In 2008 I had to leave my beloved Silky terrier, Buster, in my dad’s care for two weeks while my mother and I toured Egypt. It was an amazing experience and we’d like to return to visit the ancient archeological sites again. We also got to see the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Cairo Museum, pieces that did not go on tour due to size, such as the large golden boxes the boy Pharaoh was buried in. I highly recommend all Christians and Jewish people tour Egypt. You really gain a perspective of how courageous Moses was. The great pyramids and other temples are mere shadows of what they once were—but what mighty shadows they cast! The original buildings during their heyday must’ve been awe inspiring.
But there’s many TV programs on cable nowadays with so-called experts who claim that ancient humans weren’t capable of creating such marvelous monuments of engineering, so alien visitors from outer space must’ve helped them out.
But God has a much higher view of human intelligence and capability, as detailed in Genesis 11:5-6:
“The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
“The Lord said, ‘Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.’”
I wonder where these alien believing pundits think modern human intelligence came from? We just suddenly produced Thomas Edisons, Isaac Newtons, and Steve Jobs in only the modern era? There were no geniuses in earlier times?
Look at Roman engineering feats. The pantheon, with its circular roof surrounding an oculus, showcasing the sky or the aqueducts and bridges that still stand over two thousand years later.
We are made in God’s image and, therefore, are capable of amazing creativity and intelligence. I truly believe that we can solve any problem with our amazing ingenuity and don’t need to resort to oppressive laws and restrictions on human endeavors to accomplish great things. Only dictators, or self-congratulatory elitists, distrust the population and don’t permit them the freedom to create.
In fact, why has human knowledge and ingenuity accelerated the past hundred-and-fifty years? Because humans throughout the world can quickly interact with one another since the laying of the first transatlantic cable.
So, please, stop believing the kooks who claim that aliens are responsible for the construction of humankind’s great achievements. For as God says in the Bible, when people work together:
“Nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.”
God bless you.
And happy Labor Day for my American readers.
Much love from Dawn and Buddy
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God confused the language of humankind to stop them from completing the tower they were building at Babel on the plain of Shinar. Their motive was to reach the heavens in their own power and strength, rather than seeking the Lord.
Every religion but Christianity teaches that you can please a god or gods through self effort and earn your way into heaven. But Jesus said that “No one is good except God alone (Luke 18:19)” and that the standard to enter heaven is perfection (Matthew 5:48).
So if you think you can be good enough to enter heaven, hoping that you’ll end your life committing more good deeds than bad, you’re deceived.
No one is perfect, including me. We all fall short (Romans 3:23).
So how can a person enter heaven?
God sent Jesus to the earth, His Son and part of the Trinity, to live a perfect life in our place. Because He is God and is perfect, Jesus was punished and died for our sins.
If Jesus didn’t live a perfect life, He would’ve had to die for His own sins. But He had none, so was able to suffer in our place.
Do you realize how amazing God is? He loves us so much that He willingly took the punishment we deserve, because we can never meet his standard of perfection to enter heaven.
Do you want to give up trying to be perfect, or living in constant self-condemnation, when you don’t have to? If so, please pray the below:
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for providing a way for imperfect me to enter Heaven and live eternally in Your kingdom of love. Please forgive all my sins. I call on Jesus to be my Lord and Savior. Fill me with the Holy Spirit. I give my life to you. Help me learn how much you love me and the amazing way you’ve designed me. In the mighty name of Jesus, amen.
If you’ve prayed sincerely, congratulations, you’re a born again child of the living God. Please start reading the Bible daily as it’s your soul food. Your soul needs daily nourishment, just as your body does. I suggest starting with the Book of Matthew as it’s easy to understand.
Also, please join a Bible believing church or Bible study. Christians are not supposed to be loners but are to be in fellowship with one another. If that’s not possible right now, I suggest these three ministries, which also have apps, if that’s your preference: http://www.LTW.com, http://www.InTouch.org and http://www.AndrewFarley.org. There are other godly ministries, but it’s easy to be misled till you know the Bible fairly well.
God bless you. May Buddy and I see you in heaven one day.
Meditations About God and Buddy 