The Doomsday Clock

"LONDON, England (AP) -- The world has nudged closer to a nuclear apocalypse and environmental disaster, a trans-Atlantic group of prominent scientists warned Wednesday, pushing the hand of its symbolic Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight.
It was the fourth time since the end of the Cold War that the clock has ticked forward, this time from 11:53 to 11:55, amid fears over what the scientists are describing as "a second nuclear age" prompted largely by atomic standoffs with Iran and North Korea.
'As scientists, we understand the dangers of nuclear weapons and their devastating effects, and we are learning how human activities and technologies are affecting climate systems in ways that may forever change life on Earth,' said Stephen Hawking, the renowned cosmologist and mathematician.
'As citizens of the world, we have a duty to alert the public to the unnecessary risks that we live with every day, and to the perils we foresee if governments and societies do not take action now to render nuclear weapons obsolete and to prevent further climate change.'"


I'm not going to lie, the first time I heard about this "Doomsday Clock," I laughed. I couldn't believe that a group of some of the brightest scientific minds in the world would come together and create something this.....silly.

If you don't know how the clock works, its' quite simple: when the clock strikes midnight, one of two things wil happen. The first, the world ends, everyone dies, game over for Earth. The second, the Earth will become so crippled by the action, or inaction, of its inhabitants, that the majority of things will pass away. A few may survive, but the world will not be the same. Sounds lovely, doesn't it? Of course, this is the opinion of a group of scientists, it does not actually mean this will happen.

Today, the hands on the clock rest on 11:55p.m., just a mere 5 minutes away from midnight. If this group of scientists is correct, hell on earth is right around the corner. Although the idea of a clock showing how close the world is to its' "midnight" may be slightly immature, I think these scientists make valid points in their arguements.

But doesn't it seem like there is something missing in their use of this "Doomsday Clock?" Something maybe left out of their arguements? Sure, the thought of nuclear bombs hitting cities worldwide is frightning. To think that in a single hour, all of civilization can perish because of mankind's inability to remember that we share this world with one another. But I noticed something missing in these arguements:

Where is God in all of this mess?

Would God really allow the world to commit suicide? After all, when put into perspective, that's what war is: humanity killing itself.
But back to the question.

I believe that these brilliant scientists have left out the biggest factor in this "Doomsday Clock": and that factor is God. Humanity gets away with a lot of crap, such as Darfar, the Holocaust, etc. But will God let humanity go to this extreme?

I for one can't speak the mind of God. I don't know of anyone who can. Therefore, I don't have an ansewer to this question, but I do have an opinion. My opinion: sure, its' possible, but unlikely. But my opinion is just one of millions, and that's not my point in writing this.

My point is to challenge whoever is reading this. Sure, the "Doomsday Clock" points to many scary things in this world, things that are a reality. But, this clock also points to something else: humanity is in a mess, and we can't get out of it alone. Something has gone terribly wrong in the world. This clock points out humanity's ultimate depravity, and our need for a Savior. Should mankind trust in itself to fix these problems, or should we trust God? My challenge: let God lead in your life. That's the beginning to the solution. Let's give God a chance to fix this, and it must start in the personnal lives of individual human beings. Let God lead in your life, and watch the small part of the world around you that occupy change for the better. Give it a try.

I await responses.

In His Love,
Hackett