I must admit that my heart has been heavy these last days as I’ve thought about the state of our world. We are currently living in a very painful season of human history: wars and rumors of war abound. Good is called evil and evil good, the moral character of mankind continues to degrade, divorce is brutalizing marriages, babies are aborted in the womb, and cancer and disease are ravaging the bodies of many. As worship of self grows, God is belittled and disparaged, as are His people. It feels as if things could not get any worse.
So what do we do in times such as these? Do we mope or hang our heads in depression? Do we run and hide from the world in safe little Christian enclaves? No, our call is to engage with the world. Our mission as light in the darkness has not ended. In fact, it is greater now than it has ever been as the time of end draw near. So, as you go about your mission, watch where you’re going, keep looking up, and wake up each day with this passage on your mind:
Titus 2:11-14 KJV – “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
Israel Strikes Terrorist Targets
Sunday morning brought the sounds of loud blasts to the Damascus suburb of Qudsaya. Although Israel remains mute on their participation, most believe the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were on the delivering end of the attack.
There have been at least 22 strikes by Israel on Syria this calendar year. According to residents of the area, “warehouses of pro-Iran militias” were destroyed in Sunday’s attack.
Wednesday night saw a lot of action in the West Bank, as, first, Israeli security arrested a suspect in connection with a drive-by shooting. Second, eight Palestinians were wounded by IDF forces when they attacked Jewish worshippers visiting Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem. Finally, the IDF and Border Police united to destroy an explosives laboratory and warehouse at the Balata refugee camp.
Iran’s Proxies Attack US Bases in Syria
In a story that should be more connected to the previous one than it apparently is, a new Iran-sponsored terrorist organization calling itself the “Popular Resistance in the Eastern Region” claims to have carried out three attacks using rockets and drones on American bases in northeastern Syria. The three attacks, which the group claims to have carried out on Saturday, were directed at US military facilities in the Shadadi, Konikho, and Omar oil and gas fields.
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