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This is a dangerous place. Some
say the most dangerous place in
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the world. Under the 35,000 ton
concrete box or sarcophagus lies
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a mass of radioactive nuclear
material that gave off enough
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radiation to kill a person
one meter away in less than two
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minutes. This is Chernobyl, a
nuclear power plant located in
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Ukraine. The worst manmade
disaster in history happened
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here on the 26th of April, 1986.
And its effects are still being
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felt today. A routine test
of the power plant went horribly
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wrong when two massive
explosions blew the 1000 ton
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roof off one of the plant's
reactors releasing 400 times
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more radiation than the atomic
bomb dropped on Hiroshima in
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World War II. More than 50 tons
of radioactive material were
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released into the atmosphere
and carried by air currents
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across Europe
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contaminating millions of acres
of forest and farm lands and
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even reaching as far as
the eastern United States. The
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explosions killed two worker
instantly and within days at
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least 28 more died from acute
radiation exposure. Ukraine's
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government declared in 1995 that
125,000 people had died from the
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effects of Chernobyl radiation.
Eventually millions more would
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show signs of health effects
including cancer from the
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fallout. But it's not all
doom, gloom and kaboom here at
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Chernobyl. There is hope.
Wildlife have already made a
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comeback and they say that in
the distant future people will
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once again be able to live, work
and play in this region that has
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for the meantime been rendered
completely useless to the human
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race. So Chernobyl carries a
special message for us today.
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A message of hope. Stay with us
to hear all about it because it
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could bring you hope and
happiness and make a real
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difference to your life.
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Chernobyl is located in northern
Ukraine just over 100 kilometers
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north of Kiev, the national
capitol. A small town, Pripyat,
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was constructed a few kilometers
from the site of the nuclear
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plant to accommodate workers and
their families. Construction of
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the Chernobyl power plant began
in 1970 when the country was
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still part of the Soviet Union.
By 1893, four reactors had been
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completed, each capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of
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electric power. The addition of
two more reactors was planned in
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subsequent years. At 1:23 A.M.
on the 26th of April, 1986, a
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group of engineers began a
routine exercise on the number
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four reactor to test whether an
emergency water cooling system
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would work during a power loss.
As part of the poorly designed
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experiment, the engineers
disconnected the reactor's
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emergency sensing system
and it's power regulating system
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even though this was a violation
of safety rules. As they were
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conducting their activities, the
reactor's power levels suddenly
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plunged due to a mistake by a
computer operator. Now worried
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that the core might overheat
because of low output levels,
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they removed two-thirds of the
safety rods from the core that
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was specifically designed to
slow down a nuclear reaction.
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Then when warning lights told
operators that the plant was
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overheating earlier mistakes
were compounded by others.
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Within seconds the power levels
in the core skyrocketed to more
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than 100 times the normal level
causing pressure to build up in
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reactor number four. There
was a massive explosion that
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triggered a large fireball that
blasted the 1000 ton steel and
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concrete roof off the reactor
releasing plumes of radiation
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and chunks of burning
radioactive debris. About two
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to three seconds later a second
explosion hurled out additional
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fuel. A fire started at the roof
of reactor number three risking
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a breach of that facility.
Automatic safety systems that
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would normally have kicked into
action did not because they had
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been shut down prior to the
test. Fire fighters arrived at
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scene within in minutes and
began to fight the blaze without
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gear to protect them from
radiation. Many of them would
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soon number among the 28 killed
by acute radiation exposure.
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It wasn't until 5 A.M.
the following day that reactor
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number three was shut down. Some
24 hours later reactors number
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one and two were also shut down.
By the afternoon of the 26th of
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April the Soviet government had
mobilized troops to help fight
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the blaze. Some were dropped
on the rooftop of the reactor to
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furiously shovel debris off the
facility and spray water on the
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exposed reactor to keep it
cool. The workers were picked up
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within seconds to minimize their
radiation exposure. It would
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take nearly two weeks to
extinguish all the fires using
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sand, lead, and nitrogen.
Meanwhile life went on as usual
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for almost a day in the
neighboring town of Pripyat.
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Aside from the sight of trucks
cleaning the streets with foam
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they were literally few signs
of the disaster unfolding just a
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few kilometers away. It wasn't
until the next day, April 27,
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that the government began
evacuations of Pripyat's 50,000
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residents. These residents were
told they would be away for just
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a few days so they took very
little with them. Most would
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never return to their home. All
this because careless mistakes
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were made and warnings ignored.
It's not the first time that
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human beings have ignored
clear warnings or made a deadly
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mistake in the face of an
impending crisis. The Bible
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tells us that God carefully
warned our first parents about
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the consequences of stepping
outside of the safety boundaries
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he had provided, but they still
did it. They chose to ignore the
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warning lights. The result
was disastrous. Like a terrible
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nuclear accident it left deadly
residues that the human race
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would suffer with
for generations to come.
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It literally unleashed
the phenomenon of death on the
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entire human race. Writing to
the early church in the city of
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Corinth the Apostle Paul said
that in Adam all of us die. You
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see, when the human race chose
to rebel against the word of a
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loving heavenly Father
it separated itself from the
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Creator and when you are cut off
from the Creator and sustainer
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of life the end result is
sickness, suffering and death.
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That's the reason we live
with the pain and heartache that
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comes with life on a tired old
planet. In essence, we told God
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that we don't want to live life
his way. We would rather take
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matters into our own hands and
try things our own way. That's
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a little like the Chernobyl
employees deciding that they
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would ignore clear safety
measures and try things their
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own way. The end result was
a nuclear disaster that spewed
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many times more lethal radiation
into the atmosphere than the
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atomic bomb that was dropped
on Hiroshima. Right after the
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explosion the reactor was
churning out between 30 and 300
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times as much radiation as
it takes to kill a man. It was a
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problem no human being could
possibly hope to fix. A strange
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eerie glow radiated from the
depths of the ruined core and
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scientists knew that they had a
massive problem on their hands.
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How do you put out a fire in
a nuclear reactor. Instead of
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abandoning the plant 100s of
brave employees tried to fight
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the fires with common hoses, but
of course, to not avail. Their
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equipment was woefully
inadequate. And to make matters
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worse they didn't have
appropriate protective clothing
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to shield them from radiation
poisoning. They didn't even have
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basic firefighting equipment
like respirators. The fire was a
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much bigger problem than
anyone could hope to solve.
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The decision was made that
the problem had to be buried.
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Helicopters began to dump loads
of sand, clay and lead into the
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reactors roof in a desperate
attempt to cover the fires with
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enough material to put them out.
The fire crews worked for two
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weeks and after 5000 tons of
debris had been dumped on the
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core the fire finally went out.
You know a lot of people have
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tired to deal with their own
spiritual problems in the same
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way. They try to drown them out
with a sea of drugs or alcohol,
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inappropriate sexual
relationships or even
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never-ending entertainment. They
reason that if they could only
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numb themselves of the
realities of life or forget
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their haunting past everything
will get better. But in the long
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run, no matter how many
loads of debris they drop on the
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problem it just won't go away.
They can't silence the skeletons
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in the closet or cover up
the lingering guilt that plagues
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them day and night. They're like
the man we find in the Bible
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book of Isaiah who tried to find
rest by building himself a bed,
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but when he finally climbed into
the solution of his own making
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he discovered he couldn't sleep
a wink. Here's what it says in
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Isaiah chapter 28 and verse 20:
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I don't know if you've ever
been forced to spend the night
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in a bed that
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just doesn't fit, but it can be
a pretty frustrating experience.
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Maybe you know what it's like to
sleep on a couch that's a little
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too short for your body with a
blanket that just doesn't cover
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you up. Either your legs hang
out the one end or your head
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hangs off the other. And no
matter how you try to curl up
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inside a tiny blanket you just
can't get warm and all night
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long even though you might drift
in and out of slumber you can't
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get the rest and peace you need.
Well that's exactly what we do
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when we try to provide man made
solutions to a spiritual problem
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We fail to recognize how big the
crisis really is and no matter
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how hard we work at it we find
that our solution either comes
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up too short or too narrow
and the problem never goes away.
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Even after the core had been
covered by tons of debris the
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problem at Chernobyl was
far from over. A deadly cloud of
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radiation was unleashed above
the plant to be picked up by
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winds and delivered all over the
European continent. It wasn't
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until six days after the
accident that the villages
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around Chernobyl itself were
finally evacuated. In the end
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over 160 communities had to be
abandoned forcing something like
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350,000 people out of their
homes. But homelessness was not
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the worst of the problem.
Thousands of people had been
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exposed to massive doses of
radiation and were at risk of
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contracting deadly diseases like
leukemia. Within a couple of
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years more than 30 people had
died and hundreds were seriously
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ill. Serious birth defects
became common place. Less than a
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decade after the disaster
the government of Ukraine stated
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that 125,000 had died as a
result of the Chernobyl disaster
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and to make matters worse
radiation from the catastrophe
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was discovered as far away
as the United States and the
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Philippines. In the end millions
of people might be affected by
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the mistakes of a handful
of people. Just like sin the
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problem grew to be much bigger
than most people realized,
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blasting its way into almost
every facet of life. Precious
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farmland had been contaminated
and a lot of traditional sources
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of food had been rendered
unsafe to eat. The level of
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contamination proved too much
higher than anybody could ever
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guess. If you take a close look
at the Bible, you'll discover
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that the same is true of the sin
problem. It has filtered down
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into almost every area of life
even affecting nature itself.
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At one time death was unheard
of and man lived in perfect
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harmony with his surroundings
but after sin everything changed
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Our lifespans were dramatically
shortened in just a few
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generations. Where food had once
been easily accessible it was
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choked out by thorns and weeds
and man had to work very hard
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to put a meal on the table. The
animal kingdom became hostile
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and unsafe and a justifiable
fear of the human race spread
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through the natural world.
Disease became a problem and
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so did hatred, loneliness
and heartache. Every corner of
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human existence was tragically
affected and we still live with
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the results today. And while
it take decades for the problems
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of Chernobyl to subside the
problems of sin will never go
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away. At least not by
themselves. You see what
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our sin problem needs
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is more than a pile of debris.
It needs to be permanently
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buried. When the fires went out
in the reactor the final stage
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of the cleanup process was a
giant concrete box 20 stories
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high that was built over the
entire nuclear reactor. To put
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a stop to the damage the problem
was covered with something much
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bigger than debris. And then is
2010 an international consortium
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organized the building of
an even bigger, more secure
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covering or sarcophagus for the
site. The 35,000 ton steel box
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was built on tracks and then
slid over the damaged reactor
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and existing sarcophagus in
November 2016. It's designed to
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contain the radioactive debris
for over 100 years and when it
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comes to the problems that seem
to haunt us the solution is more
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than the debris we've been
throwing at it. We need to cover
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it with something much,
much bigger. We have to find a
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solution that puts a final
stop to the lethal levels of
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radiation that keep plaguing us.
That solution is found in the
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pages of the Bible. Listen
to what the Apostle Paul wrote
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concerning the plague
of death brought on by Adam
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in I Corinthians
chapter 15 verses 21 and 22:
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Could it really be true?
Is it possible that there's a
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permanent solution to the
biggest problems that plague the
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human race? Well according to
God's promise, the answer is yes
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there is a solution. The guilt
that has been troubling us can
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become a thing of the past.
The loneliness that drives us to
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despair can be solved. The
rejection we feel at the hands
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of other people can be addressed
and finally even death itself
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can be defeated. So how does
this happen? Well the good news
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of the Bible is that God
saw what you did and out of pity
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he decided to take the
consequences upon himself. His
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own Son volunteered to take
our place. It's almost as if he
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stepped into the nuclear blast
zone to cover the problem so
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that we wouldn't have to be
exposed to it. He took the full
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lethal dose of the consequences
of your sins so that you
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wouldn't have to be exposed
to it. He suffered complete and
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utter separation from his Father
so that you could be united with
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him. Today we can visit the
Chernobyl site in safety and
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without any serious risk to our
health because the source of the
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radiation has been buried in
a concrete tomb and the residual
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radiation is starting to die
away. You don't want to eat food
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grown in this area or step off
the road because the radiation
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is still pretty high. But
because asphalt doesn't retain
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very much radiation you can
travel through the area with
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relative safety. The 30
kilometers or so around the
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reactor is still pretty much
a ghost town and it may take
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decades before anyone can safely
live in the area again. But one
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day they say in the distant
future people will once again be
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able to live, work and play
in this region that has, for the
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meantime been rendered
completely useless to the human
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race. Which raises a really
important question. We all have
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this awful sense that life on
planet earth is not exactly what
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it was intended to be. When we
experience heartache, suffering
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and pain we instinctively know
it's not supposed to be like
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that. Tucked away in our
collective memory we remember a
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time and place when things
weren't so bad, when we actually
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lived in harmony with our
Creator. The question is, will
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this tired old planet every
recover from the devastating
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effects of sin or will it always
be a horrible ghost town in
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God's universe, a place forever
pockmarked by pain and suffering
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Well let me give you the answer
from God's word, the Bible. In
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II Peter chapter 3 and verse 13:
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One day, the Bible says, God
is going to set things right and
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he's not just going to slap
a few patches on this tired old
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planet like a cheap plug in a
bald tire. He's going to start
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all over from scratch and create
a new paradise home for us.
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Listen to what it says in the
closing chapters of the Bible,
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over in the book of Revelation
chapter 21 verses 1-4:
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Try to imagine a world
where we won't have to suffer or
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endure pain anymore. Try
to imagine a place where we'll
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never have to go to a funeral
or sit by the bed of a dying
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relative, a place where
we'll never have to pay for the
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mistakes of others or worse yet
watch other people pay for the
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mistakes we've made. Can
you imagine a place like that?
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I know it's tough but the Bible
says it's a reality and it's
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just around the corner. And best
of all Jesus Christ, himself is
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going to be there with us. All
of the devastating effects of
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sin will be wiped out forever.
In the kingdom of heaven, there
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will be no more Chernobyl's, no
left over catastrophes we will
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have to deal with for the rest
of eternity. And so right now,
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if you're tired of living life
the way you've been living it
00:24:16.85\00:24:20.36
and if you want to grab hold
of a bright new future, a new
00:24:20.39\00:24:24.29
chance in a new world,
just accept God's offer and
00:24:24.33\00:24:28.46
invitation as we pray.
Dear heavenly Father, we
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recognize that we live in a
broken and sinful world. We've
00:24:35.70\00:24:39.64
seen and experienced the results
of sin. We are tired of this old
00:24:39.67\00:24:45.41
world and we want to be citizens
in your kingdom where there will
00:24:45.45\00:24:48.78
be no more death, nor sorrow
nor crying, where there will be
00:24:48.82\00:24:52.72
no more pain. Please remember
us and grant us a place when you
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make all things new. We
ask this in Jesus' name, Amen.
00:24:58.93\00:25:04.97
The greatest nuclear disaster
in history took place here in
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Ukraine. The massive explosion
at Chernobyl reactor number four
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caused death and destruction.
The disaster provides insights
00:25:16.81\00:25:22.18
into the devastating effects of
sin. It also provides insights
00:25:22.22\00:25:26.96
into sin's cure and reminds us
that one day soon God is going
00:25:26.99\00:25:32.63
to set things right and create
a new paradise home for us. If
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your battling the trials
and temptations of life and are
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looking for support in your
journey through life and would
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If you've enjoyed today's
journey to Chernobyl in Ukraine
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and our reflections on the
disastrous effects of sin and
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the better world that is coming
then be sure to join us again
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week when we will share another
of life's journeys together.
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Until then remember the ultimate
destination of life's journey:
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Now I saw a new heaven and a
new earth and God will wipe away
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every tear from their eyes.
There shall be no more death,
00:27:59.67\00:28:03.65
nor sorrow, nor crying. There
shall be no more pain. For the
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former things have passed away.
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