I started watching the original Star Trek literally while I was still in diapers. (My Mom was a big fan). It's deep in my mind the concept of "Beaming People" from one place to another. I became a Christian 12 years later and read the story of Philip and the Eunuch and how SUDDENLY Philip disappeared and showed up elsewhere and thought, "Wow. God did it BEFORE Star Trek".
I considered death for the first time while watching Star Trek on my tummy in front of the TV years later in syndication here in Canada. William Wyndom (Commodore Decker) had just flown the space shuttle into the doomsday device and sacrificed himself. I thought, "What happened to him next?!!" The thought of so vibrant a person just ceasing to exist seemed unthinkable. So where was he a split second after the shuttle was destroyed?
I learned about the Rapture from a bumper sticker that said, "Beam me up, Lord!" with the reference of
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 .
Did the original Star Trek look for aliens to save us? NO! Captain Kirk was going to save us by turning "death into a fighting chance for life" (Bones). Mr. Spock's "Live long and prosper" hand salute was taken from little, Jewish Leonard Nimoy peeking at a secret orthodox Jewish ceremony and a blessing the Rabbis were giving. Fortunately for me, at that point, Star Trek may have been Humanist but it wasn't "secular humanist" yet because almost everyone in the 1960s believed (and basically assumed) that the God of the Bible was REAL. Of course that had completely changed when Picard and his Next Generation showed up to "protect sentient life" at all costs.
But somewhere in my teen years I put together the Rapture, beaming people and added the abduction story of Betty and Barney Hill to the mix and realized that aliens "beaming" Christians into their ships (probably to do all sorts of nasty sexual experiments on us) was going to be satan's excuse for the Rapture and probably received with a lot of glee from those who think "Suits the hate-mongers right. Exactly what they deserve. Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
So let me conclude my Star Trek history/Bible lesson by saying, "If you are expecting ANYBODY but Jesus to save you, you will find yourself in heaps of trouble the day you depart this life", because Deforest Kelly (Dr.McCoy) is dead, Leonard Nimoy (Mr.Spock) is dead, James Doohan (Scotty) is dead and William Shatner spends his last days scared to death of death. Even Doomsday devices "die".
The Tribulation is about to come and it will make these hard times look like R n R on Risa. Get on board, set your course with Jesus, and discover what the "undiscovered country" is really like in the pages of the Bible. Then make sure you always have your "hailing frequencies open" to the Holy Spirit.
The "Rapture"
"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words." (1 Thessalonians 4:17-19)
Love always, Laura-Lee
"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27)
"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:9-12
I also have a blog that discusses current world events and Bible prophecy. After forty years of doing this, I am convinced we are finally in the last days of life as we know it on planet earth. I invite you to join me there with the goal of " being prepared, not scared."
http://DominionComfort.blogspot.com
LINK Youtube Commodore Decker Discovered (best acting EVER)
LINK Youtube Video - Commodore Decker Sacrifices his life
UPDATED April 17, 2022
I found a video of a compilation of banter between Spock and Bones and I thought I would come back and share it with you. Your treat for scrolling all the way to the bottom! Enjoy some great, classic Trek moments. LL
LINK Spock and McCoy Best. YT compilation
