Sunday, September 1, 2019

Today in History - September 2

44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion (Source)
31 BC - Final War of the Roman Empire: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Jews Under Ptolemaic and Seleucid Rule, by Dan Caffese
If Congress Won't Act, I Will - Caesar Obama, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2012)

1792 - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalists sympathizers (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The French Revolution, by Dr. Peter Hammond
The French Revolution: Life, Liberty, Fraternity, or Death - Satanic Politics and God's Wrath Upon Nations That Turn Upon Him, by Francis Nigel Lee


1862 - American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Source)

Recommended video:

The Battle of Bull Run, by Johnny Horton

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Lincoln and Lenin, by George Grant
Lincoln and The Emancipation Proclamation, by John Weaver [Text: John 8:32-36]

1945: Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. This is the day VJ day is celebrated or Victory in Japan Day (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)