A recent NBC News Alert hit my email with this pronouncement: “Futurist James Lovelock, renowned for his work on the Gaia hypothesis, celebrated his 100th birthday with a bold prediction: Earth will one day be dominated by artificial life — the descendants of today’s robots and artificial intelligence systems. And, he says in his new book, ‘Novacene,’ the process has already begun.”
The title of the article is: “Cyborgs Will Replace Humans and Remake the World.” You can find it on nbcnews.com/mach/science/cyborgs
Oh, I think the world is going to be remade all right, but not as futurist Lovelock proclaims. The Scriptures have been proclaiming that promise far longer than Mr. Lovelock has … St. Peter told us: “In keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.” [2 Peter 3:13]
And John saw it: “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’” [Rev 21:1-4]
Not robots and cyborgs and artificial intelligence systems, but the home of righteousness, the dwelling of God with men, a place where death, mourning, crying and pain are gone forever. Oh, I want to see what John saw!
There is a wonderful song by The Hoppers. It expresses what John saw and what I’m longing to see! Check it out:
