By Hans Boersma, First Things - Both Jeremiah 23 and Psalm 82 tell us that only when we take our cue from God’s throne room, from the divine council, will we be able to interpret the world around us, will we be able to read the present time. Both passages suggest that it is God’s throne room that makes sense of the present time. It is God’s eternal Word, incarnate in Christ, which allows us to understand the historical moment. To be on the right side of history is not to treat natural realities as autonomous or historical developments as inevitable. To be on the right side of history is to dwell in the presence of Christ.