Science fiction writers love the concept of the black hole. The cool thing is that scientists tell us they’re really there, small pinpoints of nothingness in the universe that are so powerful they affect all things around them, drawing them in and consuming them.
Some sci-fi writers call them worm holes, or singularities, but in sci-fi stories, black holes allow us to travel across the universe faster than the speed of light, bypassing the travel conundrum created by the vast distances to be covered just to get to an adjacent star.
Just suppose, what if they were real?
Of course they’re real, we say. There’s a massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, spinning all the stars in the Milky Way into the familiar spiral of stars seen in all the scientific journals.
But what if they were real? Real as in Dr. Who real, Stargate real, as in Deep Space 9 real? We want to head out to a new destination; let the existence we know fade from our sight; and in the distance, find a new land, one that’s coming up fast. Watch Jodie Foster in the movie Contact. That’s exactly how it works.
Let’s take a passage from the Bible and see how it compares to travel through a black hole. Our singularity experience is found in Revelation 21:1-27.
“… the first heaven and the first earth had passed away …”
We’ve entered the black hole. We’ve left our current life behind, and it’s no longer visible to us.
“… And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven …”
We’re seeing our destination at the other end. We’ve reached the other side.
Now, one thing that always happens in sci-fi stories is that the world at the other end of the worm hole is vastly different than the earth the humans left behind. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be much of a story, would it?
The Bible doesn’t let us down there. When we cross the singularity of Christ’s second coming, we will find the new world on the other side to be as different from this one we live in now as earth is from Alpha Centauri, Bernard’s Star, or the infamous Sirius of satellite radio fame.
“… the wall of the city had twelve foundations … of jasper … sapphire … agate … emerald … onyx … carnelian … chrysolite … beryl … topaz … chrysoprase … jacinth … amethyst … and each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.”
That’s nothing like earth! And it’s better than any sci-fi writer has ever been able to devise. So forget all the sci-fi stories. We actually get to jump through that black hole and come out in heaven on the other side. Just like with a real black hole, all creation will be drawn in and consumed by the majesty of our Eternal God, and everything will be completely new on the other side.
Let’s buy our ticket now. It’s called salvation, and the directions to receive it can be found in the Holy Word of God.
When Jesus comes to carry us away, we’ll be as gone as gone can be, with heaven as our final destination.
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Previously Published on 2-23-16 in Hope