This year commemorates the
centenary of World War 1, which began on July 28th. 1914 and ended
on November 11th 1918. Wikipedia says ‘In the United Kingdom, the Imperial War Museum is leading a national
programme of commemorative events and is planning new galleries for the
occasion In May 2010 the museum launched its First World War Centenary Partnership
Programme. Partner organisations receive access to IWM collections objects and
expertise, and to digital resources, branding and a collaborative extranet. By
November 2011, 330 national and international organisations had become
partners.The museum will also open a new permanent First World War exhibition
at its London branch, as part of a £35 million redevelopment of the building.
In November 2011 it was announced that Prime Minister David
Cameron had appointed Andrew Murrison MP as his special representative
for First World War centenary commemorations.[On 11 October 2012,
Cameron announced £50 million to fund national centenary commemorations. The
anniversaries of Britain's declaration of war on Germany, the opening of the Battle of the Somme, the Battle
of Jutland, and the November 1918 Armistice will be marked by national
commemorations. The redevelopment of the Imperial War Museum, where Cameron
delivered his speech, will be supported by an additional £5 million. A further
£5.3 million will fund visits to Western Front battlefields by pupils
from English schools. The Heritage Lottery Fund will provide £15 million to
community projects, led by young people, to conserve local heritage associated
with the war. In addition the preservation of the former Royal Navy
light cruiser HMS Caroline, which served at the Battle of
Jutland, will be supported by a grant of up to a million pounds.The Heritage Lottery Fund is providing funding to
educational projects in fields such as local history, online access to museums
and archives, youth heritage projects, family
history, the preservation of war memorials, and the conservation of
historic artefacts.
The BBC is
planning a First World War centenary season
of around 2,500 hours of television, radio and online programming over four
years. The programming will include documentaries, drama, arts and music,
commemorative programmes and programmes for children and schools.’
World War 11 began in September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Hitler’s
scheme was to defeat all the European countries and Russia, then with Italy and
Japan as Axis power, to conquer the Middle East and the Far East. His big
mistake was the Hollocaust, to kill all Jews, this was the root of his downfall
and ultimate death in Berlin. It is said that he was responsible for the death
of six million Jews, one and a half million of them were children. The manner
by which many of those people died was horrific, the concentration camps and
gas chambers were of hellish proportions.
God said to Abraham in Genesis 12:2, “And I
will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name
great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and
curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth
be blessed.” When Cain murdered his brother Abel and God pronounced His
jugement upon him, he said, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.”
To be banished from the presence of God in Hell for all eternity would be
unbearable, Hitler’s millions of murders would take him to the lowest Hell, for
ever and ever.
On July 17th. all 298 people
on board a Malaysia Airlines plane, Flight MH17 died, after the airliner
crashed in eastern Ukraine, close to the border with Russia. Eighty of those that died were children. It is alleged that it was shot
down by rockets fired from within Russia. Whoever is responsible for this act
of violence against a civillian aircraft, jugement should fall upon the hand/s
of those responsible, as it.is nothing less than an act of war. This was not an
act of agression of one sovereign state aginst another sovereign state, it was
one sovereign state aginst people from international countries. There can be no
excuse for this criminal action for it could trigger World War 111? Those
aggresors should be tried at the Hague and face the appropriate punishment.
Malaysia Airlines must wonder if they are being targetted having lost Flight MH 370 in March over the
Indian Ocean.
Matthew 24:3 reads, “And as he sat upon the
mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when
shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end
of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye
be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not
yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and
there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All
these are the beginning of sorrows.” The end of the world does not mean the end of
the planet earth, the word ‘world’ is ‘aion’ which means ‘age’. Jesus told His
disciples what the conditions in the world would be just prior to His return to
earth to reign for a thousand years as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, a
wonderful new age where peace reigns.
Will you be there in that coming kingdom on earth?
Remember what Jesus said to Nicodemas in John 3:3, “Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” And again in v.7, “Marvel not that I said
unto thee, Ye must be born again.” The moment a soul repents to God,
confessing their sin and believes that Christ died for them on the cross to
obtain their salvation, that soul is saved, they are born again. Can I ask you?
Are you born again? If not, WHY NOT?
Be saved! Stop warring against God and let the
peace of God rule in your heart. “He has made peace through the blood of
His cross” Trust Him
now with your soul, ask Christ to save you, and may the Lord bless you.
Written by a guest blogger for FTMP.
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