Today was a big day down through history, according to my notes in my copy of One Year Book of Christian History, so here goes:Obvious to all Americans is that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor took place today. Interestingly enough, they broke the Sabbath, did NOT destroy the flattops, the oil fields, and keep the U.S. OUT of the war...so chalk them up in the 'loss' column; especially given they're the only nation who have actually had nukes used on them...twice!! (Let's hear it for Missouri Democrat Harry S. Truman!!)
Back on Dec. 7, 518 B.C. God told Israel through Zechariah that He kicked their butts for 70 years because of their disobedience..the Bad News. The Good News was that He was going to restore things in Jerusalem and 'they will be my people, and I will be faithful and just toward them as their God.' (cf Zechariah 7:5-8:8 according to OYBOCH) Providentially enough in the coincidence of God, in 1988 A.D. on December 7, Yassar Arafat recognized the existence of Israel! Mighty nice of him, I'd say!! ;P
In between those two years on December 7...in 374A.D. Ambrose was consecrated Bishop of Rome, in 1785 William Wilberforce was converted through John 'Amazing Grace' Newton and became the driving force to have the slave trade abolished in Britain, and in 1973 the Presbyterian Church in America organized Mission To The World, its overseas outreach.
OH, and in 1965 the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches formally kissed and made up after excommunicating each other 900 years earlier...now THAT's how to hold a grudge for a good long while!! Frankly, I don't think they still see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but that shouldn't surprise anyone reading this, I guess.
Well, there's more to do today than this, so as Mitsuo Fuchida might have sung as he led the bombing raid on The Pearl...Off I go into the wild blue yonder!!
Got parachutes?
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