And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
(Isaiah 61:4) KJV
Immanuel Velikovsky wrote “Ages in Chaos” but the ages aren’t in chaos, Earth is about 6,000 years old. Popular science (SciPop) however, can only be chaos. By default.
Now don’t panic, the surface of the Earth may be about 6,000 years old but gravitational time dilation caused time to pass more quickly the further away you get from the center. As such the remote regions of the cosmos may be 13.8 billion years old, or more, at the same time.
Velikovsky was right, sort of, but the academic world had absolutely no interest. His conclusions didn’t fit the popular science narrative of godless existence (SciPop) as established by peer review., so he was ostracized. The cover of our edition has this quote:
If Dr. Velikovsky is right, this volume is the greatest contribution to the investigation of ancient times ever written.
Dr. Robert H. Pfeiffer, Harvard University
Velikovsky runs up against how the narrative of history has been vastly elongated to fit a timescale which is based on radiometric dating. There are billions of unnecessary years which have to be packed in and this is why it seems as if the ages are in chaos. That’s because radiometric dating is pseudoscience. This is a great example of the danger of peer review. Peer review is an excuse to ignore the normal rules of science for the purpose of constructing a pseudoscientific narrative of godless existence (SciPop).
For the LORD is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. “I am the LORD,” he says, “and there is no other.
(Isaiah 45:18) NLT
However, when we ignore radiometric dating it’s not difficult to put the pieces of history back in a way that makes sense.
Given that, however, we’re in a time that feels like chaos. Our passage today is a message of hope to a generation which hasn’t arrived yet. Isaiah, the Quarterback of history, threw a touchdown pass to a wide-receiver who hasn’t been born.
Those of us who are here today better buckle in. The wasting and desolation of our cities has only just begun. It may get a lot worse before it gets better. Right now we have COVID-19, the worse wildfires in history in the West, and the second hurricane to make landfall on the Gulf Coast this season.
We’re not a prophet of doom and gloom, but it’s not a stretch to say that judgement is coming upon the USA. More than anything we must keep our eyes on the Lord, and not pin our hopes on political leadership and the coming elections. They’re unlikely to solve any problems.
Matty (Headwind) 