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I noticed similarities between other cultures and Christianity studying other cultures via art history and art museums. In particular, in ancient Chinese Art, there definitely is a strong idea of eternity in their hearts and planning for eternal life.

The story of the Raven falling to earth to bring evil to humans was in the Native American Tribes mythology and art I encountered in Seattle Washington.

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"The more we see the impermanence of this life and the futility of activities under the sun, the more we will long for eternity. As Ecclesiastes unfolds, the Preacher laments the futility of living for this life, and as we realize that we were made to live for so much more, we will desire things eternal. We will desire God." (34)

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Has the God who prepared the gospel for all people groups also prepared all people groups for the gospel?

Don Richardson, author of the bestselling book Peace Child, has studied cultures throughout the world and found startling evidence of belief in the one true God within hundreds of them. In Eternity in Their Hearts, Richardson gives fascinating, real-life examples of ways people groups have exhibited terms and concepts in their histories that have prepared them for the gospel. Read how Pachacuti, the Inca king who founded Machu Picchu, the majestic fortress in Peru, accomplished something far more significant than merely building fortresses, temples, or monuments. He sought, reached out, and found a God far greater than any popular "god" of his own culture. And there have been others throughout the world, like him, who lived to receive the blessing of the gospel.

Get ready to be amazed at these intriguing examples of how God uses redemptive analogies to bring all men to Himself, bearing out the truth from Ecclesiastes that God "has also set eternity in the hearts of men" (3:11).

This side of eternity, the Christian life is like an engagement. It is lived in anticipation of the wedding day. As Christians, we live in between the already of our betrothal to Christ and the not-yet of the wedding feast of the lamb. We are to be like the bride-to-be who takes every occasion to prepare for life with her beloved. The expectation of seeing Christ by sight in heaven must therefore inform how we live by faith here on earth.

11 He has (A)made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind (B)will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Many Christians mistakenly believe that their only choice is either to reconcile themselves to a fundamentalist reading of scripture (a "literal-factual" approach) or to simply reject the Bible as something that could bring meaning and value into their lives. In Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg shows how instead we can freshly appreciate all the essential elements of the Old and New Testaments - from Genesis to Revelation - in a way that can open up a new world of intelligent faith.

Eternity in Their Hearts Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis tohelp you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:Plot SummaryChaptersCharactersObjects/PlacesThemesStyleQuotes This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion and a Free Quiz onEternity in Their Hearts by Don Richardson.Don Richardson is a Christian missionary and scholar. He examines what he has learned about primitive groups of people, and compares it with what he reads in the Bible, and concludes that God has prepared these groups of people to receive the message of Jesus Christ. He sees this as the fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham. Richardson says that God has generally revealed himself in the hearts of all people, but specially revealed himself to only a few.

Richardson tells the stories of many groups from around the world, examining their religious practices and beliefs, trying to find some common thread with Christianity. He talks of Epimenides, an ancient prophet from Crete who builds an altar in Athens to an unknown god. Many years later, the apostle Paul uses this as a jumping-off point to explain the message of Jesus. In the 1800s, various groups in Asia believe in one God who has created everything, and they wait for a messenger to bring them the holy book they have lost, so they can be reconciled to God. These people are overjoyed to receive the message of Christianity, although it is quite foreign to their cultures.

Other ethnic groups have a variety of religious practices which a missionary can use to preach the gospel, if only they are willing to study the culture enough to find the key. Some groups have places of refuge, where violence is absolutely forbidden, reflecting the cities of refuge in the Bible. Some groups cast their sins onto an animal or object, calling to mind the ceremonial scapegoat used by the Israelites to take away sins. Some peoples practice a symbolic second birth, where a chief and his wife pretend to give birth to a child of an enemy, as a symbol of peace, and this could be compared to the Christian idea of being born again. Many Native American tribes highly regard the number four, as does ancient Jewish numerology, and Campus Crusade for Christ's Four Spiritual Laws. The Chinese writing system has so many interesting symbols within ideographs, that many of them can be used to illustrate Christian principles. Richardson states that this is because God has prepared these people to receive his message.

Unlike animals, we have thoughts of immortality. We normally do not want to die; we want to live forever. Yet, we also know that we are caught between time as it is for us right now and eternity. As God reveals Himself to us, to live eternally with Him and to be like Him become major desires for us.

Of supreme importance to us, then, is whether our thinking creates a sense of meaning and purpose for our lives from what God has revealed in His Word. Ecclesiastes 3:11 reveals that God has given mankind thoughts of eternity, that is, of time both backward and forward endlessly. However, He has not yet given mankind His truth about eternity. Consequently, most of mankind believes that they already have immortality within them! In this way, their false thinking becomes their enemy!

When we add other truths gleaned from other passages of God's Word, we realize that verse 11 implies that we are being created for another world, an entirely different one within the realm of eternity. God's gift of His Holy Spirit has given us an ability to transcend mankind's fixation on the present and the material. We are being created for the spirit world of the Father and the Son and of the angels (which were made to be ministering spirits for our benefit). We are being created for the Kingdom of God.

Again, his outlook seems negative. He concludes that in many ways human beings are no better than animals, which is certainly the case when they try to live without God. Men simply die like beasts. Like animals, people are air-breathing, fleshly creatures, and when we can no longer breathe or our flesh is starved, diseased, wounded, or exhausted, we die like them. When we die, our bodies decompose, returning to dust just as their bodies do.

I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

Apocalyptic literature can feel intimidating to teach because it is oftentimes so different from other parts of the Bible that we feel more competent in teaching. How can we teach this genre well to children and young people? In particular, how can we teach these parts of Scripture in a way that warms the hearts of our children and young people? How can we teach in a way that gives them a bigger vision of God, a more robust picture of the Christian life and an imperishable hope for the future?

I remember two eternity moments in my early years. The first was when I was in third grade and I heard the word infinity for what seemed to be the first time. I was stunned. It was mind-boggling. It kept me awake for a few days just trying to understand it; then I gave up the quest just before it stole my sanity. The second time was soon after that epiphany. During a trip to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, I was mesmerized by a huge pendulum that was swinging without any human intervention. It needed no gas, no electricity, no push. It was put in motion by the rotation of the earth, and it would keep swinging . . . forever. It was wonderful and frightening. Eternity was, no doubt, embedded in my heart.

The translation Gault prefers is darkness or ignorance rather than eternity, and he is not alone in his choice. To get this he must change the vowels of the Hebrew word, which is permissible because the original text was written only in consonants with vowels being added centuries after the text was completed.

They live so far away, it hurts. How can I express my love for them and leave a legacy of warm, God-centered connections "that the next generation might know" (Ps. 78:6a)? I'm committing to write one personal note per week, handwritten, with a slice of gum or some stickers or a fun worksheet to color. Something from their Mayme that says, "You are special to me. I think about you a lot. I love you deeply. I am praying for you every day."

These past few months have taught me that soon, very soon, my earthly race will be over. How can I go deeper with God, give myself more devotedly to His children, and serve His cause in the world today? I want every day in 2014 to count for eternity. How about you? ff782bc1db