When Julian the Apostate, who sought to light again the fires on the altars of the pagan gods & thus destroy Christianity, was on the march with his army in the campaign against Persia, in the year 363, one of the soldiers of his army said to a Christian who was being abused by the soldiery, "Where is your carpenter now?"
"He is making a coffin for your emperor," was the
reply of the Christian.
A few months afterward Julian received a mortal wound in
battle. The rumor spread through the army that the wound was inflicted by a
Christian soldier in the ranks of the Roman army.
Julian, realizing that his death was near, dipped his hand
in the blood of his wound & threw the blood toward heaven, exclaiming as he
did so, "Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!"
Yes, the carpenter of Nazareth, exalted to the right hand of
God, is making a coffin for all the kings & kingdoms of this world. One by
one they flourish & are gone. But Christ's is an everlasting kingdom.
All that is not obedient to Him & subject to Him shall
perish. That alone endures which belongs to Him.
- (moreillustrations.com
Phil 2:11 (CSB): “And every tongue will confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
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