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What are the chances that you know everything there is to know and everything that is going to happen? What are the chances that your brain is used to a 100% capacity and completely saturated with information so that there is no more room for anymore data, facts, or experiences to remember? On December 19, 2010 – in a segment by Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes (CBS) gave an extended report on: The Gift of Endless Memory – Superior Autobiographical Memory. Her report began: “It is often said that we are our memories - that web of experiences, relationships, thoughts, and feelings that make us who we are. We don't remember it all of course. That would be impossible. Or would it? There has been a discovery in the field of memory recently, so new you won't find it in any textbook. It's so hard to fathom, there are some who remain unconvinced. For the moment, the scientists studying it are simply calling it "superior autobiographical memory." And unless you happen to know one of the handful of people discovered so far who have it, get ready to be amazed.”

One who is conducting a study of this group was asked: “…is this group is anything like savants. ‘I guess the answer is yes and no. They're not people who have an extraordinary ability, but can't tie their shoe. And that's part of what, I think, makes this at least so interesting for me, is that you have this really remarkable ability in a person who is otherwise pretty darn normal…’ But what exactly does ‘normal’ mean, when you remember every day of your life? When everything good - and everything bad - that has ever happened to you is right there, instantly accessible? One was asked: ‘When you look back at painful memories, is it just as raw?’ The reply: ‘Sometimes it'll be as though it happened yesterday. Sometimes, it's as though it happened last week…’ Just the mention of a sad day, like the one in 1986 when one learned she'd have to change schools , and she relives it emotionally. She said: ‘I felt like my whole world was collapsing. And you say that and it's like all of a sudden I feel like this really heartbroken little 13-year-old all over again…”

Most of us have lives that are log-jammed with activity and experiences on a continual basis making it almost impossible to remember much more than the mere high points of a day or week. This brings up a question: What do you remember about December 21, 1554? This is the date when the last Winter Solstice and Lunar Eclipse coincided with each other. The winter solstice - the day that marks the beginning of winter and the shortest day of the year - occurs at 6:38 p.m. EST Tuesday: December 21, 2010. A lunar eclipse will occur this winter solstice. A lunar eclipse is when the moon falls in the Earth's shadow. The eclipse can be viewed in America by simply looking at the sky starting at 2:40 a.m. EST. Maximum eclipse will be at 3:17 a.m. The eclipse will be over at 3:53 a.m. it will also represent the darkest night of the year. In case you missed it last time, you can see what others saw 456 years ago.

What are the chances that you will see and experience what the Bible teaches about the sun and moon in the Day of the Lord. Such as, Isaiah 60:19-20 - “The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.” And the event described in Isaiah 30:26 – “The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the LORD binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.” There is also a description of a scene after the end of the world as we and generations prior to us have experienced it, namely, Revelation 21:23-25 – “The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.” There is no element of “chance” at this juncture. If you know Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you will be in the presence of The Lamb – The Light of the world. Why take the chance of missing this eternal reality?  Consider these things with me!