This week…
An encouraging fulfillment of a recent prophetic word as well as an exploration into “dark matter” and the true Mystery of the cosmos.
Social media prophecy and Mark Zuckerberg’s newfound faith
Since 1999, a council of prophetic leaders have gotten together at the end of the year to seek God’s heart for the year ahead. This year, the team met in November and put forth their word, discussing how the current reformation of the church will continue to find it’s new “Gutenberg Press” through social media (see the section titled “Movement of Reformers”). They then specifically mentioned that major leaders of social media will start to find faith, which will significantly impact the atmosphere of Silicon Valley.
So it’s cool that on Christmas, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, publicly communicated the importance of his faith as he sent out a Christmas and Hannukah message on his personal Facebook feed. Commenters on his page were surprised and questioned this, because in the past he has presented himself as an atheist. The Washington Post picked up this story the day after the 2017 prophetic word was released. The headline begins as follows: Mark Zuckerberg says he’s no longer an atheist…
Dark matter and the mystery of Christ
During the last week of 2016, I (Nick) felt drawn to re-read a book I’d been given for Christmas a few years ago about the universe. The introduction begins with a discussion on a great mystery within the universe . . . “dark matter.” Dark matter is an unknown and presently undetectable form of matter that most scientists believe is somehow holding our galaxies together. I immediately felt a connection to Colossians 1:17 and how Christ is the one who holds and sustains all things. The issue of dark matter remained heavy on my heart all day and I was praying a lot for more insight on it.
The next day, to my surprise, CNN headlines declared that the woman who proved the existence of dark matter – Vera Rubin – had passed away at 88 years old. How strange that I was randomly pondering and deeply praying about the theological implications of “dark matter”, and then the next day in the headlines is the death of the scientist who played a key role in proving its existence.
Feeling this was more than a coincidence, I asked God for insight on the whole thing. While I am still processing this, I believe God is highlighting the reality that Christ truly is the One who holds ALL things together. Dark matter may be a real particle we will discover (perhaps sooner than later), but it ultimately declares the glory of the true “Mystery” of the cosmos – the Mystery Who was fully unveiled in His incarnation, Jesus Christ. Though He is often undetectable by “sight,” we can tap into His ever-abiding love and presence at any moment through an open heart of faith!
And one final thought for now . . . Jesus is the One who holds us together, not we ourselves.