An Amazing Fact: The Swiss company Meteo Systems claims that it has created the technology to generate rain in the desert. Meteo Systems takes credit for an unusually high number of rainstorms in the desert region surrounding Abu Dhabi in the summer of 2010. According to the company, their umbrella-style towers in the desert produce negatively charged ions. These ions attract dust and other particles. Eventually, moisture condenses around these particles and rainclouds are formed. Many scientists who work in the weather modification field are skeptical of Meteo Systems’ project. There can be no doubt that the ability to create rain in the desert would be revolutionary and incredibly lucrative, but according to most scientists, it hasn’t really happened yet. Nevertheless, the Christian can be confident that, at some point, the desert really will have plenty of water. The Bible promises that “the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose” and that God will make the desert like the garden of Eden (Isaiah 35:1; 51:3). When will this happen? These promises are connected with promises of “everlasting joy,” and Isaiah says that “sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isaiah 35:10). Revelation predicts that the end of pain and sorrow will come when God moves the New Jerusalem down to the Earth made new in order to live with us (Revelation 21:1–4). What an amazing promise! This must be why Isaiah tells us to encourage each other with this promise: “Say to those who are fearful-hearted, ‘Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. … He will come and save you.’ Then …waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert” (Isaiah 35:4–6). Salvation, everlasting joy, and a God who wants to live with us are so much more than scientists could ever promise! KEY BIBLE TEXTS I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. - Isaiah 50:3
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:17:57 +0000
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