"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given
him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father" (Philippians 2:9-11).
This week we will turn the calendar to mark the beginning of
a new year. As we start the year of 2016 it will be good to remember why we
number the year as we do. This will be the two thousand and sixteenth year of
the reign of King Jesus. The civilised world, also known as
"Christendom" reckons the history of the world from the birth of our
Lord Jesus Christ. "Christendom" recognises that the Lord Jesus
Christ is the true King of the universe. The time before His birth is called
"B.C.", i.e, "Before Christ." "A.D." is the
abbreviation for "Anno Domini," Latin for "year of our
Lord." To be more accurate this is most likely the two thousandth and
twenty first year of the Reign of our Lord according to Bishop Ussher's
reckoning. Our calendar is probably off by five years. Bishop Ussher's
"Annals of the World," first published in 1658 and recently reprinted
has been proven to be amazingly accurate. In 1978 astrogeophysicist, Dr. John
Eddy, although a proponent of unbiblical
and anti- God evolution made this amazing statement, "However,
given some new and unexpected results to the contrary [to the myth of an old
universe; columnist's note], and some time for frantic recalculation and
theoretical readjustment, I suspect that we could all live with Bishop Ussher's
value for the age of the earth and sun [6,020 years, columnist's note]. I don't
think we have much in the way of observational evidence in astronomy to
conflict with that."! So don't throw away your old copies of the Bible
with Bishop Ussher's dates and don't be so quick to accept the lies of
unbelieving "scientists" and revisionist "historians" and
liberal "theologians."
Not surprisingly, the government controlled education system
and its propaganda wing a.k.a the "news media" are doing their best
to try to get us to quit using "A.D." and "B.C." to record
the history of the world and reckon time. They want us to start using
"C.E." (common era) and "B.C.E" (before common era). They
hate Christ and everything that reminds them that He is on the Throne and that
they will have to face Him in Judgment when they die. Ironically they cannot
get away from the historical fact of the advent of Christ into the world
because when you say "common era" you still have to acknowledge that
the "common era" is dated from the birth of Christ!
So as we enter into this new year let us remember Who our
true King is. The Eternal Son of God undertook a great humiliation and became a
Man. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the virgin Mary's womb.
He lived a life of perfect obedience to the law of God. His obedience is
accounted to the record of His people. He died on a cross to put away His
people's sins. He went further in His humiliation and was laid in the cold dark
grave. But the third day He came forth eternally triumphant over all His foes,
and His people's foes. After forty days He ascended back to His rightful throne
and the Eternal Father put His crown back on His lovely head. God the Father
hath highly exalted Him. People, behold your King! You are now commanded to
confess Him and bow to Him as your Lord. Our text says that every tongue
"should" confess" and every knee "should" bow. But
Romans 14:11 says the Day is coming when every tongue "shall" confess
the Lordship of Christ and every knee "shall" bow to Him. You will
either bow now in salvation, or you will bow later in damnation! You had better
get right with your King.
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