Violence has come to the Middle East
After almost a year of war against Hamas in Gaza on its southern border, Israel is shifting its focus to the northern frontier, where Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel in support of Hamas, which is also backed by Iran.
The Middle East is no stranger to violence
There is the divine violence of the Old Testament which includes God’s destruction of all flesh in Geneses 6:13, the raining down of fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah in Geneses 19:24-25. And God’s blessings of wars such as the conquest of Canaan in Joshua 1-12.
As Christians we condemn violence from the Middle East to Middle America, we pray for peace.
But there is violence to come
Jesus’ second coming will be exceedingly violent. Revelation 19:11-21 describes the ultimate war with Christ, the conquering commander who judges and makes war “with justice” (v. 11). It’s going to be bloody. Revelation tells us that Jesus will have no compassion upon His enemies.
The question today is are you an enemy of Jesus? In Revelation 3:16 Jesus criticizes a church for being full of believers who were neither hot nor cold but not on fire for Jesus, either.
The test is simple if we are not on fire for Jesus, we are his enemy and the violence will come.
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