 It was a strange sensation for me as a British citizen to hear the President of the United States' voice on my BBC Radio announcing that a bomb had been intercepted at Manchester airport bound for Chicago (that was 29th October 2010).My first reaction, I admit, was "why isn't the British Prime Minister announcing this?" The bombs (another was found in Dubai) had been sent in mail from Yemen to the US, and no doubt were intercepted thanks to the international cooperation on intelligence that has been slowly built up following 9/11. It became clear to me, as I listened to Barak Obama, that the world has at last become a truly "international" place. It is no longer true that what happens in another country does not affect you or I thousands of miles away. The global financial crisis is another manifestation of this fact. Someone put it this way, "the world is getting smaller." We may rightly describe our generation as the age of internationalism. Long before international cooperation on counter terrorism; and long before mis-sold mortgages in the US led to a domino effect on the world's economy, God set out His own international agenda. God made all nations of men (Acts 17:26), every race and colour. And He loves the world (John 3:16). Jesus Christ gave his life on the cross for the sin of every man woman and child that has ever been born (John 1:29); and after rising from the dead, told his disciples to "go into all the world and preach the good news of salvation (Mark 16:15). Today, our church is raising funds to help Christian brothers and sisters around the world. Not only do we share the same faith, but we share the same hope that Jesus Christ will come again to be the King of all nations. One day, surrounding his throne in heaven, will be people from "every tribe, and kindred, and language, and nation." (Rev. 7:9) |
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