The Beginning - Part Four

In the first three installments of this series I have set an outline of the material contained on http://timeoftheend-faithandreason.net : arguments that point to the very real possibility that the earth was visited and colonized in ancient times by visitors from another system. To those who would scoff at such an idea, I can only reply that the belief systems that have been in force for centuries have done nothing to ease the burdens of mankind here on the material plain. They have, in fact, aggravated the situation and led mankind to the very brink of self destruction. On only has to look at the fragmented state of organized religion to see where Ignorance and Superstition have led. And the future? Who dares to look ahead to the next twenty years? The next fifty? Oh, the Millennium is here alright; not the slam-bang apocalypse that the mind-benders have coerced the fearful to believe, but a period of a thousand years. With more then 992 years to go,well...
The world needs a new vision; one of hope, togetherness in common cause, and the full realization that mankind is a vital part in the scheme of Creation. What better validation can there be for our own ambitions in outer space than the possibility that it's all been done before. As we dream of one day going out to the " final frontier " we may find a new energy and resolve in the story of the Lords of the World. This story is told in the Bible as we suggest in the eBook, The Time of the End, the centerpiece of the website. So let us go back some four-million years and try to imagine what happened whn the occupants of the City of Heaven first discovered the tiny star about a light-year away.

We have been out here in deep space for some nine-hundred years. Our Celestial Home has provided well for us; we simply perform the duties that are required to maintain it. It is roughly in the shape of a potato; about seventeen miles long, six miles wide, and five miles high. Enclosed within the City's 240-foot thick walls is a completely self-contained, 100% renewable ecosystem, powered by Nuclear energy and additional supplied of radiation from the surounding Universe.
Since the discovery of the little white-hot star, hope has grown that our journey may be nearing its end. Thus far, a spectral analysis has shown that it contains all the right elements to sustain life as we know it. As yet, though, there is no way to determine of there is a planet the poper distance from the star that it be habitable.
But we will have to make that determination as quickly as possible.
We are travelling at an incredible high rate of speed and, so, will have to decide on a course of action. The sooner we know if there is a satellite the right distance from the star, having an atmosphere, and dry land, then we will know whether to steer our ship against the star's primus motus to slow down, or to align ourselves with it and " slingshot " farther out into space.

First, to determine the existence of the planet we have set up a viewing room. On one wall is a monitor, at the center of which is a telescopic view of the star with a green circle surounding it to represent the ideal distance. There are eight to ten people always in the room, a pair of yes always fixed on the screen for the first indication of the planet's presence. We are looking for a tiny point of light somewhere on that green circle, and some of our observers have been heard to say, "Oh, let there be light!"
And what do you know? Yes, we saw the light right where we wanted it to be, and " it was good." So ended the first Day of Discovery, when we were close enough to see the first indication of our new home.
At length we also determined that there was an atmosphere, and when we got close enough to observe the surface detail of this new world, we were temporarily shocked by what we saw: only water and steam! Some even suggested that the steam arose because the water was boiling, but cooler heads decided to send a mission closer to see if dry land " would appear." It did, and we settled into an orbit around what came to be called Jupiter.

To be continued.