The unprovoked invasion of Russia into Ukraine is now 3 years old this week. Also, the hostage situation in Gaza has held the world in rapt attention for 16 months, since that horrific October 7th attack by Hamas terrorists into peaceful Israeli kibbutz villages. Perhaps like me, you’ve often wondered what it would be like to live in a place of such turmoil as is the heartbreaking reality for millions of people in many parts of our world today.
Part of the reason we’ve been looking closely at the Biblical record of events in Israel 2600 years ago, is the similarity to what is happening in that part of the world today. We’re seeking to understand what life lessons God has for us in 2025 whether we live in Israel or Lebanon, Syria or Ukraine, Sudan or Mexico, or any other troubled place in our world.