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I suppose everyone alive…young and old, saint and sinner, has wondered at one time or another…how in the world
could all those animals be kept in Noah’s ark! What about feed, and bodily functions. And how were they kept apart
to prevent fighting, and…well…eating each other. Animals do that, you know.
I’ve wondered about those things, too. Then one night we were watching a program on the Discovery Channel, about Yellowstone
National Park. We’ve been there…took both of the 100 mile drives that make big circles through the north and
the south areas. Saw Old Faithful do her stuff…went to the falls they call “Little Niagara,” and even spent
a night in the old fort what was part of the military’s time there ‘way before the area became a park. But what
I saw on that TV show had never occurred to me before.
The word was…”hibernation!” Hibernation! They had rigged a camera in a place where they knew a bear would
spend the winter, and we watched as her heartbeat slowed to less than two times per minute. Saw that the bodily functions
stopped for the entire time, and watched two cubs play while she slept, after giving birth to them.
And it finally came to me that God very well could have done this for ALL the animals, not just the bears. God made them;
it would be no problem for him to say “Let there be hibernation among what I have made.” Then, there would be
no problem about feeding, cleaning out waste matter, or getting along in the close quarters.
Remember…this is all conjecture on my part. I think, and thoughts like this happen. Of course, we all say that when
we get to Heaven, we have a lot of questions to ask God. But here’s another thought: When we get there, we’ll
have bodies like Him, including new minds…possibly that will automatically KNOW all these things. It opens up brand
new thinking about how wondrous Heaven will be. I remind you again, that the greatest decision of any life…greater
than marriage, career, first car or first home…is to decide to give your life to Christ. The Heavenly Promise it gives
changes death from a fear to a step through a golden door. Think about it.
37BT Bill Thornton November 28, 2006
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