The Eagle Has Landed - July 20

 

                                      The Heavens Declare - July 20

This is the day - July 20 - 1969 - The Eagle has landed!

When Apollo 11's Eagle Lunar module landed on the moon's Sea of Tranquility on this date in 1969, the space travelers took time to recover from their flight before stepping onto the moon's surface.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin had received permission to bring bread and wine so he could take Lord's Supper, or Communion.

After reading scripture, he tasted the first food even consumed on the moon. Later he wrote, "I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup."

Buzz Aldrin was proclaiming loudly to the whole world what it meant to "proclaim the Lord's death until He comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26).

Jesus had taught His disciples, "on the night He was betrayed," that His soon-to-be sacrificed body was compared to the bread, "broken for you," and the wine as the symbol "of the new covenant" that secured forgiveness and salvation through His blood shed on the cross.

Probably Buzz Aldrin's thoughts also went to Psalm 19:1 -- "The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the works of His hand" -- as he gazed out upon the starry sky and the beautiful blue globe that was his earthly home.

Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins are gone now, but Buzz Aldrin is still living, in his nineties, and still "proclaiming The Lord's death" as we all wait for His  return!

A reminder, no matter where we are, we can still celebrate our faith and hope in that glad day that awaits us!... a true "giant leap" for the bride of Christ!...as Jesus calls us home!

"Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup 

you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes"(1 Corinthians 11:26).