Revolution, Counter-Revolution, and Christianity

• Aug, 05 2025

The French Revolution, beginning in 1789, marked a violent rejection of Christianity and traditional order, ushering in the Reign of Terror and a lasting faith in revolution through bloodshed. While the subsequent counterrevolution sought to restore the old order, it failed because it lacked a living Christian faith—offering only the form of godliness, not its power. Thinkers like Emerson and Carlyle abandoned orthodox Christianity, replacing God with man and history, while conservatism and revolution alike became humanistic and anti-Christian. Churches, often infused with humanism themselves, remain largely indifferent to the growing attacks on Christianity, both politically and culturally. As hostility toward faith intensifies—with courts attacking churches and schools—Christianity faces a spiritual war. The call is urgent: believers must resist, uphold Biblical truth, extend Christ’s dominion, and prepare for God’s judgment on a blind, self-focused society.

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