Einstein and Eternal Life
By Ed Handkins
Have you ever wondered what Einstein’s famous formula (E=MxCxC or Energy equals Mass times the speed of light squared) has to do with your eternal life? You don’t need to be a mathematician or a scientist to get the connection.
Einstein shook the world with his now iconic formula. Before this insight it was believed that matter could not be created or destroyed. His famous formula shows that energy can be created from the transformation of matter to energy. This implied that energy could also be used to create matter – that has now been done!
This astounding truth shook our “world view” – our understanding of how things work. Nature does not know destruction. Nature only knows transformation.
I taught chemistry and physics across the hall from the biology teacher. We had several interesting discussions. The biology teacher believed that death was the end of life.
When we apply the truth that “nature does not know destruction – only transformation” to our understanding of “life” we can see another great truth. Life does not end at death – death is only the point of transformed.
To understand what is beyond the point of transformation we need to look to someone who has been there and came back to tell us about it. Science can only take us so far in our understanding. Jesus died and was buried. On the third day He rose from the grave. To those who follow Him He says “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25.)
To those who do not know Jesus as Savior He will say, “Depart from me…” (Matthew 25:41.) We need to listen to the One who has been there and back again. Death is the point of transformation to a new life with our Creator or eternal life separated from Him forever.
Scientific Note:
The energy of an atomic bomb or from an atomic reactor does not come out of thin air. The energy comes from matter being changed into energy. An incredible amount of energy is created when only a tiny amount of matter is transformed to pure energy.
The “E” in Einstein’s formula represents energy. The “M” is the amount of matter changed to energy. The “C” is a constant – the speed of light which is about 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second.) That means the 186,000 is multiplied by 186,000 (converted to the appropriate unites) and then multiplied again by the amount of matter changed to energy.
© Ed Handkins 2009
By Ed Handkins
Have you ever wondered what Einstein’s famous formula (E=MxCxC or Energy equals Mass times the speed of light squared) has to do with your eternal life? You don’t need to be a mathematician or a scientist to get the connection.
Einstein shook the world with his now iconic formula. Before this insight it was believed that matter could not be created or destroyed. His famous formula shows that energy can be created from the transformation of matter to energy. This implied that energy could also be used to create matter – that has now been done!
This astounding truth shook our “world view” – our understanding of how things work. Nature does not know destruction. Nature only knows transformation.
I taught chemistry and physics across the hall from the biology teacher. We had several interesting discussions. The biology teacher believed that death was the end of life.
When we apply the truth that “nature does not know destruction – only transformation” to our understanding of “life” we can see another great truth. Life does not end at death – death is only the point of transformed.
To understand what is beyond the point of transformation we need to look to someone who has been there and came back to tell us about it. Science can only take us so far in our understanding. Jesus died and was buried. On the third day He rose from the grave. To those who follow Him He says “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25.)
To those who do not know Jesus as Savior He will say, “Depart from me…” (Matthew 25:41.) We need to listen to the One who has been there and back again. Death is the point of transformation to a new life with our Creator or eternal life separated from Him forever.
Scientific Note:
The energy of an atomic bomb or from an atomic reactor does not come out of thin air. The energy comes from matter being changed into energy. An incredible amount of energy is created when only a tiny amount of matter is transformed to pure energy.
The “E” in Einstein’s formula represents energy. The “M” is the amount of matter changed to energy. The “C” is a constant – the speed of light which is about 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second.) That means the 186,000 is multiplied by 186,000 (converted to the appropriate unites) and then multiplied again by the amount of matter changed to energy.
© Ed Handkins 2009
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