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Our
barber shop is far from ordinary. It has a WEATHER ROCK, proudly
displayed for the enlightenment of all customers. The large
stone hangs from a sign which reads: "If rock is wet, rain;
if swinging, windy; if it is jumping, earthquake; white, snow;
if under water, flood; if gone, tornado." And
it is nearly always right, too. That's more than I can say for
more sophisticated weather indicators.
Of
course this weather rock reads what IS. It does not fool around
with what may be, or could be, or what we wish
for. In this it is far more scientific than the evolutionist who
is content to speculate on scraps of inconclusive evidence. It
is more honest than the cultist who sees his pet in every verse,
because he reads all scripture through headquarters glasses. It
is more objective than vast numbers of "evangelicals"
who allow their feelings to take the place of Bible teaching. It
doesn't make excuses like the weather man who was late to work,
and explained, "I had to dig my car out of eight inches of
'partly cloudy'." In this day of maybe, we like something
positive.
Jesus
had something to say about weather "prophets" in His
day. They could read the face of the sky with something like
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the "old time" saying that has come
down to our day:
  "Red
at
night,
  Shepherd's
delight
  Red
in the morning,
    Shepherd's
take warning!"
This
was a general observation, subject to many variations; yet they
put great trust in these "signs." But the signs of
Jesus' divinity and Messiah-ship were all about them, and they
could not (?) see them. They were standing in the rain,
knee-deep in flood waters that would sweep away the old system
and "leave their house desolate" (Matt. 23:37-38), and
they thought the sun was shining and all was well. Jesus called
them what they were: "Hypocrites!" (Matt. 16:1-3).
Even
the "Weather Rock" will not help the self-blinded. The
eye that car, look at the universe and fail to see an
intelligent Cause; that looks at social corruption and fails to
see the need for morals and redemption; that can seriously
consider Jesus of Nazareth and not see the answer--that eye
can't even see the weather rock.
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