The Theology of Vaccines |
Smallpox vaccine? Yes. Polio vaccine? Yes. COVID ??? Now that is and will be the great question of the decade. If you want to start a family fight or a church war, just give your opinion of the pros and cons of the COVID vaccine. There has been much argument, angst, and anger over the nature of messenger RNA. Is it safe and the savior from the modern plague, or is it a potential silent killer? I do not know the answer to such questions and certainly do not intend to try. However, what I do know is that such complicated systems such as DNA and RNA and messenger RNA did not happen by accident. Just look at the pharmaceutical industry or listen to governmental officials explain the process of design and discovery. Intricate and complex systems like these do not happen autonomously nor unintentionally. They are designed and have a Designer. Just like a vaccine does not happen from spontaneous combustion or from the endless cycles of time and chance, so also mankind did not simply appear based on endless time and multiple opportunities of chance. Time and chance are simply abstract descriptors, not sources of power. We were created by our Creator with intricate design far more elaborate than DNA and RNA, although God created both and included both to achieve the crowning glory of His creation. “In the beginning was God.” “And God said….” “What is man that Thou art mindful of him…” “Even before my unformed substance was formed You knew me… I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” The design and creation of vaccines declare the glory of man’s achievement and accomplishments. The design and creation of man declare the glory of God. Do not forget who He is. Do not forget Whose you are. Serving Him with you until He comes for us, Fred |