Once Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and most of Vietnam were a single kingdom, ruled by kings who lived in Angkor Wat. Here they built magnificent temples in worship of Hindu gods, and as memorials to the kings who built them in the 15th century. Angkor Wat was abandoned; today it stands empty and forlorn. Then it was discovered in 1863 by Frenchman Henri Mouhot. He reported that the few peasants who lived nearby did not know who built the temples or why. Many who are famous today will be forgotten tomorrow, but Jesus always will be remembered in the parables He told, the sermons He preached, the communion He instituted and most of all in the lives He’s changed.
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