My favorite author as a teenager was Daniel Cohen. Most of Cohen’s books coincide with unsolved mysteries. The television series In Search Of which ran from 1977-1982 examined mysterious phenomenas. This fascination continued with Unsolved Mysteries which ran for a decade into the 1990’s. Today, this traditional programming continues with the History Channel’s version the Unexplained.
The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything, Genesis 9:2-3.
Unfortunately, over the past 40 years, topics such as Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster and Abominable Snowman still remain a mystery. These creatures of the night are more legend, a figment of our imagination rather than reality. During a recent binge of the Unexplained, I came across a new mystery, the Mongolian Death Worm. Sure, the name sounds strange for a worm, but this crypto that resides underneath the Gobi Desert inspired Tremors, a 1990 film starring Kevin Bacon. However, until an actual body is caught or carcass found, this creature will remain fiction until facts prove it’s existence.
“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind,” Job 12:7-10.
Based upon the passage above, God has all the answers. Unfortunately, most people don’t take the time to listen or slow down enough to reflect upon God’s creation. Those who birdwatch, fish or sightsee have the advantage of taking in the heavens and the earth. While there will always be unexplainable events and questions that you will have to wait until heaven to be answered, take the advice of the Psalmist. “Be still before the Lord, Psalm 46:10.”
by Jay Mankus
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