from
God's Atomic Bomb
Uranda August 26, 1945
The family of
Nations in the allied cause gave all their scientific resources to finding a
means of utilizing atomic energy. Under the stress of war, scientists were
brought together from many nations, facilities were made available, millions of
dollars were spent in construction—money did not matter. Under the ordinary
circumstances in peace time, do you think that anyone would have put up those
billions of dollars to back the research as in war? No. It means that under the
stress of war the scientific resources were focalized, brought together, for
one purpose and that purpose was, in a sense at least, achieved. That which has
been called the atomic bomb was produced.
Now man, in a
prodigious effort by many nations, has reached out, as it were, into the
future, to produce something that in the normal course of events would not have
been discovered for many years. Under ordinary circumstances there would not
have been money enough, and the scientists would not have worked together. I
cannot say how long it would have been but let us say about 100 years in the
ordinary course of scientific progress, but it was needed for war as a means of
destruction. We have heard the scientists talking about utilizing their
findings for peacetime purposes and no doubt there are many efforts being made
along that line. We may say that we have retained the secret for ourselves but the
scientific facts are known and it will not take long for other nations to
discover it.
We cannot guarantee that that secret will always be under the
control of God-fearing men and used only for righteous purposes. That means,
then, that the world of man has achieved something that is, in a sense, away
ahead of this hour, this day, and that places a responsibility on every man,
woman, and child, and especially Christians, to catch up with that discovery in
a Spiritual sense. In other words, it means, more than ever before, that man
must not go to sleep; he must not say: "Well, we will leave responsibility
for world peace to the President and others," so that he forgets his
responsibilities and begins to get lost in what he wants, and in things he
would like to do, so that he makes the same mistakes that we made after the
first world war when Christians forgot to pay attention to the things of God
and to pray for peace.
If we are going to be able to shoulder the tremendous
responsibility that rests upon us because of these discoveries, it means that
morally and spiritually we must grow; we must continue to stand firm, continue
to support the forces of righteousness so that the forces of evil cannot slip
in at the back door, so to speak, and spoil everything, and plunge us into
another terrible conflict. Whether we like it or not there is going to be
another conflict unless Christians have peace in their hearts, unless they pray
and work to maintain peace and righteousness and to support those who are in
places of authority. I feel that we have a man truly called of God in the place
of the Presidency of our Country at the present time, but there is no guarantee
that he will always stay steady because there is no guarantee of anything about
the human expression. The only right way is for Spiritual leadership to
dominate in all Christian nations, and do not let us say that this does not
matter to us.
Now let us
look at another story—a story about a world, beautiful and glorious, a world
created by a perfect God and peopled by those whom He had created after His own
image and likeness, but who by reason of disobedience plunged into sin,
suffering, sorrow and death. After a time the Lord raised up a people to represent
Him in the earth but before long the people of that nation became so engrossed
in the things of their own individual lives, they became so indifferent to the
efforts of those who sought to do the right thing, that they did not support
the movement according to the plan. They forgot to watch and pray, and forgot
to give heed to their Spiritual lives. The nation split in two and scattered
over all the earth. (That is what happens in the atomic bomb—it splits in two
and scatters. Because human beings did not follow the way, the plan and the
Will of God, the children of Israel failed. Today we have a greater calling, a
greater responsibility than has rested on any people at any time in all
history. There is a greater necessity that we watch and pray than at any time
in the past.)
Let us
continue with that story. Darkness came over the world, there were captivities,
difficulties arose and it looked as though God had forsaken the world. There
was no way, no light, the world was in darkness as in the beginning. Then, a
Babe was born—it made all the difference in the world because a Babe was born.
He grew and waxed strong in the Lord and at the age of about thirty years He
began to Minister to His people. He called His disciples, He talked in the
synagogues, He spoke of the things of God, He pronounced woe upon the scribes
and Pharisees and hypocrites, and drove the money changers from the temple,
telling them that they had made His House a den of thieves. He called the
sinners to repentance, and revealed that He had power in God to forgive sins.
He healed them in body, in mind and in Spirit, and gave those associated with
Him the most glorious opportunity that has ever come to human beings in this
world.
Do you
suppose that if you and I had lived then we would have followed Him just for
the loaves and the fishes? Do you think that we would have been so quick to
forget and turn aside? I wonder. And so the multitudes that had acclaimed Him
scattered. They were no longer present. They had called "Hosanna!"
before Him, and now when He was in trouble they did not show up. And the Master
of us all stood before human judges, suffered indignities, was spat upon, and a
crown of thorns was placed upon His brow. The people were offered a choice
between His release and the release of a criminal. They said, "Release the
criminal!" They cried, "Crucify Him!"
Let us not be quick to
judge those back there. Let us remember that we here tonight face the same
tests, the same necessities to stay faithful and true, to stand steadfast
instead of ignoring our opportunities and privileges.
And then they made Him
carry His own cross until He fell under the weight of it and a certain one was
called and he carried it for the Master. Sometimes I think, Blessed Ones, that
of all those who served according to the Biblical record, the one I would have
rather been than any other was the one who carried the cross. That is one of
the most beautiful and glorious incidents in the Bible, and yet there is not
much space given to it. A certain one carried the cross for Him to Golgotha,
the place of the skull, and there they crucified Him. Darkness came and covered
the earth; there was lightning and thunder, and when they had crucified Him the
veil of the temple was rent in twain. Man already staggering under a load of
guilt, man having already proven through the centuries that he was not a true
child of God, had placed upon himself the final black mark—man had crucified
the Son of God! And yet in that very thing, in that very step by which human
beings thought to be supreme, they defeated themselves. There were those who
were faithful enough to place His body in the tomb, and Jesus was faithful and
true, and He came forth from the tomb according to the promise. The stone was
rolled away and He rose again and defeat was changed to victory—a victory in
which every man, woman and child is invited to share.
"For God
so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." "God so loved
the world"—that Love, that Divine Fire of Love that has been present down
through all these centuries, has remained in the world as a Light to the
children of men, as a promise of the Way of God, as an assurance to those who
dare to accept the promise. And what do we find? We find that human beings in
their efforts to fight against God in the game of life invariably do those
things by which God gains the victory; for evil human beings always play into
the Hands of God.
Man thought to gain the victory over God when he crucified
Jesus, but he did not. All the way down through the ages we find that man has
done things in order to be as great as God, according to the promise of the
serpent in the Garden when man fell. The serpent said that when man ate of the
fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil he would be as God. God
said that when man attempted to use knowledge according to his own ideas he
would destroy himself and die. Century after century and generation after
generation, God's word has proven to be true. Generation after generation has
come into the world saying, "Well, we will still gain the victory over God
and still prove that we can do as we please and have things the way we want
them whether God likes it or not." Those generations which have neglected
God in a world-wide sense have passed away; once again, God's word has proven
true.
What is the
force of this atomic bomb that man uses today? The atom has a positive center,
a positive nucleus called a proton and when by bombardment of the neutrons that
positive center is split in two, two positives repel each other. That principle
is known in electricity and operates all through the universe. In the atomic
bomb, man has not used a hundredth part of its potential energies. All he has
done is split it in two.
Atoms are
constructed like solar systems. The positive center, or proton, is surrounded
by one or more electrons. That is the secret which operates all through the
elements—ninety-two of them. In uranium, which is the ninety-second element, we
have what may be spoken of as the outer fringe classification. This process of
breaking down has been going on all the time; man did not cause it to be; he
simply discovered something that was already taking place in nature and has
been going on all through the centuries. He simply discovered that he could
utilize the process that is present in nature.
I am not belittling the efforts
of man but only pointing out that this accomplishment is something in which man
has not gained control over the atom. Man has only discovered a process in
nature which has been taking place continuously. The process in nature relates
to the source of light, to the source of life; it relates to the creative
processes; it relates to the method by which God permits life to manifest on
this planet. Man utilizes this process that has been taking place all the time,
and uses it to destroy life. God is using what we may properly call atomic
energy in the Cosmic Rays coming into the earth. The earth is being bombarded by
alpha particles, or Cosmic Rays, and those Rays from the sun are part of the
process of nature by which we have life, by which heat is produced and by which
we are privileged to know that there is a God.
If we, as a world, if we as a
people, are to avoid destroying ourselves with the atomic bomb and the
developments of the atomic bomb, we, as a world, as Christian peoples, will
have to live the Christian life more fully and with much more earnest zeal than
we have ever done before. According to the Book, the world of man is going to
be destroyed by Fire. We read here in Peter: "But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a
great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and
the works that are therein shall be burned up."
The things of
man that are contrary to the Way of God are going to come to an end. Did you
ever read a more effective description of what the results of the atomic bomb
would be than what we have read here? You will remember that the scientists
said that a steel tower simply vaporized. You also know something of the
results of the bomb in Japan. "...in the which the heavens shall pass away
with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat..." The
Bible says the "elements," and so the Bible speaks of the atomic bomb
because it is the same process. "...the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
We, as Christians, must face the fact that only in the Way of Christ, only as
we remember to remember the Babe that was born into the world, the Babe that
was finally crucified upon the cross, only as we remember that which took place
and its relationship to ourselves, only as we remember our responsibility as
Christians can we hope to be avoid being burned in the Fire, whether we like it
or not.
The atomic
bomb is a Divine warning to the world that the world had better repent, that
the world had better turn to God, that the world had better live up to the Call
of Jesus Christ, so that that which was made manifest in Japan will not be made
manifest for us. My brother, my sister, this is not something to just talk
about on Sunday and then forget the rest of the week. It is a challenge to every
Christian, wherever we are. Sometimes we say, "But I stand alone and there
does not seem very much that I can do." Or perhaps we say: "But there
are so few in number." Blessed Ones, who stood alone at the cross? Suppose
He had said, "Here I am alone. The people I came to save have all turned
away; they have rejected Me and condemned Me and it is not worthwhile standing
alone." If that had happened we would not have had an opportunity to stand
alone, or with anyone else. So it does not make any difference whether we are
alone, or what other people are doing. Because someone else does not do
anything that is no excuse for us.
Excuses of any kind are going to look pretty
thin and meaningless when we come face to face with the Lord. Just how many
excuses could you offer to the Lord, looking Him straight in the eye? I wonder.
No, that will not be a day for excuses. And so, each must choose for himself;
and each must answer to the Lord for himself.
God's atomic bomb is going to
destroy the world of evil and if we are a part of that world of evil, it will
be the finish for us. Let us be a part of the new world that is to be, that New
Paradise, that New Earth made manifest, where we may know the Joy of living
with the Lord, that we may know the Joy of everlasting Peace, and that we may
know what it means to have left behind war and misery and suffering, sorrow and
death. There is a certain and sure promise here for each and every one of us.
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away."
© Emissaries of Divine Light
