The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. - John 1:14
After
spending millions of dollars in a 40-year project, scientists have still made no contact
with extraterrestrial beings. But their search continues. Robert Jastrow, director of the
Mount Wilson Institute, says that he expects to find "beings superior to us . . . ,
not only technically, but perhaps spiritually and morally."
Jastrow and his fellow scientists hope that an alien civilization billions of years old
will be able to tell us why we are here and how to overcome our destructive tendencies,
which make advances in weapons technology so terrifying. This fear that humanity might
destroy itself, as well as the innate desire for meaning in life, may account for the many
popular books and movies about extraterrestrial beings.
In his book Show Me God, Fred Heeren says of this interest in alien beings:
"People want a higher companion, but not too high. . . . People are looking for an
intermediate, . . . but someone who can still identify with us as a fellow creature."
How sad that they search in the wrong places for what God has already provided in Christ!
The Bible says there is "one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who
gave Himself a ransom for all" (1 Timothy 2:5-6). Jesus has revealed God to us and
opened the door to life eternal.
-HVL
God incarnate, Jesus came,
Sinful mankind to reclaim;
Born to save us from our sin,
Born to give us life within.
-Sweeting
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