History is thus portrayed as moving toward a unique and climactic end. Though mankind continues to exalt itself with ever-increasing zeal and ambition, “a day is coming for the Lord ” (Zech. 14:1), when God alone will be glorified and honored—for “all mankind will come to bow down before Me, says the Lord” (Isa. 66:23, nasb). Though our literature and history books write endlessly about the glory of mankind—our progression, our knowledge, our civilization—God will come and suddenly reverse the current of history. - John P. Harrigan, The Gospel of Christ Crucified, p.48