The Great War

This is a true story.

This is not made up.

about the 'The Great War',

or as some called it, WW1.

"If not for your country,

do it for God",

every leader said.

Two dozen countries fought.

They sent sixty-million soldiers,

and ten million were sent back dead.

Each enemy was considered pure evil.

The ones dead were martyrs and sacrifices.

Each major power ended up,

calling it a holy war.

Russia called Germany's,

leader 'the ani-christ'.

Germany called britain,

'The Great Whore of Babylon'.

English bishops said,

that they were God's instruments.

As for America,

they were not to far off.

Church leaders started,

preaching the word.

Now is the time to get saved!

Peaceful groups like the Almish and Quarkers,

and the pope's hands started to wave.

People hurried to be baptized,

only because they thought the world was ending.

What leaders did not know,

was the long term religious consequences,

the war was sending.

Russia in 1914,

had one quarter of the world's Christians,

but the Orthedox church,

was nearly wiped out,

because of the revolution.

Germany's strict Lutheran church survived,

but only at a price.

It now turned to the secular realm,

filled of compromise.

Christianity went quiet,

in both of the two countries,

and the Ottoman people,

turned into a group of aggressive Muslims.

It lead to a decolonization,

of most of Africa,

but the gospel,

spread through the regions,

and lots of people were saved.

Although, Christianity,

began to flourish.

It is said that by,

the middle of the 21st century,

A third of the Christians,

will live there for sure.

The war ended,

one-hundred years ago.

So let's all take a lesson.

The impact God has on this world,

will never leave,

and can bring countries,

to their knees,

in a second.