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History Repeats Itself ~
Many concepts are in the Bible—even though the exact wording is
not. For example consider the following statements:
“History Repeats Itself” or the more complete concept “those who refuse to
learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
In this case the phrase is not
found in the Bible but the concept is.
The concept is valid for both individuals and nations. Here is an example of the type of historical
cycle which we find throughout the Bible:
This historical pattern is as
follows:
1. from Bondage
to Spiritual Faith
2. from Spiritual
Faith to Courage
3. from Courage
to Freedom
4. from Freedom
to Abundance
5. from Abundance
to Selfishness
6. from Selfishness
to Apathy
7. from Apathy
to Dependency
8. from Dependency
to Bondage
Specific Scripture ~ “What has been will be again,
what has been done will be
done again; there is nothing new under the
sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). “Then I turned my thoughts
to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly.
What more can the king's
successor do
than what has already been
done?” (Ecclesiastes 2:12).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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