Forty-three years ago today, Neil Armstrong made that small step for man which was a giant leap for mankind.
Did you know that when the lander settled on the moon, it had but sixteen seconds of fuel left in the descent engine?
Did you know that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were cleared to land, even though an alarm was going off repeatedly, telling them that the guidance computer had a problem?
What an incredible feat of innovation, engineering, science, and raw courage!
What an amazing creature is man! On the one hand, he is capable of conquering space and traveling to earth's satellite, the moon. On the other, he is capable of picking up an AR-15 and murdering total strangers, as we saw early this morning in Aurora, Colorado.
The latter demonstrates that we are fallen creatures; the former demonstrates that even as fallen creatures, the image of God persists in us and God continues to bless His creatures with common grace.
But there is a grace far superior to common grace. Oh, that men would hear of the cross, and the death of Christ, and of His resurrection for their sins, and believe! Forgiveness is available, and the regeneration of the Holy Spirit makes one a new creation in Christ. It is all available through repentance and faith in Christ.
There is a base of Tranquility, but it's not on the moon. It's at the foot of the cross.
[The pictures used in this post may be seen at http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/apollo.html and were paid for with your tax dollars, if you were old enough to be paying taxes in 1969.]
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