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where. Others again would
make an immense circle; his
tory goes around and around
In cycles, repeating itself.
Others still might take that wire
and shape It into a kind Of spiral,
almost repeating itself but never
quite. often seeming to 60 backward
but actually making some progress.
Gods Chosen People
A GOOD deal Of the Old Tesla.
"A ment 10 taken up with history.
Starting with Genesis and going
through Esther. most Of what you
read Is history. But II Is not mere
chronicles. that Is to say it Is not
q mere listing Of events.
The historical parts Of the
Bible were written by men
who had . theory Of history.
They would agree that the
Golden Age Is ahead Of us, not
behind.
They would all agree that the
most important figure in human
history is not a human being at all,
but God the Creator. They would
all agree that his hand can be
seen-if you look for tin the
events of mans existence here
And they all affirm that among all
the nations Of the earth there was
one which could be called truly
Gods chosen people, the little ma.
ton called Israel, the people we
know as the Jews.
The whole Of Hebrew history
ID . sort Of sermon ON this text:
Righteousness exalteth q nation,
but sin Is . reproach to any
people. The history Of any ma
ton, ancient or modern, would
illustrate that text just as well:
only the Israelite historians saw
II most clearly. They showed
how, when their people followed
Gods leading and his laws,
they prospered; when they went
their own stupid, selfish ways
they suffered.
Somehow Good
nNE great lesson the Old Tesla.
~ ment history teaches Is that
Gods will Is good. and that when
man deAes and disobeys that will,
he does 1t to his own destruction.
but that God can bring good out Of
evil.
People often act from bad mo.
tives; yet even the worst of mo.
tives God can o%verrule. David
waded In blood to his throne and
he treated cruelty many Of his
enemies. That was not good; yet
God brought out of that a national
independence and strength.
David put Solomon on the
throne because he was the son
Of his favorite wife; that was
pure favoritism. Yet God
brought good out Of a choice
which was selfish.
When the Israelites were tempted
to fall for the cheap and nasty gods
whose shrines filed the land, that
was bad; but it gave the prophets
their great opportunity to make
perfectly clear the difference be-
tween false and true religion.
The Voice of God
HISTORY is no bucket of ashes.
Il If you have ears to listen. it is
the voice Of God. These ancient
tales of a nation long since dead.
that lived in all scarce 500 years.
carry Gods voice to us today.
The diseases which are fatal
to a nations life are here de-
scfibed; the foundations on
which alone true national wei
fare a be built are made
quite plain.
Up to now. all nations have per-
lshed oon or later. We can e
some Of them decaying in u own
time. That is because no nation
ever yet has built Its life on Gods
design. But the pattern is there.
the lesson has been written God
stnl waits for a people who will
learn his lesson In how to live.
.(copyright BY the Tntsrnstionsi Counci
Of Religious Education on behalf OF 20
Protestant denominsfionS. Released %
WkU Festures.)
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