by Michael G. Mickey
(11-5-07)

Luke 21:11: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

The Associated Press is reporting the following, in part:

A comet that has unexpectedly brightened in the past couple of weeks and now is visible to the naked eye is attracting professional and amateur interest.

Paul Lewis, director of astronomy outreach at the University of Tennessee, is drawing students to the roof of Nielsen Physics Building for special viewings of Comet 17P/Holmes.

The comet is exploding and its coma, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the sun, has grown to be bigger than the planet Jupiter. The comet lacks the tail usually associated with such celestial bodies but can be seen in the northern sky, in the constellation Perseus, as a fuzzy spot of light about as bright as the stars in the Big Dipper.

"This is truly a celestial surprise," Lewis said. "Absolutely amazing."

Not only is it absolutely amazing, according to Lewis it is "a once-in-a-lifetime event to witness."

When we read these words and consider a variety of various other prophetic indicators present in the news of our world today pointing toward the return of Jesus Christ as well, a picture should form in our minds if we're Christians - one of us going home.

One final thought about this comet's explosion, the aftermath of which is visible to the naked eye: When we examine the prophecy above, the word 'heaven' is ouranos (ü-rä-no's) in the original Greek, one definition of which is "the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it."

Soon we are going home!