The Arrogance of Power?

News of world chaos over the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland reminded me of another enormous one 4000 years ago that may have evidenced God’s wrath during the time of Moses. The eruption, one of the largest in recorded history, wiped out the advanced Minoan civilization on the Greek Islands of Crete and Thera (today, Santorini). It’s even possible that this is the lost civilization Plato described as Atlantis. Many Biblical archeologists and historians believe that effects of the huge Minoan eruption are mentioned in the book of Exodus when God commanded Pharaoh to let his people go. Recall the turmoil, the plagues that followed Pharaoh ignored God’s demand–water, blood, frogs, dust, lice, hail, darkness–a thick darkness in the land of Egypt for three days.

Ashes from the Icelandic volcano have now spread throughout the North Atlantic and over Northern Europe. According to recent news reports, ash plumes reach as high as 55,000 feet in the air. Ash from the Minoan explosion during Old Testament times caused even greater damage, more widespread destruction. In Egypt archeologists and historians believe that it could have brought not only darkness laden with particles of ash and other debris mentioned in Exodus, but also drastic climate changes, disrupting the entire ecosystem in the area. Ashes from the Minoan volcano have been found as far away as California in growth rings of redwood trees.

Do you remember after 9/11, the poem Ozymandias, by Shelley, went viral on the internet? …”Look on my Works, ye Might, and despair!” The arrogance of power was the warning 4000 years ago.  Perhaps politicians and leaders of all nations should take heed.

What do you think?