"Beam Me Up, Scotty!"
The New Year makes me think of new things...a new day, a new chance to start over, new opportunities, maybe even a new chance to make good! How nice to be able to have "new years"!
For science fiction buffs, the Star Trec stories have offered challenging ideas for the future. One fascinating idea is that of being "beamed" somewhere. A person is "beamed" through an energy transport from one place to another, and you are there...instantly!
What this could do for our energy‑concerned world! Think of it! I could be "beamed" instantly from here to see my grandchildren in Wisconsin or Florida. Or you could be "beamed" to the Holy Land or anywhere in the U.S.A. or the world! How quickly our highways and automobiles and airlines would become obsolete!
One science fiction writer in describing the process said it would mean that every cell in the body would be re‑constituted and re‑built in absolute mirror form at its new destination, without loss of memory or identity. How incredible! Pure science fiction now...but who knows what may be possible in the future?
And yet, isn't this exactly the kind of opportunity that comes to all of us in Christ Jesus? In Christ, we become brand “new” creatures. "All things become “new” (II Cor. 5:17). The Psalmist said when we acknowledge our Heavenly Father, that "He puts a “new” song in our mouths." (Ps. 40:3). And we are called by "a “new” name" (Isa. 62:2). And then He gives us a “new” commandment (Jn. 13:34) and that “new” law of love, demands a “new” kind of conduct. Also, we are to catch a vision of "a “new” heaven and a “new” earth." (Rev. 21:1) And there, once again, "all things are “new”! (Rev. 21:5).
There is a kind of spiritual "transport" that was promised long before the science fiction writers ever thought about it. Life can be made new! New for me...Whee! And new for you...too!
For science fiction buffs, the Star Trec stories have offered challenging ideas for the future. One fascinating idea is that of being "beamed" somewhere. A person is "beamed" through an energy transport from one place to another, and you are there...instantly!
What this could do for our energy‑concerned world! Think of it! I could be "beamed" instantly from here to see my grandchildren in Wisconsin or Florida. Or you could be "beamed" to the Holy Land or anywhere in the U.S.A. or the world! How quickly our highways and automobiles and airlines would become obsolete!
One science fiction writer in describing the process said it would mean that every cell in the body would be re‑constituted and re‑built in absolute mirror form at its new destination, without loss of memory or identity. How incredible! Pure science fiction now...but who knows what may be possible in the future?
And yet, isn't this exactly the kind of opportunity that comes to all of us in Christ Jesus? In Christ, we become brand “new” creatures. "All things become “new” (II Cor. 5:17). The Psalmist said when we acknowledge our Heavenly Father, that "He puts a “new” song in our mouths." (Ps. 40:3). And we are called by "a “new” name" (Isa. 62:2). And then He gives us a “new” commandment (Jn. 13:34) and that “new” law of love, demands a “new” kind of conduct. Also, we are to catch a vision of "a “new” heaven and a “new” earth." (Rev. 21:1) And there, once again, "all things are “new”! (Rev. 21:5).
There is a kind of spiritual "transport" that was promised long before the science fiction writers ever thought about it. Life can be made new! New for me...Whee! And new for you...too!
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