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		The One Solitary Life An anonymous writer, so illumined, sums up how God stepped on earth in the middle of man’s history on planet Earth. Thus, historical epoch is marked B.C., before Christ and A.D. (Anno Domini), the years after Our Lord’s short life as man. "He was a young man born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in still another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30, and then for three years he was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book, held an office, or owned a home. He never lived in a big city. He never traveled more than 200 miles from where he was born. He never did any of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but himself. "While he was still a young man, the tide of public opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. He was turned over to his enemies. He went through a mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for the only piece of property he had on Earth, his coat. When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed tomb. "Nearly 20 centuries have come and gone, and today He is the central figure of the human race. All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the governments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected human life on this earth as has that one solitary life." (Anonymous)
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