Who foresaw the machines that would change history? Thousands of years ago cities would build massive walls around themselves for protection. It was nigh impossible to capture a high walled city. Then someone invented the catapult, a device that could hurl massive stones and reduce any fortified wall into fortified rubble. After that, no city was safe. Then someone went and invented the longbow. After that, no city was safe. After that, terror reigned from the sky once more. Then one clever fella invented the stirrup. After that a 1500 pound horse and a 200 pound man became a single formidable fighting force that was unstoppable. Then a few years later gunpowder was invented and mass carnage took on a whole new meaning. The race for destruction was on! Anything man could build could be destroyed.
When man figured out how to split an atom and create an atom-bomb, humanity reached into Pandora’s Box and started to play with forbidden fruit. Modern medicine has taken giant strides forward in radiation therapy. Whenever an advancement is made in science, a military application is soon to follow. At present, scientists are exploring “string theory”, the marriage of quantum mechanics and general relativity. With new powerful particle accelerators, the bridge will be crossed from theory to application soon. It’s a little technical to understand, but, according to string theory, electrons and quarks within an atom are not zero-dimensional objects. Instead they are one-dimensional, oscillating lines called strings. How a string vibrates determines the amount of energy that is produced and results in a specific type of subatomic particle. Now do you understand? String theory is difficult to test—its future thinking. The colorful illustration here conceptualizes the extra dimension suggested by string theory.
We think peering into the future is exciting. But without guidance and wisdom, the future can be a quagmire of misunderstanding and danger. The prophet Daniel interpreted a dream the king had. Daniel’s interpretation was the image of a giant statue, awesome in appearance. The statue had a head of pure gold, its chests and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, and its feet made partly of iron and partly of clay! The king’s wise men couldn’t interpret his dream and the king was going to have them executed because of it. Daniel told the king that the God in heaven reveals mysteries. Daniel chapter two reveals the entire episode. No strings or theory involved here.
The statue was a calendar. Each part of it represented a powerful kingdom and the timetable to go along with each respective part. Who knew but God?
Bottom line
Mark 11:24 states, “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” and in Philippians 4:6, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Daniel always took time to give God credit for all wisdom and power, thanking God for answering his requests. How do you feel when God answers your prayers?
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