He is hoping to grasp a form of immortality, and he is comedian Stephen Colbert. And in October his digitalized DNA will be sent to the International Space Station as part of what video game designer Richard Garriott calls an “Immortality Drive”. Colbert, the host of "The Colbert Report", says that his preserved DNA will make it possible for aliens to clone him.
Garriott, one of the few private citizens to ever travel into space, is collecting material for a time capsule containing the history of humanity's greatest achievements and personal messages. He stated, "In the unlikely event that Earth and humanity are destroyed, mankind can be resurrected with Stephen Colbert's DNA."
According the Bible, living forever is not something attainable for a fortunate few or the result of some scientific venture. The Scriptures reveal that everyone ever born will live forever. The question is where?
If Richard Garriot was familiar with Biblical truth he would know that the eventual destruction of the earth is not at all unlikely, as Peter presents in 2 Peter 3:10. “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.” He would also know that mankind will not be ultimately destroyed but all who ever lived will be righteously judged and then assigned to a place of eternal torment or of unending joy and glory.
The Immortality Drive’s capsule may be meant to record humanity’s greatest moments and messages. But how much better would it be to use such great efforts and expense to share the best message ever, here and now on planet earth? How much more profitable would it be to share mankind’s single greatest event – the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as seen in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4? “For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.”
How much more beneficial would it be to share and promote the greatest personal message in human history to those who are aliens from God’s family, as did Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:18-19? “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
And how much more crucial would it be to help others become clones of God’s Son and be linked forever to Christ’s DNA in the manner spoken of in 1 John 3:2? “But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”
Mankind has dreamed about and pursued immortality since the dawn of time. And those desires will one day be fulfilled for all, using no special manmade devices. The soul will go on when the physical DNA is erased along with everything else physical on that great “day of The Lord”. And on that day, all that will matter will be whether our spiritual DNA was ever rightfully aligned and matched up with the Savior’s through faith.
Bill Breckenridge
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