If There Were No God

Across the halted earth a stillness lay,
No wind to ruffle the non-existent air,
The sun fixed and blazing; no night all day;
No man-made motors pounding; none to care!
Fallen in a wink, no matter what task.
All men lay strewn in scattered mounds of dust,
Their erstwhile petty plans screened by death's mask;
No more scheming, thieving, or fleshly lust!
Gone paved roads, anthill traffic, beehive tow'r's;
Ubiquant plastics; vying neon lights;
The once-great earth charred by u-v showers,
Its ozone roof melted by dark of nights!
Man, your tale was written in fading ink;
With God went your sole eternal life's link!

Most people in this world speak and act as if God doesn't exist. They reject Him and His Commandments, and they taunt and scoff at believers. Yet, if there were no God, our solar system would grind to a halt and life could not exist on earth. The universe does not power itself indefinitely. The small zone of survival in which our planet is maintained contiuously during its cycle about the sun every year is safe for life just so long as God makes it so. If He were to grow disgusted with an overconfident mankind and abandon us, we would exist only briefly. Our sun is not our personal good luck charm; it is a star, and it is subject to all the experiences of any star. Among these are going nova and supernova. The mildest of novas can heat the earth to 7 times its average temperature. The ice caps would melt, floods would cover large swaths of the land, and people could not expose themselves to sunlight and live.

Furthermore, the universe is constantly expanding at fantastic speed. Not only stars, but planets, meteors, asteroids, comets, and debris are hurtling through space on erratic paths, subject to forces of gravity pulling them in sudden and unpredictable directions. At any moment, perhaps without warning, our small planet can be violently hit by an asteroid or comet with such force that a third or more of life can be destroyed; we can be forced out of our safe orbit into one far more toxic. In fact, that very thing is prophesied in Revelation 8:8.

"The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood."

The fact that something this catastrophic has not already happened is due solely to God's forbearance, and His desire that more men might come to accept Him. This prediction is referring to the Bible's forecast of something called the Wrath of God, which is expected to take place in the 7 years before the return of Jesus to earth. Yes, it is God who causes this "mountain" to crash into the sea, followed by many more calamities. It will be His last attempt to try to convince mankind to turn to Him before He destroys most of mankind because of their wickedness and refusal to repent.