The Doomsday Clock

The caretakers of the, so named, "Doomsday Clock" moved it to 2 minutes to midnight a couple of days ago (it is Jan 19, 2007 as of this writing). Some call them, according to the Yahoo article I read, the "village idiots". Interesting to call this bulletin of Atomic Scientists "idiots".

Whether their attempt to gage the state of the world via this clock is really accurate and we are actually "2 minutes" away from Doomsday or not, it is interesting to note the state of affairs in the world today that prompted them to move it forward.

1. Global warming and the crazy (even dangerous) weather patterns it is producing. It is interesting that this came into the news shortly after I rewatched The Day After Tomorrow and wrote something about it including a commentary on our weather today.
2. Korean's nuclear activity and the continued existence of some 26000 US and Russian nuclear weapons.

Whether we "stand on the brink of a second nuclear age" or not (perhaps we do), it is an interesting commentary. We must not dismiss the fact that there are many things happening today that could set of some catestrophic events in the world. I think also of the war in Iraq which seems only to be getting worse, rather than better. Terrorist activity continues, and though there hasn't been another 9/11 yet, who knows what will be in the future.

The capacity of humanity for evil and self-destructive behaviour should be clear from history. Additionally, God has much to say about such things. God states throughout His Word that a time will come when the world will come to and end, but not before He judges it with events that we can only describe as "horrific". The book of Revelation describes this time in detail, including the fact that there will be, essentially, a one-world government. We know today that the world is working towards such a system. Even the article referenced above talked about our "global village".

I think about such things and I cannot help but reflect on this verse:

Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!" Revelation 8:13

Is the world about to come to an end? Cannot say. God doesn't even give us a time. But He gives us signs. Israel is in the land, we are marching closer and closer to a one-world government, we see an increase in problems in the earth (like "birth pangs" as described in scripture), etc. God promises He will judge the earth. Though this Doomsday clock may not tell us when it will happen, it does point to signs that only suggest we could be near. Here is an article that explores this further.

You can read about the Doomsday clock @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_clock.
You can read about salvation at my other blog @ http://the-true-way.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-be-saved.html.