No this isn't about Pat Robertson.
It seems we have a new comet in the neighborhood. And this one, if it lives up to expectations, may be brighter than the Hale-Bopp comet in the late 1990s. Let's pray that no doomsday cult attaches themselves to this one.
This reminds me of the discussion on Epiphany earlier this week. The magi were astronomers and astrologers who studied the heavens for signs. Comets were often portents of doom, and caused great fear in the people. We kind of laugh at their superstitions, but there is some reality to their fear. Things do fall out of the sky.
Just last week a family in N.J found an iron meteorite in their bathroom, along with holes in the ceiling and roof. And the photo I have attached would cause great fear for people who didn't understand the difference between a comet and the shooting stars that we know as meteorites
The heavens are a magical and beautiful place. But there are also many loose objects flying around out there. I have not doubt that the ancients knew of impacts, had seen and heard them, and feared that the God of the Universe was punishing them.
We understand a little better than them what is going on. But we still are powerless to interfere with the sovereignty of the God who made the universe.
Maybe a little fear should accompany our awe at the celestial light show he puts on for us.
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Maybe this is the doom that Pat "the so-so prophet" Robertson was talking about.
I don't think so. He was talking about evil people committing a mass killing. This is like pool, you have to call the pocket for the 8 Ball. You can't just take whatever calamity comes along and fit it into your delusions.
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