Every event in history conspires to serve God’s purpose in creation: (1) to provide a suitable habitat for the human race, (2) which was created in His image in order to (3) provide an eternal companion for the Son of God. After the fall of man and the promise of redemption through the Messiah, this… Read More
History Is Really HIS Story
History is divided between BC and AD. Dates labeled BC (before Christ) take place BEFORE Jesus was born, and those labeled AD come from Latin Anno Domini meaning “In the year of Our Lord.” There is not a zero year, so the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. The time has come,” he [Jesus] said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent… Read More
Increase Your Bible Understanding Through History
When my husband and I speak to each other, even after 40+ years of marriage, we need a translator. We’re both speaking English, but we’re coming to the conversation out of very different ways of thinking. Not to mention background, male/female differences, likes and dislikes, family of origin, etc. I think he means “this” when… Read More
History: Romanticize, Judge, or Erase?
We judge the generations who lived before us based on the idealogies of our present era. Some of us romanticize and hold onto the past as we have whitewashed it in our minds. Some of us want to erase all references to the past that don’t match our present tenets. Others believe that objects or… Read More
History: Hidden in Plain View
Historical tidbits are hidden in plain view all around us. Sometimes they are the statues in public places, on words carved into clay tablets, in the Bible, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, in pictures in museums, in fictional stories that take place during actual historical events, and even in our homes on the kids’ book… Read More
Semi-Opaque Windows into History
How many of you had a book of Nursery Rhymes in your house as you grew up? For many of us, they were a part of our childhood as silly rhymes with catchy tunes. Some of us even jumped rope to these little ditties. But do you know that they are also a semi-opaque window… Read More
Nursery Rhymes are Historical Fiction
There’s more to nursery rhymes that fun little ditties to sing while you jump rope. They are our history in disguise. For example: The origin for this rhyme that most historicans agree on is: Nimble Jack is actually Black Jack, an English pirate who was notorious for escaping from the authorities in the late 16th… Read More
