History offers no promise of an answer or a happy ending. There is not even a promise of a happy beginning. -Dominic Green- |
As Napoleon said, history is fiction agreed upon. Whether Herodotus, the father of history, or Cicero, the father of lies, or Nicole Hanna-Jones, the myth maker of the “1619 Project,” none of these chroniclers and inventors of history had a biblical perspective. As believers in Jesus Christ, with confidence and conviction in Biblical truth, we have not only a precise history of the past but also a perfect prophecy of the future. This allows us as we live in the present to engage the culture with confidence. There are plenty of reasons and a plethora of evidence to feel concern as we serve Jesus Christ in this cultural context. But we have reasons to believe and reasons for hope. We must always remember, ‘hope’ never means ‘uncertain optimism,’ it means a sure and confident expectation. And the prophecy of Scripture in no uncertain terms declares that the King is coming. We may not know when He comes, but when He comes, He comes for us. And until then, He desires that we continue to make a defense of the hope within us and magnify the name of Jesus. The name of Jesus is going to become publicly offensive and a cultural taboo in future days. The world looks at Bible believing Christians as “the mystic prophets of the absolute” that must be silenced. We are more and more no longer looked at as good people or peculiar people but dangerous people who are rigid, restrictive, and trying to impose moral rules and regulations that restrict the moral freedom of people. Mark it well, our corrupt culture is headed for a collision with our Christian world view and our corresponding moral values. Make no mistake, although this battle manifests itself in our present physical world there is a war also in the unseen world. (Ephesians 6; I Peter 5; I John 5) However, as scripture declares from Genesis 1 through Revelation 22, God is sovereign. He is in control and knows the end from the beginning. And in the end, we win. And so, if we can trust Him for the last hour, we can trust Him for the next minute. Serving Him with you until He comes for us, Fred |