REGRET

REGRET

Robert Oppenheimer was the primary scientist responsible for the development of the atomic bomb used against Japan at the close of World War II. He was born in 1904 in New York City, and showed an early interest in science. He entered Harvard at 18 and graduated in 3 years with honors. He was considered one of the top ten theoretical physicists in the world, and specialized in the study of sub-atomic particles and gamma rays. 

From 1943 he began directing 4500 men and women at Los Alamos, New Mexico, with the sole purpose of building an atomic bomb. Two years and two billion dollars later, they successfully detonated the first atomic bomb. When he saw what he had made, Robert Oppenheimer underwent a radical revaluation of his values. Upon seeing the first fireball and mushroom cloud, he quoted from the Bhagavad-gita: “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

Two months later he resigned his position at Los Alamos and spent the remainder of his life trying to undo the damage, trying to get the genie of atomic weapons back into the bottle. Lesson learned. It is incumbent upon all of us to think deeply about whatever we are doing. There are some mistakes that are nearly impossible to reverse.  And that’s why we need grace.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!