SS Thoughts #19. Perfection: A Myth?

Over the course of history, many things have been built by man with the intention of being perfect….. but were not:

1.     The Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable, but sank—with great loss of lives—on its maiden voyage.

2.     The Hubble telescope was built in the 1970's at a cost of about 2 billion dollars, and launched into space. Its mission was to take pictures of the universe from space, but it sent back no pictures. Its construction was faulty, and another 1.5 billion dollars was spent for repairs. In fact almost 10 billion dollars have been wasted to tell us what we already know – God created the heavens and the earth, and hung the stars in place.

God, who alone is perfect, created a perfect world—a paradise where everything was ‘very good’. Indeed the entire week of creation was perfect, with a perfect day of rest and God-communing time at the end. 

Unfortunately, the first man and woman chose to exercise their free will—in clear rebellion against God—and suffering and death entered our world. God sent a flood, and only Noah’s family was saved in an ark – built on God’s perfect specifications. And at the end of the flood, a perfect rainbow was formed, as a sign, a hope, a promise, that the earth would never again be destroyed by water.

Yes, our world is imperfect, sin-sick, and full of injustices, but it won’t always be this way. We have the blessed hope of Christ’s return, when the earth will be restored to how it was in the beginning. It will be perfect with “no more sickness, nor death, nor crying, nor pain”, (Rev. 21:4).

Adding 3 lines from one of my favorite hymns - O love that will not let me go - #76 SDA Hymnal: 

      "I trace the rainbow through the rain,
      And feel the promise is not vain
      That morn shall tearless be."

Aren’t you looking forward to that day?

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