Almost 250 years ago when Benjamin Franklin when asked what kind of government the new nation of the United States was to become answered, “A republic, if you can keep it.” The strains evident in the United States currently show that keeping a republic takes constant effort over a centuries long life. Imagine then the Hebrew children in Egypt. The time the children of Israel had stayed in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. Somehow during that long span of time they managed to preserve the faith they had inherited from Father Abraham. In a hostile environment which sought to squelch their identity they continued to believe in themselves as the Chosen People. It didn’t just happen. They worked to make it happen. Christianity has a two thousand year history. Declining numbers and cultural denigration might cause us to worry over the future. But as history proves, if we do our part and pass on the glorious heritage we have received God will do something new and marvelous. Wait for it.
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By Church Staff
