When Life Appeared
Tim Gustafson Our Daily Bread Ministries https://odb.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission When Life Appeared Bible in a Year : Ezekiel 47-48 1 John 3 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it. 1 John 1:2 Today's Scripture & Insight : 1 John 1:1-10 n 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine dominated the world’s attention. As the magnitude of the catastrophe became apparent, officials scrambled to the critically essential task of containing the radiation. Lethal gamma rays from highly radioactive debris kept destroying the robots deployed to clean up the mess. So they had to use “bio robots”—human beings! Thousands of heroic individuals became “Chernobyl liquidators,” disposing of the hazardous material in “shifts” of ninety seconds or less. People did what technology could not, at great personal risk. Long ago, our rebellion against God introduced a catastrophe that led to all other catastrophes (see Genesis 3 ). Through Adam and Eve, ...