We think of history in human-centered categories and for our small schemes.  The glory of the Christian truth is the enlarging and unifying understanding of and goal for world history it provides.  Dutch-reformed theologian, Herman Bavinck wrote concerning this in his book The Sacrifice of Praise which are meditations for preparing for holy communion.

The unity of confession, accordingly, is the purpose of the history of the world.  One day, angels and devils and the righteous and the ungodly will agree, acknowledging that Christ is the firstborn Son of the Father and therefore the heir of all things [Heb. 1:2]. Then every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord [Phil. 2:10-11].

A few paragraphs later in his chapter on The Triumph of Confession,

When Christ appears in glory, no one will be able to resist him.  All will see him, even those who pierced him [Zech. 12:10; John 19:37].  All will see him with their own bodily eyes and no unbelief, no doubt will be possible.  Then all creation will have to acknowledge that Christ is the Lord.  They will have to recognize it; if not freely, then compelled; if not voluntarily, then reluctantly; if not with, then against their will.

Then, close to the end of this chapter and book in culminating fashion,

What a future, what a sight? The whole of creation on its knees before Jesus! Upon all lips one, brief, recurring, foundational, all-embracing confession that is now by many scorned but will then be confessed and acknowledged by all: that Christ is the Lord to the glory of God the Father!

We should leave it to Bavinck to conclude this post with the opening sentence from another of his works,

The highest good of man is God and God alone.