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TITLE: Where is History going? History culminates with a great celebration of Jesus.

TEXT: Philippians 2:9-11, Revelation 11

THEME: The believer in Jesus is on the right side of truth and as such is on the right side of history.Slide3
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Karl Marx

“He dogmatically argued that the progression of history is scientifically knowable so we need not listen to those who object to our program. Later, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and others would use this reasoning to justify murdering millions of inconvenient people. It was a "God is on our side" argument, minus God.” (Jonah Goldberg) Slide5

Barrack Obama

"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."Slide6

Michael Mulligan

“In my judgment, this gets us on the right side of history of this issue, both from a legal and a moral perspective.” Slide7

Yogi Berra

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Slide8

I. The Premise: The weight of history is shows religion is

subsiding

as secularism advances toward a better world.Slide9

.

A. Christianity

has hindered mankind from moving into the right side of

history.

1. It

has oppressed enlightened atheist who offer a superior future.

I. The Premise: The weight of history is shows religion is

subsiding

as secularism advances toward a better world.Slide10

Bo Jinn

“While I cannot speak on behalf of the North American atheist society, being a citizen of Europe, I simply cannot imagine where this completely ridiculous idea came from. I have lived most of my life in perhaps the most sincerely religious society in the entire continent”Slide11

Bo Jinn

“and not once have I ever seen, heard of, or indeed met anyone who has once seen or heard of a hate crime or any kind of discrimination or oppression in any way, shape or form, perpetrated on an atheist. Whence this utterly crass notion derives, I have absolutely no idea.”

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I. The Premise: The weight of history is shows religion is

subsiding

as secularism advances toward a better world.

Christianity

has hindered mankind from moving into the right side of

history

.

1. It has

oppressed enlightened atheist who offer a superior

future.

2. It

has oppressed the advancement of science. Slide13

I. The Premise: The weight of history is shows religion is

subsiding

as secularism advances toward a better world.

Christianity

has hindered mankind from moving into the right side of

history

.

B. In

spite of Christianity secular

enlightenment

has advanced in Western

culture

because it has a better fix on reason

and

truth.

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Bo Jinn

“I was already quite familiar, but which had – apparently – began to transform itself into a new religion. To be sure, I was not so much driven toward God as much as I was away from this new, pestilent mainstream nonsense…” Slide15

Bo Jinn

“

It is hard to put a finger on what had prompted my initial fascination with the new atheists, although a general dislike for reckless egotism and self-proclaimed intellectual superiority was probably the most powerful motivator for the writing of this book… I believe the words which definitively destroyed any hope of my de/ conversion came courtesy of the new atheist witchdoctor, Sam Harris, when he wrote in his book The End of Faith: “Some beliefs are so dangerous that it may be ethical to kill people for believing them.” Slide16

Bo Jinn

“It

demanded no psychiatric profundity to see there was something gravely amiss about those words. It became very apparent very quickly that this was flagrantly not the work of the band of magnanimous luminaries of whom I had been assured, but it was only upon more careful examination that I realized that what I was reading were dangerous manifestos, containing the deranged juvenile ramblings of emotionally unstable religious extremists that would only really appeal to other emotionally unstable juveniles

.” (

Jinn, Bo 284-295). Slide17

I. The Premise: The weight of history is shows religion is

subsiding

as secularism advances toward a better world.

Christianity

has hindered mankind from moving into the right side of

history

.

In

spite of Christianity secular enlightenment has advanced in Western culture because it has a better fix on reason and

truth.

When

man dies he simply

ceases

to exist. Slide18

When man dies he simply ceases to exist

This means that there is no ultimate judgement or accountability for what we do now

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When man dies he simply ceases to exist

This means that there is no ultimate judgement or accountability for what we do now.

Christianity has used the threat of guilt or damnation to scare people into conformity, they argue. Slide20

When man dies he simply ceases to exist

This means that there is no ultimate judgement or accountability for what we do now.

Christianity has used the threat of guilt or damnation to scare people into conformity, they argue.

Since there is not God there are no objective values to be judged by. Slide21

Old beer commercial

.

“

You go around only once in life so get all the gusto you can get.”Slide22

I. The Premise: The weight of history is shows religion is

subsiding

as secularism advances toward a better world.

Christianity

has hindered mankind from moving into the right side of

history

.

In

spite of Christianity secular enlightenment has advanced in Western culture because it has a better fix on reason and

truth.

When

man dies he simply

ceases

to exist.

There

is no hope for a better life in eternity- we only have the

now.

Since

there is no objective morality or purpose we should “live and let live.”

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A 2012 poll

Specifically, only 30 percent of respondents who were raised in an atheistic home are still atheists as an adult. In other words, these statistics reveal that U.S. atheists are for the most part "made" as adults after being raised in another faith. Slide24

A 2012 poll

As

one summary of the Pew Forum survey wrote, "It appears to be much more challenging to raise one's child as an atheist and have them maintain this identity in their life."Slide25
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II. The Problem: If you have a flawed view of

history

and the present you are bound to have a flawed view of the future.

A. Secular

atheism has a flawed view of history

. Slide27

George Orwell

“The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” Slide28

II. The Problem: If you have a flawed view of

history

and the present you are bound to have a flawed view of the future.

A. Secular

atheism has a flawed view of history.

B. Alexander

Hamilton, “He, who stands for nothing, will fall for anything

.”Slide29

II. The Problem: If you have a flawed view of

history

and the present you are bound to have a flawed view of the future.

A. Secular

atheism has a flawed view of history.

B. Alexander

Hamilton, “He, who stands for nothing, will fall for anything

.”

C.

Countries

that once rejected God have moved toward great belief. Slide30

II. The Problem: If you have a flawed view of

history

and the present you are bound to have a flawed view of the future.

A. Secular

atheism has a flawed view of history.

B. Alexander

Hamilton, “He, who stands for nothing, will fall for anything

.”

C.

Countries

that once rejected God have moved toward great belief.

D.

Meaning

and value is something that must come from

outside

ourselves- like that of God. Slide31

Robert P. George, Law professor from Princeton

"I do not believe in historical inevitability …. No good cause is permanently lost. So my advice … is to stay the course. Do not be discouraged. Do what the pro-life movement did when, in the 1970s, critics said, 'The game is over; you lost; in a few years abortion will be socially accepted and fully integrated into American life ….' Speak the truth in season and out of season

…..”Slide32

Robert P. George, Law professor from Princeton

"….

Keep challenging the arguments of your opponents, always with civility, always in a gracious and loving spirit, but firmly. If you are told that you are on 'the wrong side of history,' remember that there is no such thing. History is not a deity that sits in judgment. It has no power to determine what is true or false, good or bad, right or wrong. History doesn't have 'wrong' and 'right' sides. Truth does. So my message to everyone is that our overriding concern should be to be on the right side of truth.”Slide33
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III. The Biblical Response: At death believers in Jesus Christ enter into

eternity

with Him

.

A.

History

will get

worse

before they get better.Slide35

II Timothy 3:12

“In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted”Slide36

II Thessalonians 1:1-12 

“Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 

2 

not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come

.

”Slide37

II Thessalonians 1:1-12 

“Don’t

let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 

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He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God

.”Slide38

III. The Biblical Response: At death believers in Jesus Christ enter into

eternity

with Him.

A. History

will get

worse

before they get

better

.

B. History

will culminate at the introduction of God’s kingdom and the wedding of the lamb.Slide39

Revelation 11:15-18

“The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become

the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

the One who is and who was

,Slide40

Revelation 11:15-18

“because

you have taken your great power

and have begun to reign.

18 The nations were angry,

and your wrath has come.

The time has come for judging the dead,

and for rewarding your servants the prophets

and your people who revere your name,

both great and small—

and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”Slide41

Revelation 17:5-9

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters

and

like

loud peals of thunder, shouting:

“Hallelujah!

For our Lord God Almighty reigns.

7 Let us rejoice and be glad

and give him glory!

For the wedding of the Lamb has come,

and his bride has made herself ready

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Revelation 17:5-9

8

Fine linen, bright and clean,

was given her to wear.”

(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)

9 Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”Slide43

III. The Biblical Response: At death believers in Jesus Christ enter into

eternity

with Him.

A. History

will get

worse

before they get better.

B. History

will culminate at the introduction of God’s kingdom and the wedding of the lamb.

C. There

is a coming

judgement

for which all men will be judged. Slide44

II Thessalonians 1:6-8

6 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 7 and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. 8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.”Slide45

III. The Biblical Response: At death believers in Jesus Christ enter into

eternity

with Him.

A. History

will get

worse

before they get better.

B. History

will culminate at the introduction of God’s kingdom and the wedding of the

lamb.

C.

There

is a coming

judgement

for which all men will be judged.

The Great White throne judgment- For the Unbeliever (Rev 20)Slide46

Revelation 20:11-15

“11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books

.”Slide47

Revelation 20:11-15

“13

The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”Slide48

III. The Biblical Response: At death believers in Jesus Christ enter into

eternity

with Him.

A. History

will get

worse

before they get better.

B. History

will culminate at the introduction of God’s kingdom and the wedding of the lamb.

C. There

is a coming

judgement

for which all men will be judged.

The Great White throne judgment- For the Unbeliever (Rev 20

The Bema seat judgment- For the Believer (I Cor. 3: 10) Slide49

I Corinthians 3:10-15

“By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,

“Slide50

I Corinthians 3:10-15

“13

their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.”Slide51

III. The Biblical Response: At death believers in Jesus Christ enter into

eternity

with Him.

A. History

will get

worse

before they get better.

B.

History

will culminate at the introduction of God’s kingdom and the wedding of the lamb.

C. There

is a coming

judgement

for which all men will be judged.

D. Ultimately

everyone will worship Jesus (Philippians 2:9-11)Slide52

Philippians 2:9-11

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place

and gave him the name that is above every name,

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.Slide53

III. The Biblical Response: At death believers in Jesus Christ enter into

eternity

with Him.

A. History

will get

worse

before they get better.

B.

History

will culminate at the introduction of God’s kingdom and the wedding of the lamb.

C. There

is a coming

judgement

for which all men will be judged

.

D

. Ultimately everyone will worship Jesus (Philippians 2:9-11)

E. We

will enter into the eternal state- A new Heavens and Earth (Revelation 21:1-4)Slide54

Revelation 21:1-4

“Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

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Revelation 21:1-4

“3

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”Slide56

St Peter and the Entrance of Heaven

Peter said, "Well, all right. If God said so, I suppose you can take that in if you want. But why in the world did you go to all this trouble just to bring more pavement into heaven?"Slide57
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APPLICATION

1. The

phrase, “the right side of history” is intended to intimidate into believing that you have lost, “give up, follow us down the enlightened path to freedom and abandon your faith and values.” We need not be intimidated only those who follow Jesus are on the right side of history

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APPLICATION

2. Learn

the world of God so you will know what the truth is so you can stand against the world.Slide60
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REFLECTION

I believe that when we enter the real heaven, we will say, “This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now. The reason why we loved the old earth so much is that it sometimes looked a little like this.” It will be a new earth — restored and redeemed — the place we were meant to live. Slide62
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Psalm 16:6

“

The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance” Slide64