Every year, in the Nevada Desert, pagans gather to perform ritualistic dances in front of a 52-foot wooden statue of a man. The climax of the anything goes, clothing optional festival comes when the statue is set ablaze and the participates mock the Christian belief that they will all one day burn in hell.

It is too bad that these people make light of a tragic fact. Without Christ, people will perish for eternity in hell.

Romans 6:23 KJV For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

In an interview with Reader’s Digest, Barbara Streisand repeated something a friend had told her about eternity. “Someone said to me, hopefully when you die and go to heaven and God is at the gate and he asks you a question, the question is not, how well were you loved, but how well did you love?”

Though I believe I have a lot of room in my heart to love others, I’m glad I don’t have to count on that ability as my ticket into heaven. Instead, it is quite the opposite; it is how well God loved me.

John 3:16 KJV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Things are not always as they seem. Some safety experts are saying that some safety devices on our cars are actually "unsafe" under certain conditions. Air bags are responsible for saving many lives but, they can also increase the odds of a child dying in a crash.

Anti—lock brakes are supposed to help drivers avoid accidents. But these brakes don't always enhance safety. If a driver "pumps" the brakes, they do not work

—Better Homes & Gardens, April 1997, p. 60, Friendly Exchange, Spring 1997, p. 34-35 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Time has a way of changing our perspective. In the early 1940's Ruth Gruber was working, on behalf of the government, to promote the Alaskan territory to homesteaders. She traveled by truck, dogsled, and when she was lucky, by plane.

In 1942, she was about to board a plane headed for Nome, when she received a message from the Secretary of the Interior. This was before the day of satellite pagers-it wasn't an instant message, the telegraph operator had to decode it for her. The bush pilot became impatient and told her he couldn't wait any longer, the plane would have to leave without her.

Gruber was in a bind, she couldn't walk away from a message from the Secretary of the Interior, she had to wait. I'm sure she wasn't happy to miss her flight and to have to arrange other transportation to Nome. The impatient pilot couldn't wait just a few more minutes, which ended up saving her life. Soon after taking off, the plane crashed into a mountain, killing everyone on board.

For a while, Gruber was wishing the operator would hurry up. Later, she was glad he didn't. If time can change our perspective like that, what does eternity do? Wealth, status, position-they all become unimportant when viewed through the perspective of eternity.

James 1:9-11 NASB "But let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position; [10] and let the rich man glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. [11] For the sun rises with a scorching wind, and withers the grass; and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away."

In a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, the age where the average person considers someone “old” is 68. However, there is a generational difference in the perception of who is old. The younger people are, the sooner they believe old age sets in. For those in the survey from ages 18-29, old age starts at 60. For 30-49 year-olds it is almost a decade later at 69. Those 50-64 don’t think old age begins until 72. If you are over 65, senior citizen status is delayed until 74.

-- USA Today, June 29, 2009 p. 5D Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

While the attempt to appear, feel, and act young is a continual battle among the aging population, the truth remains, everyone who lives long enough gets old. Ponce de Leon may have searched long and hard for the fountain of youth but he never found it. There is only one solution to living beyond old age and it not found in a fountain of youth, but in the living water.

John 4:10, 14 (NKJV) “Jesus answered and said to her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.’ (14) “but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."

If there is anything that gets a couple thinking about religion, it is the thoughts of the children they are responsible for. That is true, even for the world’s richest couple.

Melinda Gates is Catholic, goes to church, and wants to raise daughter Jennifer that way. "But she offered me a deal," Gates says. "If I start going to church--my family was Congregationalist--then Jennifer could be raised in whatever religion I choose."

So how did Gates respond? He admitted that he is tempted, because he would prefer she have a religion that "has less theology and all" than Catholicism, but he has not yet taken up the offer. "Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient," he explains. "There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning."

That is a very interesting comment from the man who gave us free cell and video solitaire. The thing to remember is we don’t invest Sunday morning for time, but for eternity. Hopefully Jennifer will realize, as does her mother, that there is more to life than efficiency. Bill Gates may be able to leave Jennifer millions of dollars, but a relationship with Christ will give her millions of years, as a beginning, in eternity.

--http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1120657-1,00.html

Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

John 3:16 (KJV) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

The June 2009 edition of Sky Magazine, the official in flight publication of Delta Airlines, has a section about New York City. In it, they interview famous New Yorkers about their favorite places in the City that never sleeps. A very self-absorbed Donald Trump answers almost every question with a property or a place that he owns.

Best Meeting Place – My Office in the Trump Towers

Best Private Club – The Trump National Golf Club

Favorite restaurants – He names two in the Trump Towers

Favorite mode of transportation in NYC – My limousine

Favorite airport – LaGuardia, where my jet is

Favorite clothier – Macy’s where you will find The Trump Signature Collection

Favorite recreational activity – Golf at one of my beautiful worldwide courses

Favorite spot in Central Park – well evidently he doesn’t own any part of Central Parkbecause his answer is Wollman Rink.

It could be that Mr. Trump is using the interview as an opportunity to advertise his diverse businesses. He has plenty of them. Was he to be asked, “What is your hope for eternity?” I am sure nothing with the name Trump in it will be the right answer.

Sky, June 2009, p. 66 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

John 14:6 (NKJV) Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

For years, some scientists have suggested including an additional dimension of space into their research because it helps reconcile theories involving electromagnetism and gravity. Physicist Itzhak Bars, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southern California thinks adding another dimension of time (other than the one we are used to) may solve the problem. Bars suggests time is not only a simple line from the past to the future in a four dimensional world consisting of three dimensions of space and one of time. The physicist envisions the passage of history as curves embedded in six dimensions, with four of space and two of time.

Some physicists consider Bars’ theory a bit unusual, but he believes the Bible offers support for his theory. In 2 Peter 2:8 the apostle states that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. He notes Peter goes a step further, implying that in the spiritual realm a moment is like a thousand years and a thousand years like a moment. The concepts could suggest that God exists in a timeless dimension where past, present and future merge and linear time does not exist. Other passages such as, the first verses from the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah indicate that before he was born, the prophet existed and was consecrated to God’s service. Bars plans to conduct experiments to explore his theory, which could produce findings offering new insight into human existence and how God interacts with the world.

--God Standard Time, http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10010015.htm; January 3, 2010, Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.

Science and Theology don’t often complement each other, but this research could yield some interesting insights. No matter what Bars finds, God always has time for you.

2 Peter 3:8-10 (NAB) “But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. (9) The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard "delay," but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (10) But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.”

A Roman snack shop closed down. Well, actually the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 closed it down when it buried it in volcanic ash. That was almost 2000 years ago, but in March, after having been excavated and renovated, it reopened again for tourists to the ancient town of Pomeii.

Two-thousand years between closing and reopening is almost an eternity. But in the light of eternity it is only the blink of an eye. The same God, who was there when the volcano shut it down, is the God who rules over the world it now occupies. God is the same now as he was then. God’s kindness has not changed in the last 2000 years nor for all eternity shall it change. It is eternal.

Isaiah 54:8 (NASB77) "In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you," Says the LORD your Redeemer.

David Murdock is an 87-year-old billionaire who has spent $500 million building a research campus in North Carolina to explore his conviction that they key to longer life is a low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruit, and antioxidants. “I never have anything go wrong,” says Murdock. “Never had a backache. Never had a headache. Never had anything else.” Murdock is certain he can live to be 125-years-old.

--The Week, March 18, 2011 p. 12 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

One thing is certain. Whether Mr. Murdock makes it to 125 or dies before he is 90, he will experience death.

The last typewriter factory closed its doors in Mumbai, India on April 25, 2011. The company managed to sell some 10,000 typewriters a year for the last few years of its existence. The drop off in orders for new machines was dramatic enough that it was no longer a viable business. The factory closed and now typewriters are no longer being produced en masse anywhere in the world.

God's covenant with Moses was one that became obsolete, but now we have an everlasting covenant that will never cease production.

--The Atlantic- http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/last-typewriter-factory-in-the-world-shuts-its-doors/237838/ Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Miguel Martinez

Ezekiel 37:26 - 38:1(NASB) 26 "I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. 27 "My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. 28 "And the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever."'"

On September 23, 1846 Astronomers determined that the newly discovered object in the sky was a planet. They named it Neptune. 165 years later, in July 2011 Neptune completes its first journey around the sun since its discovery. One year on Neptune is like 165 earth years.

If time is so different from planet to planet, think of how different it is from time to eternity.

2 Peter 3:8 (NASB) But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

Wellington R. Burt hated his family. When he died, in 1919, his will stipulated that his estate was to be held until his last grandchild was dead for 21 years. That child died in 1990 so in 2011 the descendants of Wellington R. Burt opened the will. The 12 descendants learned that they would split an inheritance of 110 million Dollars.

Fortunately, our heavenly father loves us. Our inheritance will be available to us immediately upon our death.

John 3:16 (ESV) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

In a 60 minutes interview on CBS, Walter Isaacson, the author of the biography Steve Jobs, tells about Steve Jobs talking about God. Jobs said, "Sometimes I believe in God, sometimes I don't. I think it's 50-50 maybe. But ever since I've had cancer, I've been thinking about it more. And I find myself believing a bit more. I kind of-- maybe it's 'cause I want to believe in an afterlife. That when you die, it doesn't just all disappear. The wisdom you've accumulated. Somehow it lives on." Then he paused for a second and he said, "Yeah, but sometimes I think it's just like an on-off switch. Click and you're gone." He said and paused again, and he said, "And that's why I don't like putting on-off switches on Apple devices."

--http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-20124391/
steve-jobs-revelations-from-a-tech-giant/?pageNum=8&tag=contentMain;contentBody Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

Everybody comes to the point when they wonder about death and what comes after. Our hope of eternity is in Jesus Christ.

John 11:26 (NASB) and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"

In Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ, Peter Scazzero writes, “We are to live our lives as the rest of the world marrying, experiencing sorrow and joy, buying things and using them but always with awareness that these things in themselves are not our lives. We are to be marked by eternity, free from the dominating power of things.”

--Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ (Kindle Locations 1416-1418). Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

Psalm 16:8 (KJV) I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

2045, The Year Man Becomes Immortal shouts the cover of Time magazine! Of course that is a couple thousand years late. Jesus already promised that those who believe in Him will never die. The Time article is about the Singularity movement. The Singularity moment is when computer intelligence passes human intelligence. At that time, scientists will be able to put your memory into a computer and you will essentially live in a computer forever.

--Time, February 21, 2011, p. 42 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

John 11:25-26 (ESV) Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

When Paul McCartney took the stage (twice) at the 2012 Grammy Awards, Twitter exploded not with praise but confusion. “Who is Paul McCartney?” became a trending topic on the micro-blogging site.

--Time, February 27, 2012, p. 50 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

Paul McCartney, one of the four original Beatles, was one of the most famous musicians among the generation of baby boomers. Now in his 70’s he is a virtual unknown to the younger generations. That is the story of all but a very few individuals. The preacher said it well in Ecclesiastes.

Ecclesiastes 1:11 (ESV) There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after.

Fame and riches are fleeting. The only things that last are the treasures stored up in heaven.

Matthew 6:19-21 (ESV) “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Fred Guentert has spent the past 25 years building an ornate, Egyptian-style sarcophagus for his final resting place. The Florida man built and decorated the elaborate cedar-wood coffin. He adorned the box with images of Egyptian gods. Guentert has one last wish before they lay him in the box. He wants everyone to be sure he is dead before they close it.

--The Week, March 30, 2012 p. 16 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

While preparing a beautiful place for his body after death, I hope he has prepared a beautiful place for his spirit also.

Matthew 6:20 (ESV) but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

How long is eternity? Residents of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan have discovered that it is not as long as they thought. In 1984 the city built a memorial as a tribute to Soviet soldiers who died during World War II. Part of the memorial was an eternal flame. When the city failed to pay its gas bill the local gas company cut the gas supply off extinguishing the memorial flame.

Fortunately the Lord Jesus Christ has paid the price for our eternal life in full. –Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

1 John 5:13 (HCSB) I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Ray Kurzweil is described as a futurist and inventor. At age 65 his goal is to live long enough that he will still be alive when the contents of our brains will be able to be downloaded to a computer. Then he can upload his intelligence, experience, and identity to the internet allowing him to live forever.

Man’s ingenuity will never lead to immortality. Only God’s grace can usher in eternity.-- Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

John 3:16 (CEV) (16) God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

Nik Wallenda from the high flying Wallenda family recently crossed a high wire across a canyon near the Grand Canyon. He made the crossing without a tether or safety net. Last year he was the first person to walk over the brink of Niagara Falls on a high wire. When asked about the danger he faced Wallenda’s response was full of confidence in his Savior. “I have confidence that if something were to happen to me, I know where I’m going.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell
World, July 13, 2013, p. 16

2 Timothy 1:12 (NASB) For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

“History teaches us about the cyclic rise and fall of civilizations, which, as they become more complex and interconnected, also become more vulnerable to collapse. The earth is littered with the ruins of empires that believed they were eternal.” –Camille Paglia

We can think as highly of ourselves, our technology, and our growth as we want to, but eventually it all becomes a part of mortal ruins that litter history. Only God is eternal. --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

Isaiah 40:8 (ESV) (8) The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

The grandson of evangelist Billy Graham gave an update on his grandfather’s condition, and relayed an important message during a meeting of Christian Broadcast professionals. Will Graham told the crowd that his grandfather is in condition that is natural for someone who is 95 years old. Billy Graham gave what many believe is his last sermon during a taped segment of the video “The Cross” that was part of “My Hope for America” campaign. 26,000 churches originally signed up to participate in the campaign, but it quickly expanded and many estimate 4 million people heard the Gospel through the outreach. Will Graham said his desire was to tell people that Jesus is the one hope and one answer they are seeking. Regarding his grandfather, Graham said, “This is what my grandfather has said concerning his own death, he said, ‘One day you will hear that Billy Graham has died. Don’t believe it. On that day I will be more alive than I ever will be.’” Graham added, ”And that’s the truth and that why he preaches, because this life is only the setup for the life to come.”—Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.

Billy Graham's Grandson Relays Iconic Preacher's Message for Day He Dies: 'Don't Believe It', By Alex Murashko, http://www.christianpost.com/news/billy-grahams-grandson-relays-iconic-preachers-message-for-day-he-dies-dont-believe-it-115102, Accessed February 24, 2014.

John 10:28 (HCSB) I give them eternal life, and they will never perish—ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand.

New Orleans pastor, Kenneth Green was preaching at his church, Greater Saint Mary Baptist Church in the Algiers community. In his Sunday morning sermon Pastor Green declared “If the Lord called me now I’m ready to go.”

According to a congregant present at the time, he then wiped his face, took a swallow of water, then he looked up and it looked like his eyes were rolled back, like there was no life in his eyes, and he tumbled over.

By the time paramedics arrived at the church they could do nothing for the pastor who was already in the presence of the Lord. -- Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

http://www.christianpost.com/news/new-orleans-pastor-drops-dead-after-telling-congregation-if-the-lord-called-me-now-im-ready-138754/

2 Corinthians 5:8 (HCSB) (8) and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

A 33-year-old British man, claiming it was the culmination of too many drinks in the pub, legally changed his name to Bacon Double Cheeseburger.”

The risen Christ promised us a new name for those who overcome. It will be more meaningful than the name of our favorite food. –--Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell

Revelation 2:17 (HCSB) “Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.”

ETERNITY

What are your goals for eternity? Ron Hopper’s final wish was for his fishing buddies to mix his ashes with their bait on their long-planned fishing trip to Thailand. Hopper, 64, was dying of cancer when he made the request. His friends mixed his ashes with the bait and they caught a record-breaking Siamese carp. “It is what he would have wanted,” friend Paul Fairbrass said.

The Christian might hope to leave a legacy worthy of the Christ who saved us. Catching the world record carp is maybe not so important. –Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell.

2 Timothy 2:2 (HCSB) “And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

An investor who put $10,000 in Amazon’s initial public offering in 1997 would have nearly $5 million today. Amazon’s valuation of $464 billion is now twice that of Wal-Mart. Putting some perspective on Amazon’s dominance, just 12 percent of the companies on the 1955 Fortune 500 list are still on the list today.

Despite the perspective that some things are long lasting, only one thing is eternal. It is to our benefit to invest in the things that are eternal.

Matthew 6:19 (CSB) “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.”

While 47 years is not eternity, there are times it may feel like it. One toddler got possession of his mom’s cell phone. He repeatedly entered the wrong passcode. He did it so many times that when mom got home she discovered the phone’s security protection had disabled the phone for 25 million minutes. Apple store workers told her she would either have to wait 25 million minutes to unlock the phone or reboot it, erasing all of the data. 25 million minutes is 47 years, a long time to wait to use the phone, but just a blink of an eye in the long scheme of eternity.

If you blanch at the thought of waiting 47 years to dial a friend, think how miserable eternity will be without Jesus Christ. —Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell.

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Jeff McClenahan, a 53-year-old college professor, returned to his home in Paradise and “found it destroyed, burned to the foundation.” As he stared in disbelief, he dropped to his knees and sobbed, “Its stuff. But it’s a lot of history. Everything, our whole lives were in here.” —Jim L. Wilson and Jonathan Sheng

1 Corinthians 3:10–15 (CSB)“According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one is to be careful how he builds on it. For no one can lay any other foundation than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, each one’s work will become obvious. For the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work. If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will experience loss, but he himself will be saved—but only as through fire.”

NASA has plans for private citizens to spend up to 30 days in the International Space Station. It might be a little expensive for most of us, $35,000 per night. And that doesn’t include the trip to get there. That will add another $52 million dollars to the trip. That is quite the fee just to get out of this world. I think I will wait until the Lord takes me out of the world and brings me home. –Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell.

2 Corinthians 5:8 (CSB) In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Since rumors of a fountain of youth surfaced centuries ago, humans have been looking for a way to live forever. A new high-tech attempt is linking your brain to a computer, creating a digital replica, and uploading it to the computer. You enter a booth, scan and upload your mind to a server, then download it into a robot body. Neuroscience research labs across the world are working on it, one small step at a time. –Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell.

I love science, but this sounds more like science fiction. Jesus told us the secret of eternal life 2000 years ago.

John 3:36 (CSB)“The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

When a person dies, their loved ones who are left behind want to find ways to remember them. In Cleveland, Ohio a Father-son duo, Michael and Kyle Sherwood have started a company to help. Their company, Save My Ink Forever, proposes to skin the tattoos off the corpses and turn them into framed artwork. The process takes about three months, and the framed final product—displayed behind “museum-quality UV glass”—starts at $1,599 for a 5-by-5-inch tattoo. The idea is for people to “feel comforted being able to see that piece of their loved one as a constant reminder of them,” Kyle said.

Forever never takes place this side of eternity. —Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell.

For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

The makers of the board game Monopoly have created a new version of the game that promises to make the seemingly endless game even longer. The new board has an outer track and an inner track containing 96 spaces, compared to 40 on the original. There are 66 properties, 12 railroads and six utilities. The object of the game is for one person to own every possible property, railroad and utility. Players can keep going even if they are bankrupt and they can also cut up their money to keep going. The new game only has one die so there are no extra turns from rolling doubles. Amazon is the exclusive distributor for the new game, and they say it is so popular that it is currently unavailable. They hope to have new copies soon.—Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end.

Though the audience was limited due to pandemic restrictions, hundreds gathered at St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt to hear the organ change chords on September 5, 2020. The organ in playing an experimental piece of music called Organ/ASLSP written by John Cage in the 1980s. The organ had been playing the same chord for six years and 11 months before the change on September 5. The musical selection started September 5, 2001 and was silent until February 5, 2003 when the first chord began. If all goes according to plan, the music piece will last another 620 years before the last chord is played in 2640. —Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/09/05/Hundreds-assemble-as-John-Cage-piece-changes-chord-for-the-first-time-in-7-years/5741599345248/