Space colonization

[JesusIsLord777]

Could you live in one of those colonies? Personally, I'd rather stay on earth, where God put me, but I wonder what it would be like to live on another planet.

[David of Derby]

Could you live in one of those colonies? Personally, I'd rather stay on earth, where God put me, but I wonder what it would be like to live on another planet.

There aren't any colonies on other planets, and we're decades away from a colony on the moon, never mind interplanetary travel. Interstellar travel is so far beyond human science as to be fantasy at this stage.

[nebula]

In fantasy - it would be a lot of fun!

In practicality . . . it would take a lot of guts and excellent health. For to colonize another planet, you'd have to risk a flight to the planet (sure we have a good track record for getting our crafts to planets, but it still isn't 100%). Then once there, you have to rely on artificial atmosphere and trust that none of the equipment will break down nor holes puncture the walls nor seems torn.

We would be very, very lucky if our attempts to colonize other planets do not involve much if any loss of life due to mechanical failures, radiation poisoning, and a miriad of other complications.

So the question becomes, are you willing to die for such an advancement? (And anyone venturing into such without this sobering reality has no business being involved.)

[David of Derby]

It simply isn't possible at this stage. We don't have the technology to do it. We don't even have the technology to travel to another planet in an acceptable length of time. Mars is reachable but the planet is pretty inhospitable. I read somewhere that Titan, one of Jupiter's moons, might be harbouring life, but it'd be oceanic life and no use for colonising the place.

We'd really need an earth-like planet in another star system for there to be any point, and the distances between stars are so vast it makes travelling between them, even at the speed of light, a journey of years if not decades. We need some kind of super-light speed travel to do it, and that's just science fantasy right now.

[kat8585]

No, thanks.

[Guest]

In A Heartbeat

When I Was Younger

Almost Went To The South Pole For A Winter

Now I Just Look Up

Knowing The New City Built By God Will Come Down To The New Heavens And The New Earth

But First, The LORD Jesus Will Rule And Those Who Believe Will Be With Him In Their Resurrected Bodies!

Even Old And Feeble Folk Will Travel On THE KING's Business, Maybe I'll Get To Eat Honey With Brother Sampson You Think

[Shad]

I think it would be cool and I'd sure enough sign up and as far as staying where God put me I'm pretty sure that when my time comes he'll know where to find me no matter what part of the Universe I'm in.

[Iryssa]

A part of me would love to travel across the 'verse in a vessel called Serenity with a captain named Mal, a pilot named Wash, a mechanic named Kaylee and a Shepherd (pastor) named Book (I admit it, I'm a huge Firefly/Serenity geek). But the other part of me knows I'd become claustrophobic and that I'd be terrified the hull would rupture and backup systems fail and I would be sucked into the vaccum of space where I would die quickly and terribly. (And if that didn't happen, we'd probably be arrested and ultimately executed by Alliance patrols for our nefarious smuggling operations anyway )

Yeah...no space travel for this one. Even if it were possible at this point. Unless I had some pressing reason to go...like if a horrible virus would kill my whole family if we didn't evacuate immediately.

Did I also mention I have a vivid imagination that tends to go to the worst case scenario?

[OneLight]

Even though the flesh will never accomplish this, I have often wondered if we will see all the beauty of Gods creation when we leave this life. Imagine being able to see a beautiful nebula or another unknown gas giant just by a thought ...

[HAZARD]

Ahh, One Light. These are good thoughts to have and one day you will not only see it all but you and the rest of God's children will travel throughout the entire universe. As always there will be some if not many who will disagree but the Scriptures plainly teach that the universe is inhabited. God created the heavens and the Earth to be inhabited and not to be left empty and lifeless.

"For thus saith the LORD that created the HEAVENS; God himself that formed the EARTH and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else." (Isaiah 45:18).

HEAVEN IS A CREATED PLACE and it is in fact inhabited. It cannot be seen by the naked eye or even by Hubble telescope because it is too far away.

(Gen. 1:1; Isa.42:5: 45:18; Col.1:16-18: Neh.9:6; Ps. 102:25; Prov.8:27).

In the Scriptures it states that the heavens cannot be measured and the host of heaven cannot be counted (Jer. 31:37; 33:22-25). If this is true then the material universe is vast beyond conception, and as God has existed from all eternity, "In the Beginning was the Word etc.," (John 1:1), and "In the beginning God created, etc., (Gen. 1:1), it is hard to concieve that He only decided a few millenniums ago to start creating something.

Heaven IS A REAL place similar to the Earth. (Gen.1:1; Heb.11:8-16). In this last passage it is called a "BETTER COUNTRY" than the earth. Heaven, therefore, is not an invisable nothing or a cloud floating in space where saints sit and play Jew's harp forever.

THERE ARE THREE HEAVENS. Besides the planet called Heaven where God dwells (Gen21:17; 22:11, 15: 2 Cor. 12:1-3; Deut. 26:15; 1 Kings 8:30;38, 43, 49) there are two other spheres called Heaven. Paul speaks of three heavens (2 Cor. 12:1-3) The third Heaven here is called the paradise where God lives. The other two heavens are: the clouds (Gen.1:8; 7:23; 8:2; Job 38:9, 34; Isa. 14:14; Jer.51:16).

AND the starry space between the Earth and the planet Heaven, the UNIVERSE which we see every night, (Gen. 1:15-20; 22:17; Isa.14:12-14; Ps. 8:3).

The Universe and all its inhabitants is also mentioned in Revelation 12:12.

"Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." (Revelation 12:12).

Ye heavens . . . . and Ye that dwell in THEM! The Bible, God's Word does not lie.

HEAVEN IS THE CAPITOL OF THE UNIVERSE, for God has His capitol city, the New Jerusalem, His capitol building, the Heavenly Temple or Tabernacle, and His throne in the Temple in Heaven. This city is described by John in Rev.21-22. This capital city will continue to be in Heaven until the end of the Millenium and then it will be moved from the planet Heaven to the planet Earth (Rev.21:2, 9-21). Many Scriptures speak of God's throne being in Heaven. (Ps. 103:19; Rev.4:1-2). That God has a real temple in Heaven is clear from Rev.4-5; 11:19; 14:17; 16:17.

GOD OWNS AND RULES FROM THE HEAVENS OF HEAVENS (Gen. 14:19,22; Ps. 11:4; 89:11; Luke 10:21; 11:2). He also ownes the Earth and all things in the universe, but at present this planet is in rebellion against Him. This is why Jesus will be sent from Heaven with the armies of Heaven to sieze this rebellious part of the universe and restore Gods absolute rule on Earth as before the rebellion started (1 Cor. 15:24-28; Rev. 19:1-21; 20:1-10 Zech. 14; Jude 14; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; Joel 3; Matt. 24:29-31; 25:31-46).

THE LOCATION OF HEAVEN IS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE UNIVERSE. (Isa.14:12-14). In Scripture we are told that Lucifer led a rebellion into Heaven into the sides of the North. In Ps.75:6-7 we are told that promotion comes not from the south, east, or west, but from Lord and therefore from the north.

HEAVEN IS INHABITED (! Kings 22:19; 2 Chron. 18:18; Matt.18:10; 22:30; 24:36; Rev. 12:12; 13:6). Armies and hosts of Heaven are mentioned an number of times as seen in these passages and in Dan. 4:35; Luke 2:13; Rev. 19:14. These inhabitants are listed in part as common angels, archangels, seraphim, cherubim and other spirit beings. Heavenly bodies are mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:48-49. Rejocing in Heaven is referred to by the inhabitants in Heaven (Ps. 96:11; 148:1, 4; Isa.44:23; Rev. 12:12). 8. Paul speaks of "the invisible things" in Heaven as being like the visible things on Earth; that is the things in Heaven are just like the things on Earth. (Rom. 1:20). The word "things" is used in many passages in referring to realities in Heaven. (Phil. 2:10; Col 1:16-20; Heb. 8:12; 9:23). We know from Scripture that in Heaven there are Cities (Rev.21), mansions (John 14:1-3), trees, rivers (Rev.22:1-3), fountains of water (Rev. 7:17), food (Ex.16:4; Ps.78:25: 105:40; John 6:31-51: Luke 22:16, 18, 30; Rev. 2:7, 17: 19:1-10; 22:1-3), animals (2 Kings 2:11-12; 6:13-17; Zech. 1:8-11: 6:1-8; Rev. 19:11-14, 21: Rom. 1:20), furniture tongs (Isa.6:6), fire and coals (Isa. 6:6; Rev.8:5) censer and incense (Rev. 8:4-6), smoke (Rev. 8:4; 15:8), musical instruments (Rev. 5:8; 14:1-5; 15:2-4), clothes (Dan. 7:9; Rev. 1:13; 6:9-11), stones (Rev. 2:17), books (Rev. 3:5; 5:1-7; 10:1-11; 20:11-15), Also mentioned in Scripture are, vials or bowls, crowns, thunderings, lightnings, clouds, lamps, a sea of glass, singing, worship, palm trees, temples, silence, so there must also be noise at other times, trumpets, hail, mountains, keys and chains, measuring sticks, olive trees, the ark of the testament, doors, posts, girdles, pearls, diamonds and other precious stones, walls, gates, gold in abundance, streets, fruits, banquets, and many other inumerable things. If the invisible things in the heavenlies are clearly seen by the things on Earth, as Paul taught in Rom. 1:20, then we have a right to believe that there are in Heaven the same kind of things that we have on Earth. We have no right to make an exception of any good thing that God created and intended for man to have before the fall. Several natural men have gone to Heaven and have come back or will later come back. They are Enoch (Gen.5:22; Heb. 11:5), Elijah (2 Kings 2), Paul (2 Cor. 12:1-4), and John (Rev. 4:1). The first two of these men are still in Heaven living a natural life and will come back as the two witnesses of Zech. 4:11-14; Rev. 11:3-13).

Enoch has been in Heaven over 5,142 years and Elijah has been there over 3,500 years and they are still eating, drinking, and enjoying life on the planet Heaven. If we will understand such statements made above as literal, then the doctrin of the Heavenly world will no longer be a mystery.