“New Dinosaur Discovered in Australia” “Huge 13,000 Year Old Mastodon Found in a
Michigan Field” “Lucky Beachcomber
Finds Giant Tooth from Huge Prehistoric Shark”
These sensational headlines were posted online this past
week. A nice change from all the political controversy about our “Really Big”
election just two weeks away! Here are the
interesting details.
Savannasaurus is the name given to the skeletal bones of
this monstrous plant eater that measured one-half the length of a basketball
court. It is speculated that this creature lived 95 million years ago and
migrated from South America before the continental drift separated Australia
from the prehistoric land mass.
The mastodon unearthed in Michigan was an extinct relative
of the elephant. Around 65% of the skeleton was found in the State’s thumb
region on a stream bank. Researchers
will carbon date the bones and try to determine if humans intervened in the
animal’s death. I’m reminded of that
proverbial bit of wisdom. “How do you eat an elephant?” Answer – “One bite at a time.”
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina made news when a lucky tourist
strolling through the waves found a giant shark tooth measuring five inches
long. Officials determined the tooth was
from Megalodon, a 60 foot shark that became extinct 2.6 million years ago. It appears that Jaws wasn’t so scary after
all.
These ancient skeletal remains make the human skeletons on
display during this Halloween week look pretty pitiful. They remind me of the
insignificance of man compared to the magnitude of God’s creation. Will people
in the distant future, be digging through our civilization, trying to determine
why we no longer exist?
What could be unearthed—the foundations of once magnificent
skyscrapers; portions of tumbled down bronze statues that proclaimed freedom;
rusted girders from bridge spans that crossed mighty rivers; granite remains of
famous presidents fallen from mountains and monuments.
In the Bible, God set the prophet Ezekiel down in a desolate
valley of the dry bones and asked him, “Son of man. Can these bones live?”
Ezekiel 37:3
The Good News is that God wasn’t done with Israel in Ezekiel’s
day, and I don’t believe He is done with us today, if we will follow His ways.
“Prophesy
over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says
the Lord God to these bones:
Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover
you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know
that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel
37:4-6
That will preach, my sister!!
ReplyDeleteVery I nterresting :-)
ReplyDeleteIt also refers to Israel's hope of being restored to their land, which we have seen (in our lifetime) their restoration to the land God gave to Abraham. Albeit only a portion that was in the original covenant.
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Very well said and interesting. Makes a great point. Love from Middle Sis
ReplyDeleteFood for thought. That is very interesting and yes, just think what people from a future time will think of the life we lived.
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