We Need A Spiritual Transplant Instead

Scientists are now trying feverishly to find a solution to what “they say” is a real shortage of human organs. One of the solutions to this problem would be to grow human-like organs in pigs. This is like something out of a sci-fi novel- they want to genetically edit the pigs’ genes at the embryonic state and add human DNA to grow human-friendly organs that would have less of a rejection rate.

The reason that pigs have been chosen is because their organs are the closest to humans. Scientists know a lot about pigs and their genetic makeup, but there are still lots of problems with using pigs. Being a different species, they carry viruses that can be deadly for humans. One such virus is PERV (Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus). I believe to this date, scientists don’t know what the effect this will have on humans.

A top-notch geneticist, Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School, has successfully snipped out the 62 PERV cells from a porcine kidney using the new CRISPR/Cas9 technique with no harm to the pigs. Church’s plan is to farm these edited pigs so they will reproduce without the PERV virus, then grow human-friendly organs in these altered pigs. He has also edited 20 other genes in pigs that “encode proteins that sit on the surface of pig cells and are known to trigger a human immune response or cause blood clotting”. An article in Nature Magazine Oct 6, 2015 stated that Church was about ready to implant two edited embryos into mother pigs.

eGenesis, one of many companies Church co-founded, has procured a facility at Harvard Med where they will raise these “clean pigs” in a controlled environment, free from pathogens Pathogen (a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease). Their hope is to have retro-virus free and immune-friendly organs in the future. I don’t know how far off this is, but the fact that this is happening proves God’s word is being fulfilled in this un-natural science. Dan 12:4: “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” and Jesus said, “when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the door.” Matt 24:33

Who can doubt that knowledge has increased like never before? Even in my lifetime, everything is totally upside down, including family, school violence, racism, cyber threats, drones, computers, cell phones,.. the list goes on and on. Now they want to take organs grown in pigs and do Xenotransplantation [Xenotransplantation (xeno- from the Greek “foreign”) – definition- the process of grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species]. I can’t wrap my head around this; it is truly bizarre.

In the bible, a pig is an unclean animal. The irony of it all. Mark 5:1-20 (see below). Jesus was met by a man that lived among the tombs and was tormented by devils. The man cried out to Jesus and Jesus allowed the spirits to enter into the swine, and they ran violently into the sea and drowned. Now we want to take these unclean animals and grow acceptable organs to put into people. How weird and unnatural. It’s the total opposite of what Jesus did when he delivered the man in the tombs from bogus spirits.

As always, when humans get together to solve something by changing things, they say it is for the betterment of mankind. After the flood, the bible says God cut back the number of years a person has to live to around 70. God limited man’s lifespan because men were lost in sin and content to live that way. Nonetheless, man’s revolt against God has continued in every which way – and so it continues today in the natural sciences. Here we are mingling with animals and certainly spirits because we want to extend our lives on earth – even eventually to live forever. There is nothing that man can imagine that he can not do. This, God has declared with fright and concern. Man, not being reformed, is capable of all manner of evil. It is being proven right before our very eyes in all the atrocities being committed on every continent daily. God has declared He will put a stop to all this madness. If we were to attain eternal life without being converted into a new creation, evil would be mixed with good just as it is in this transient world. It would be corrupt just as it is in this life. No thank you. There would be no chance, no place for a utopia, a paradise, a heaven as promised by God in His Word.

As far as organ transplants go, one thing is universally appropriate about the idea. We do need new hearts, one that is bent towards loving God and our fellow human being. We also need new eyes to see things from God’s perspective; new ears to hear him with. These are the kind of new “organs” we need, but they are spiritual. And they do not have to be invented by us, they can be had for the asking.

“For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
   Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
   A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
   And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
   And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.” Ezek 36:24-28

I can honestly say I don’t want to stay here on earth longer than I have to. Not when I know and have seen the love that awaits me in eternity.

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
   And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
   And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
   And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
   And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.” Rev 21:1-5

“And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
   In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
   And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
   And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
   And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.” Rev 22:1-5

If you feel like I do, that this whole world and everything in it is all messed up, then call upon the name of the Lord and he can save you from the judgments that are now being unleashed in full measure. You might what to read some encouraging articles from The Invitation to help you on your way. I can honestly say I don’t want to stay here on earth longer than I have to. Not when I know and have seen the love that awaits me in eternity.

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Matt 5:1-20

“And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
   And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
   Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
   Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
   And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
   But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
   And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
   For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
   And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
   And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
   Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
   And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
   And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
   And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
   And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
   And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
   And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
   And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
   Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
   And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.” Matt 5:1-20