{"id":618,"date":"2010-11-16T11:24:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T18:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=618"},"modified":"2011-01-22T06:37:06","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T13:37:06","slug":"long-story-short-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"Long Story Short (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;History is not cyclical, but linear.\u00a0 There are those who claim things just move in circles and what has been will be and what is has already been.\u00a0 They\u2019ll tell you there is no meaning, no significant movement toward a climactic purpose.\u00a0 History, some assert, is like the stairs on an escalator that circle endlessly around, always moving, but never really arriving anywhere.\u00a0 The fact is, however, that history moves in a straight line to an appointed destination, not in a hopeless, never-ending cycle. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is just what we find in the Scriptures.\u00a0 Paul can write of God\u2019s \u201ceternal purpose\u201d (Eph. 3:11).\u00a0 He can affirm that God \u201cworks out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will\u201d (Eph. 1:11).\u00a0 God says, \u201cI make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come.\u00a0 I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please\u201d (Isa. 46:10).\u00a0 That is why He is rightly called, \u201cthe King of the ages\u201d (1 Tim. 1:17, ESV).\u00a0 Paul accurately declared that \u201cKnown to God from eternity are all His works\u201d (Acts 15:18, NKJV).\u00a0 The writer of Hebrews tells us that in all this, \u201cGod wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear\u201d (Heb. 6:17).\u00a0 That is what I am hoping will happen during our journey \u2013 that God\u2019s unchanging purpose will become very clear.&#8221;<\/strong> (p.21, <em>Long Story Short<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/LSS-2.1.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-533\" title=\"LSS-2.1\" src=\"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/LSS-2.1.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the book trailer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MQHlAx-4qlY\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can order <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Long Story Short<\/em><\/span><\/strong> at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clcpublications.com\/shop\/product_info.php?products_id=906&amp;osCsid=51ef9efa3599f8a7a6128328ae078d33\" target=\"_blank\"> CLC Publications<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Long-Story-Short-Eternity-History\/dp\/1936143089\/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1288381817&amp;sr=1-3-fkmr2\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a>, <a 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been.\u00a0 They\u2019ll tell you there is no meaning, no significant movement toward a climactic purpose.\u00a0 History, some assert, is like the stairs on an escalator that circle endlessly 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