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Continued from p. 11Continued from p. 11 humans in the solar system. you get in space,” Bezos said. peacefully on Earth, perhaps
develop special transport cap- Think how cool that would be. ambitions to expand into space
sules suitable for space travel You'd have a thousand Einsteins This plan is obviously quite are not such a good idea. When I
that will allow tourists to venture at any given moment - and more. ambitious, and it sounds too ponder this thought, I cannot
beyond our planet for the first There would be so much dyna- fantastic to believe, yet men such help but think of the words we
time. Incredibly, it is expected mism with all of that human as Jeff Bezos believe such plans find in Obadiah 1:4 which de-
that Blue Origin will have these intelligence. But you can't do that will really be possible someday. clares, “Though thou exalt
space vehicles ready by the year with the resources on Earth or the thyself as the eagle, and though
2018. energy on Earth. So if you really Could this be another attempt by thou set thy nest among the
want to see that kind of dynamic man to outsmart God? Perhaps stars, thence will I bring thee
It is the hope of Mr Bezos that the civilization as we expand through they think that if the Earth is down, saith the Lord.”
human race will someday expand the solar system, you have to destroyed, they can simply move [Last Trumpet Newsletter, Vol.
beyond the constraints of Earth. figure out how to safely move into space. Considering the XXXV, Issue X, October 2016].
“I wish there were a trillion around and use resources that inability of the human race to live www.lasttrumpetministries.org
HEREFORE THEN, since course of the race that is set shame, and is now seated at the
we are surrounded by so before us. right hand of the throne of God.
Tgreat a cloud of witnesses Looking away [from all that will Just think of Him Who endured
[who have borne testimony to the distract] to Jesus, Who is the from sinners such grievous
Truth], let us strip off and throw Leader and the Source of our faith opposition and bitter hostility
aside every encumbrance (unne- [giving the first incentive for our against Himself [reckon up and
cessary weight) and that sin belief] and is also its Finisher consider it all in comparison with
which so readily (deftly and [bringing it to maturity and your trials], so that you may not
cleverly) clings to and entangles perfection]. He, for the joy [of grow weary or exhausted, losing
us, and let us run with patient obtaining the prize] that was set heart and relaxing and fainting in
endurance and steady and active before Him, endured the cross, your minds."
persistence the appointed despising and ignoring the (Heb. 12:1-3, Amplified Bible).
things that will help us to finish
Hebrews 12 develops the theme life's race well:
of endurance. The first three
verses teach us that the key to 1. Consider them (verse 1):
persistence is passion. Since a great cloud of witnesses
has gone before us, we must look
All the men and women of faith in at their example and get serious
Hebrews 11 "made it" because about finishing well.
they felt passionate about their
cause. The writer compares our 2. Consider ourselves (verse 1):
lives to a race and tries to It is now our turn to run the race
convince us that we must run with and watch for pitfalls. We must
endurance if we plan to finish lay aside every encumbrance
well. that would prevent us from
finishing well.
The text also suggests that if the
key to persistence is passion, 3. Consider Jesus (verses 2, 3):
then the key to passion is Jesus ran His own race and
purpose. We must run with endured hardship by fixing His
purpose, not aimlessly. eyes on the rewards; we must
follow His example.
And the key to purpose? Pers- [The Maxwell Leadership Bible,
pective. The writer of Hebrews John C Maxwell, Thomas Nelson
admonishes us to consider three Inc., 2002].
