Empty Capital

I was walking around the environs of Grassington, the paths from which take one through countless ancient sites. The landscape today is pleasant and even dramatic, but in the past, it seemed to offer more than just sheep farming and sentimental TV series. Concerning High Close pasture, pictured above, the Northern Antiquarian site notes that the late Celtic scholar, Professor Anne Ross (died 2012), thought that this area was some kind of capital of northern England back in the Iron Age. Wharfedale now is known for its remoteness and rural isolation; once this was rather busy, and the towns we currently know for their industry and commerce did not exist.

The days are coming when the huge metropolises like London, New York and Paris will be of no importance. In contrast, the little places, often rural and remote or hidden and unnoticed, where Christ is shared and honoured, will be celebrated and commemorated by angels and men alike. A new order is coming, an ancient Kingdom is going to be visibly re-established, for the rightful King is coming to claim His inheritance.

For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. Isaiah 26:5

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