I think the craziest part was when the President announced that the image of Christ was to be placed in the center of all the paper currency and the cross on all of the coins. On the flip side of the dime was the open tomb and on the nickel was the dove of the spirit. On the quarter was to remain the eagle because, you know, “on eagle’s wings.”
It’s funny that it’s been twelve years since that riot started down in Texas. The thing about it that made it such a huge deal was that it was completely non-violent. CNN had to keep verifying that no one had been hurt and that there was no fighting but that it was still a “revolt” of sorts. To be honest with you the media had no idea what they were reporting on. They just kept talking about how this “religious group” was marching on the capitol and how their numbers were growing more and more by the hour.
They say it all started on a Wednesday around 3pm with about ten or twelve men and women walking through a neighborhood with bibles in their hands and songs on their tongues. The media estimated that by 9pm on that same night there were between four to five thousand people sitting on the steps of the state capitol singing about the Promised Land and about Zion. And that was it. That was the start of this whole thing.
Twelve years later we are a Christ centered nation that exports over two hundred thousand missionaries a year and gives over $200,000,000,000 a year to nations in need. Oh, and the national anthem is now Come Thou Fount. I love going to baseball games now and hearing that sung before every first pitch.
As the years passed one by one after that Wednesday the whole world changed in unbelievably dramatic and holy ways. In the fourth year the Taliban disbanded and war in the Middle East ended with a peaceful treaty. Israel was given what was dubbed at the time as ”religious sanction” from all other nations. It became the holiest and most sought after place on earth after that Wednesday. In the sixth year Africa became the worlds leading grower and provider of wheat, wine, carrots and apples for distribution to the entire world. Also, four months after their first year of worldwide crop distribution, two doctors from Ghana cured cancer and found an antidote for malaria. That same year South and North Korea joined together as one nation and it is now one of the leading nations for progressive Christian theology. In the ninth year the Chinese government crumbled along with Communism. China split into three separate nations; New China, the New Republic of Asia and the New Nation of the Pacific are now peaceful Asian countries with strong economies and Christian foundations. And finally, in year twelve, this year, the Bible has become a completely free commodity. It is available to all people everywhere. They leave it on racks outside of bookshops and gas stations so that if anyone is in need that they may find the word readily. It has been translated into every tongue on earth.
All colleges and universities are now considered Seminaries. Economics, language, business, geology, medicine and science are still taught but with Christ as the foundation of all curriculum. Professors, deans and educators all over the world found that with Christ as the center of the education system kids were actually interested and wanted to learn more and do more and change more.
But really, it’s the small things that make you think and pray thanks to God. Like the other day when I was leaving the grocery store, instead of the cashier saying, “Have a nice day” she said, “have a blessed day brother.” I think Christ is coming back soon because to be honest with you I can’t think of one nation or land mass or island that has not heard that news. And all of this because of one song singing, word reading, brick throwing group of people. Makes ya think.
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