Authentic
A sad and recurrent truism observes, “The previous generation always rises up to attack and to condemn the next move of God.”
A holy cry is that the sins of self-importance and spiritual pride may be confronted and defeated in our generation, and that these “sins of the fathers”[1] should not be visited upon another generation.
What follows is the afterword in From Eternity to Here. To my mind, it’s one of the most important parts of the book. So I’m publishing it here.
Some years ago as I was traveling through Hong Kong, I noticed the many sidewalk salesmen there hawking “Rolex” watches for twenty or thirty dollars. I knew that the price of any Rolex started in the thousands of dollars, but of course, these Asian versions of the Swiss timepiece were phonies, cheap knock-offs that would neither withstand normal use or a customs officer’s eye. I chose to pass on the opportunity to own an apparently reliable but functionally worthless watch.
Where Are The Prophets & Reformers of This Generation?
By David Orton
He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will whistle to them from the end of the earth;
Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.
Isa 5:26
