Most people in the 1930s were almost totally unaware of Adolf Hitler’s grand design. That is because they were ignorant of Hitler’s own history. He had laid out his master plan in his book, Mein Kampf.

Around 50 million people were killed in World War ii. How many lives could have been saved if we had read and heeded Mein Kampf and then used our power to stop Hitler before he could do so much damage?

The Russians made a pact with Hitler at the beginning of World War ii. The world was alarmed. The Russians were delighted, though they should not have been. Hitler had written in Mein Kampf that he must conquer the Soviet Union. They were either ignorant of Hitler’s history or didn’t believe what he said and wrote.

As most people know, Hitler later marched into the Soviet Union.

The world finally believed Hitler when Mein Kampfbecame a terrifying reality!

Similarly, Osama bin Laden wrote and spoke about how he was going to attack and terrorize America. Most of our people ignored his declaration of war. When he bombed the World Trade Center in 1993, we still didn’t know about or believe his threats, even though that was the first time America had ever been attacked by terrorism inside its borders.

When the September 11 terrorist attack struck, we finally believed bin Laden’s speeches and writings. But only after some of his historical rantings had deeply afflicted us.

The great tragedy is that we learned little, if anything, from the twisted history of Hitler or bin Laden.

Contempt of History

In the London Times, Feb. 6, 2000, Melanie Phillips said that Tony Blair’s government was “obsessed with ‘modernity’ and contemptuous of history and tradition” (emphasis mine throughout). Former U.S. President Bill Clinton had the same contempt for history. It is a dangerous problem—the kind of thinking that destroys nations!

Mr. Clinton actually pushed Germany into dominating Europe—the ultimate contempt for extremely recent history! (The facts are truly shocking. To learn more about this vital subject, request our free booklet The Rising Beast—Germany’s Conquest of the Balkans.)

How utterly contemptuous Mr. Blair and Mr. Clinton have been of World War ii history that cost 50 million lives! Our nations will pay dearly for such dangerous contempt of history.

But the problem gets worse. Our religious leaders have forgotten our spiritual history. They don’t even know that America, Britain and the Jews in the Middle East are all a part of biblical Israel. The Israelites were the only people who ever had a history with God!

Learning From History

Manfred Weidham, in his book Sword and Pen, said this about Winston Churchill: “In attempting to assess the ultimate significance of events, Churchill grapples with the problem of historical perspective. Incidents have one meaning at the time of their occurrence and another when they have become part of history.”

Many people have called Mr. Churchill a prophet. Here is the main reason: He tried “to assess the ultimate significance of events” in a historical perspective. All human beings are weak in this area, but we must strive to see not just the present, but also the past and the future.

Mr. Churchill also said that the farther you see into the past, the farther you can see into the future.

“Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come” (1 Corinthians 10:11). God left us examples in our history. They were recorded in the Old and New Testaments to educate us. But few people heed God’s warnings. And we are going to pay the ultimate price if we don’t learn these God-inspired lessons.

The solution to all this is not in being a liberal or a conservative. The liberals believe in individualism, which often means they trust in their own human reasoning. Conservatives believe that people should learn from history, but God is often left out of the picture. Neither liberals nor conservatives rely on God as they should. Too many of their views are anti-God, and that is the worst plague of all. Generally they learn dangerously little from secular or Bible history.

However, the law of history is still there. Life will be extremely hard unless we learn this immutable law of history.

Former Prophets

How often have we heard that “history repeats itself”? It does—time and time again.

The Bible contains many prophetic books, including what are classified as the “major” and “minor” prophets. There also are “former prophets” in the Bible—comprised of Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Kings, and 1 and 2 Samuel. These books are mostly about the history of Israel, but they are called former prophets for a reason. They were written by prophets and are filled with end-time prophecy. If we live the same lifestyles our forefathers did, we will attain virtually the same results—good or bad. History becomes prophecy. Not all prophecy is history. But a lot of history becomes prophecy. History prophesies the fate of nations, whether they will thrive or collapse!

This is “a law of history.” It’s not about luck or happenstance. It is a law of history. If we break that law, the law breaks us!

Our nations live today because great leaders learned and practiced these heroic virtues.