Go Ask Your Daddy - Interesting Events in History?

What are some interesting events of history that I can do my Language Arts project on?

Interesting is an …interesting…choice of words. Arguably you could say that any event from history is interesting. Some more so than others.

The invasion of Normandy (D-Day) in World War II was interesting. The sinking of the Titanic was interesting, from a historical perspective. How about the Civil War, the development of the printing press, the manhunt for Lincoln’s assassin, the discovery of penicillin, the moon landing, or the Napoleonic wars? All, no doubt, mighty interesting.

It seems to me, however, a more appropriate term might be – important. What are the most important events in the history of the world?

I suppose there will be some subjectivity depending on your perspective. To Americans, perhaps, the adoption of the Declaration of Independence might be most important. To those who were enslaved maybe it was Wilberforce’s drive to abolish slavery.

There will come a time though when everyone’s perspective will be the same and all will see that the most important events in human history involved the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ.

The Incarnation. God taking on human form. God in human flesh. God with us. The creator of the universe stepping down from His throne to humbly walk with His creation. The significance of this is unparalleled in human history. The calendar of history has immortalized the importance of this historical event.

Everything else pales in comparison to this miraculous birth, except for one thing. The Atonement. God incarnate, walking among us, was crucified. Put to death by His creation. This perfect soul was beaten, tortured and nailed to a Roman cross to die. History’s worst event happened to history’s best person.

However, it didn’t end there. God was not done. Within three days something happened that had never happened before in the history of the world, nor has it happened since, nor will it happen again. This man, Jesus the Christ, disfigured beyond recognition, dead and buried – rose from the dead! He physically, not spiritually or metaphorically, but physically, so that you could touch him, walked the earth again.

All will eventually see that there are no more important, or interesting, events in history save for one – when He returns to finalize history as we know it with His triumphant reign.