TEMPORARY OR ETERNAL
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were wonderful indeed! These impressive creations of human genius include the Tomb of Mausolos, built in 350 BC; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; King Ptolemy's lighthouse near Alexandria; the 100-foot statue of Apollo called the Colossus of Rhodes; the 40-foot statue of Zeus in the city of Olympia; and the great pyramids of Egypt.Six of these remarkable achievements have been destroyed - Ptolemy's lighthouse by an earthquake, and the other five demolished by plunderers. Only the pyramids remain to fill us with awe.
We may marvel over these Seven Wonders, but we must never forget that everything in our word is temporary. I remember looking at the skyline of New York City from the stern of a ferryboat and recalling the lines of a hymn: "These all shall perish, stone on stone; but not Thy kingdom nor Thy throne."
The writer of Hebrews said, "Since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us...serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear" (12:29). These words and the words of Psalm 102 help us to keep the temporary and the eternal in perspective - VCG
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day,
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see-
O Thou who changest not, abide with me! - Lyte