As you and I watch events unfold all around our world which seem so wicked, so devastating to so many people; or as we watch wicked leaders rise to positions of great power in so many places around the world, do we sometimes find ourselves losing hope, maybe even wondering if the world is near coming to an end? Are you aware my friends that our world has often been in this same or even worse conditions? Let’s travel back in time to one of those eras of history and the city of Jerusalem.