather than look to the politicians of the present age and their enablers. How many "revolutions" have proved to be nothing more than an exchanging of one tyrant for another. Indeed the exchanging of one tyrant for several tyrants.
But the faith we place in JEHOVAH is not mere credulity . It is indeed no different from the faith we put in any other trusted companion or counselor. We become acquainted with the character and expertise of said person and our confidence is a fruit of that acquaintance. So too with our Lord JEHOVAH We can let others make up our mind for us or we can choose to investigate for ourselves.
Acts ch.17:26,27ASV"and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; 27that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:"
Why no amount of Chance and necessity is sufficient.
Dembski and Tour: Why Chance Doesn’t Have a Chance
Are life and the universe products of chance, necessity, or design? In anticipation of a new updated second edition of his seminal book The Design Inference, out this coming week, ID the Future features Rice University synthetic organic chemist James Tour and intelligent design pioneer William Dembski concluding a discussion about the origin and role of information in living things. Here in Part 2, Dr. Dembski tackles questions from Dr. Tour’s audience on topics like information theory, probability theory, the origin of life, evolution, the multiverse hypothesis, and Dembski’s contributions to the theory of intelligent design.
Proponents of an evolutionary explanation for life and the universe often credit natural processes with a seemingly unlimited amount of time and boundless creativity. But the discovery in the 20th century that the universe had a beginning showed that evolution does not have unlimited resources. Dembski has calculated a universal probability bound — the finite limit of available resources and opportunities in the history of the universe — and argues that the complexity of the living cell, the foundational unit of all life on Earth, is leaps and bounds beyond the reach of chance. Download the podcast or listen to it here.
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