8 November

Today’s the day when in 1793 the Louvre Museum in Paris was opened. Best-known for being the home of the Mona Lisa and the setting of many scenes in ‘The Da Vicnci Code’, the Louvre was a royal palace for two centuries before the revolutionary government made it a museum. Today the Louvre’s collection is one of the richest in the world, with artwork and artefacts claiming to represent 11,000 years of human civilization and culture.

It’s hard to imagine how many people and civilisations have gone before us in this world and how many generations might follow us. But there is no doubt that God is the Lord of history and the King over all ages. In the Book of Revelation the victorious saints sing this anthem of praise to Jesus in chapter 15:

"Great and marvelous are your deeds,
Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
King of the ages.

Who will not fear you, O Lord,
and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship before you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed."