Tuesday, August 18, 2015

LIVE HOW LONG?

        English scientist Aubrey de Grey is predicting science will one day be able to help people live a thousand years or more. De Grey claims the molecular biology is nearing the stage of finding a cure for aging, and that it may even happen during our lifetimes.
        But who really wants to live a thousand years? Do we really wish to be around to see what will happen in even a few hundred years? And what would population theorists think of a bunch of young-looking geezers taking up space in our fast growing world?
        What is de Grey’s point in seeking this? Is he trying to work toward the day no one will die, or is he denying the inevitable? Despite what science may do to make us live longer, we all will still die. Would not living forever be more of a curse than a blessing?
        Holy Scripture, the Word of God Himself, tells us over and over again that death is not the end of our existence. Instead of just dying and decaying like an old tree trunk, we are assured that everyone will one day stand before Jesus Christ and receive His judgment, whether eternal life for believers who put their faith in Him, or eternal separation for non-believers who reject Him.
        John 5:28-29 tell us, An hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.”
        That is plain language, not a possibility but a reality. It might be interesting to know a few things that will happen in the future, but I think few of us would believe what we’d be told. Who of us thirty years ago would have believed what computers do for us even today?

What would you like to live to see in the future?

Rev. Bob Tasler, www.bobtasler.com
(From his newest devotional, DAY BY DAY WITH JESUS)

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