Friday, April 8, 2011

We are in a latter glory moment in our nation. In my book "The Latter Glory" I tell the biblical story found in Haggai about how the Israelties were building a new temple to replace the one destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II. Many of the older generation of Israelites wept because it didn't resemble the old temple built by Solomon. They lived in the shadow of the so called good old days. There was however a new generation of Israelites who understood that there was going to be a latter glory and so they kept on building. There are some who do not welcome the new America and as a result there is a rush to go back to a more imperfect time in our history. What we see with the birthers, Wisconsin, Tea Party etc is the crying of the elders wishing that we could back to another time of our history. In essence it is the desparate gasp to reclaim the past but these elders and their proxies who are crying now will soon give way to a new reality. There is a latter glory, it is a glory that's diverse, multicultural and progressive. Those who are building this new temple will keep on building because they understand that this new temple will be built only tbrough hard work and struggle. There has never been a time in our nations history when progress didn't come through struggle but it is always this struggle which produces the latter glory.

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