When describing the Power of the Cross in 1 Corinthians 1, Paul notices that most people are not impressed. Though Christianity seemed to spread to a place of world domination for many centuries, Paul's words have always remained true: the world at large, whether Jew or Gentile, sees the Cross as an evil or a folly. In this episode we look at the way in which the "the basest of men" govern humanity, apparently with no divine oversight. We will learn from Jesus' statement to the disciples in Matthew 20: those who think and act like Jesus must learn to serve others instead of behaving like lords. We study Daniel's encounter with Nebuchadnezzar in chapter 4: God is secretly placing limits on the players on the world's stage. And from Hebrews 11 we see that faith opens our eyes to God's hand in human history. "There is a Providence which shapes our ends", Shakespeare observed, and this lesson focuses on the visions written down in Daniel and the Revelation. In Part 2 we will look at recent history to see the momentous impact of a person who has been used by God to bring momentous change to the entire world: Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia.
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