The Doomsday Clock conveys how close humanity is to catastrophic destruction–the figurative midnight–and monitors the means humankind could use to obliterate itself. First and foremost, these include nuclear weapons, but they also encompass climate-changing technologies and new developments in the life sciences that could inflict irrevocable harm.
According to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the amount of time remaining before the total annihilation of humanity has varied over the past 73 years. They started keeping the Doomsday Clock in 1947 by declaring that we were 7 minutes from midnight. By 1953, as the United States was testing hydrogen bombs, the minute hand reached 2 minutes before midnight. In 1963, with the signing of the Partial Test Ban Treaty between the US and the USSR, the hand moved backwards and we were 12 minutes from midnight. During the intervening years we have been as close as 3 minutes (1984) and as far away as 17 minutes (1991). Around 2012 we were 6 minutes from midnight.
Currently, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shows the Doomsday Clock sitting at 100 seconds to midnight — a metaphor for the end of the world — in a recognition of growing threats from nuclear war, climate change and disinformation. It is the first time the clock has passed the two-minute mark in its existence.
There is, however, another clock. It sits on God’s desk. Of course, this is figurative because we all doubt if God actually has a desk! But God’s clock is His own and it is the only clock that really matters. His time is not our time, and we obviously can’t comprehend time as He does. But His timeline has been moving slowly toward the return of His Son, Jesus Christ.
The question is: are you ready? If you are a Christian, the question applies to you, also. Are you living as if you expected Christ to return today? Have you committed your life to holiness so that you will be found well-pleasing in His sight? Are you praying for the lost and witnessing to God’s saving grace whenever you have the opportunity to do so? Are you longing for Christ’s return – or just passing time here on earth?
If you are not a believer, if Jesus Christ were to return today would He be your Blessed Hope or your holy terror? If you have never accepted Him as your Savior, today is the day to act. Repent of your sins and accept His atonement by faith; confess His Name as the only name by which we can be saved; be baptized into Christ, joining in His righteous living by the power of His Holy Spirit. Only through Christ can you escape the coming doom. Reach out to us if you want to know more. That’s why we’re here…..
That You May Know
1 John 5:13
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