THE LORD OF PEACE (8 OF 8)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:16-18
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The Lord of Peace (8 of 8)
Series: The Church in the Last Days
Jeff Schreve
2 Thessalonians 3:16-18
The year was 1833. A son was born. His parents named him Alfred, Alfred Nobel, born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father was an engineer, a bridge builder, and an inventor. Alfred was very gifted and very smart. He began to study chemical engineering. He was introduced to the man who developed and invented nitroglycerin. It had only been invented about 3 years before. Alfred had met this guy, and he was enamored with nitroglycerin and what nitroglycerin could do. But everybody was afraid of nitroglycerine because they said, ''That stuff is unstable. That stuff will blow you up.'' Well, Alfred Nobel figured out a way to harass the power of nitroglycerin in an element we know, a product we know as dynamite. He developed and invented dynamite in 1867. Well, he made a fortune on the invention of dynamite. He had plants around Europe that were making dynamite. He was selling dynamite. He was making millions and millions and millions of dollars. Twenty-one years after he invented dynamite, his brother, Ludwig, died. A newspaper in France got the information wrong, and they thought that Alfred had died. They ran a big headline in their paper, and the headline said this: ''Alfred Nobel, the merchant of death, is dead!'' They said he became rich by finding more ways to kill people than ever before. Alfred Nobel was shocked, and he was saddened to the core that that's what people thought of him. He said, ''I developed dynamite to help and to enable people to build more quickly.'' He said, ''I thought it was going to be an invention that would bring the end to war because no one would want to fight with something as powerful as dynamite.'' And so, he thought to himself, am I going to be remembered as the merchant of death? He said, ''I can't have that as my legacy.'' So, he spent 94% of his vast wealth in setting up prizes that would be given to people who excelled in five ...
Series: The Church in the Last Days
Jeff Schreve
2 Thessalonians 3:16-18
The year was 1833. A son was born. His parents named him Alfred, Alfred Nobel, born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father was an engineer, a bridge builder, and an inventor. Alfred was very gifted and very smart. He began to study chemical engineering. He was introduced to the man who developed and invented nitroglycerin. It had only been invented about 3 years before. Alfred had met this guy, and he was enamored with nitroglycerin and what nitroglycerin could do. But everybody was afraid of nitroglycerine because they said, ''That stuff is unstable. That stuff will blow you up.'' Well, Alfred Nobel figured out a way to harass the power of nitroglycerin in an element we know, a product we know as dynamite. He developed and invented dynamite in 1867. Well, he made a fortune on the invention of dynamite. He had plants around Europe that were making dynamite. He was selling dynamite. He was making millions and millions and millions of dollars. Twenty-one years after he invented dynamite, his brother, Ludwig, died. A newspaper in France got the information wrong, and they thought that Alfred had died. They ran a big headline in their paper, and the headline said this: ''Alfred Nobel, the merchant of death, is dead!'' They said he became rich by finding more ways to kill people than ever before. Alfred Nobel was shocked, and he was saddened to the core that that's what people thought of him. He said, ''I developed dynamite to help and to enable people to build more quickly.'' He said, ''I thought it was going to be an invention that would bring the end to war because no one would want to fight with something as powerful as dynamite.'' And so, he thought to himself, am I going to be remembered as the merchant of death? He said, ''I can't have that as my legacy.'' So, he spent 94% of his vast wealth in setting up prizes that would be given to people who excelled in five ...
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