In Gaza, videos are surfacing on social media of dead people being paraded around like trophies in vehicles. After Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel, Israeli hostages, including soldiers, women, children, and babies, are being driven from their homes into Gaza. Palestinian paramilitaries crossed the border and indiscriminately began attacking women and children as more than 5,000 rockets were launched into Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is at war, and they are currently launching a retaliation.
What is most disturbing about all this is that this most recent attack was paid for with US tax dollars. The United States has directly given around $500 million to the Palestinians. [1] President Joe Biden just weeks ago gave Iran, which funds and supports Hamas, $6 billion during a prisoner swap. [2] It is also interesting to note that Iran has just praised Hamas for its attack on Israel and has promised to aid the group in its struggle. [3]
How can we be ambassadors for peace when we fund organizations and nations dedicated to armed conflicts and terror? How can our politicians condemn these attacks while also claiming to be in solidarity with the victims when we are financially supporting their adversaries? And where are the demands to stop supporting conflicts and wars all over the world?
The Bible reveals to us why there is so much war, violence, and terror increasing in the world today. It also explains why political leaders are incapable of stopping these acts. The problem is that acts of war, terror, and sin do not only come because of economic injustice, greed, racial tensions, or religious conflicts. The Bible tells us that these are only symptoms of a much deeper problem. God identifies that the real issue for all the tragedies we are seeing today is the human heart.
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?” James 4:1.
“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” Mark 7:21-23.
Corrupt and wicked thoughts, actions, reasoning, passions, and appetites are the results of a sinful and unregenerate heart. It is only the restraining work of the Spirit of God upon the heart that can contain and suppress the evil thoughts and affections that control men. And as men reject the Holy Spirit, who constrains the heart from fully turning towards evil, the result will lead to the terrible consequences that we are seeing today.
This violence is not just played out during international conflicts, wars, or acts of terrorism; this violence is also being repeated daily in our schools, homes, and in all segments of society.
“The perversity and cruelty of men will reach such a height that God will reveal Himself in His majesty. Very soon the wickedness of the world will have reached its limit and, as in the days of Noah, God will pour out His judgments” (The Upward Look, 334).
“In the days of Noah the overwhelming majority was opposed to the truth, and enamored with a tissue of falsehoods. The land was filled with violence. War, crime, murder, was the order of the day. Just so will it be before Christ’s second coming” (Bible Commentary, Vol. 1 p. 1090).
These acts of violence will only continue to increase as we get nearer to the second coming of Christ. There will never be an end to the conflicts we are seeing today, not until Jesus Christ returns to establish His kingdom of perfect justice and righteousness.
“The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. The earth mourneth and languisheth.” Isaiah 33:7-9.
We are commanded to pray and work towards peace. We should be the first to encourage every effort to bring peace to our world. But that peace is intimately linked to truth and righteousness. Therefore, we cannot simply pray for peace alone because, without the other two, we will never experience true, lasting peace.
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” 1 Timothy 2:1, 2.
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[2] https://www.newsweek.com/iran-israel-gaza-attack-biden-1832834
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Andy, if you or others know spanish, should listen this evangelical pastor. He is preaching Bible’s truth, and addressing evangelical people to preacher like Bohr, Gambetta, Corronado,etc, preachers considered dissidents by our leaders. I believe he is the first of the eleventh hour worker, part of the loudcry and the latter rain.
https://m.youtube.com/@mensajefiel1885
We are headed to WWIII.
VL,
We are in WWIII right now.
We are just seeing the early stages of the hot part.
Soon our country will be pulled into it and it will become the issue for cancelling the 2024 election.
IMO a national crisis will, with this as a catalyst, will be distracting us from the more important issues.
Again IMO let Israel glass that whole area and be done with it.
Problem solved.
Have a great day,
Joe in Pennsylvania
People who didn’t get the vaccine were deemed a threat to society. I am really curious why many of these same people defend the rape, kidnapping, torture and murder being perpetuated in this conflict?
Israel warning Gaza residents to evacuate to designated safe areas before the offensive begins. It’s far more humane than their enemies are—and it won’t win them any goodwill at all.
A new order will come out of this chaos.
Wars and rumors of wars will continue until Jesus appears in the heavens.
Two state solution is the only way to end the PALESTINIAN -ISRAELI conflict based on June 4, 1967 borders,and Zionist Israel should be made to be accountable for all war crimes committed against palestinian people since 1948 , when Zionist occupiers invaded and occupied palestinian nation. The Zionist movement was started by Theodorl Hatzyl in 1896 who wanted to establish an ultra secular Zionist nation in middle east. The Balfour declaration led to establishment of Zionist nation which led to settlement of Zionist jews in palestine when Jesuit British General Allenby led British forces into entry in Jerusalem in 1917.By 1947 United Nations voted for a resolution to establish a Zionist nation in the middle east which was against the wishes of the Arab nations. On May 15, 1948, Zionist Israeli created an independent state and earned support from U.S and Britain, since that time Zionists have been aggressors and this led to animosities between Arabs and Israel this led to six day war between Arab and Israel wars which Israel won .On October 6, 1973, the Arab armies led by Egypt and Syria made a surprise attack against Israel during the holy month of yom kippur war and cease fire was called by U.N security council U.S supported Israel while Soviet Union supported Syria and Egypt this is after Israel asked for military and logistical support because Soviets had provided Arab armies with sosphicated weapons such as surface to air missiles. on September 19, 1978, camp david accords were signed by former foes Egypt and Israel and they signed a peace treaty the signatories were President Anwar Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin of Egypt and Israel respectively , under the mediation of then U.S president Jimmy Carter.Egypt recognized Israel and Israel returned Sinai peninsula to Egypt which was one of the stolen lands in 1967 war. Syria has refused any peace treaty with Israel and has refused to recognize it existence and Golan heights which was a Syrian territory has been under Israeli territory since the 1967 war. Jordan signed another peace accord with Israel and King Hussein recognized Israel and west bank was returned to Jordan as its territory by prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Palestinian liberation organization leader Yasser Arafat signed another peace accord with Israeli regime in Oslo , Norway famously known as oslo accords where Israel was supposed to recognize PLO as legitimate ruler of Gaza and PLO to reciprocate the same by recognizing Israel, this agreement was shortlived and Yitzhak Rabin was asasinated by an Israeli extremist for accepting the deal.It’s important to note that Hamas was a creation of Israel mossad an Israeli security agency which was formed to counter and undermine the PLO under Yasser Arafat so that he cannot agitate for independence of palestine, finally Arafat died in his home under house arrest in Ramallah, under the tight security of Israeli forces in 2004, and he was succeded by Muhammad Abbas as its leader the PLO was changed into Fattah. Hamas the arc foe of Israel went to win 2006 elections in Gaza and formed an alliance with Fattah to counter Israel.