| (Copyright 2023) by David Antion (Pasadena, California) |
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| We concluded the 7 days of the Feast of Tabernacles and the 8th Day on October 7, 2023. This year GM’s sponsored Feast was in South Lake Tahoe, California. The Brethren there seemed to love the beauty of the location and were thrilled with the services — sermons, music, special presentations, prayers, and readings. It was a most joyous Feast with people commenting mostly on the warmth of the Brethren and the loving atmosphere. I commented one day that I knew I was among Christ’s followers because of the love they exhibited toward one another. As you all know on the holy day of the 8th Day, we heard about the hate that knew no bounds! It’s been over a month since we were hit by the news that Israel had been attacked by Hamas troops and terrorists committing unspeakable atrocities against Jews and any others they could capture in Israel. It didn’t matter — young, old, male, and female — if Hamas could they would capture or kill. Most were killed and some were taken as hostages. Since that time there has been a nonstop reporting of the war between Israel and Hamas with Palestinian civilians used as shields for the Hamas terrorists. Now Israel has invaded Gaza and is determined to wipe out Hamas terrorists by using ground troops and killing them in direct combat. We see on the news demonstrations — some pro-Hamas and some pro-Israel — sometimes violent clashes. Let’s be clear. Hamas and other groups ruling over the Palestinians do not want a two-state solution. They have rejected it. They want the nation of Israel gone and all Jews dead. The Israelis don’t want all Palestinians dead or any group for that matter. What they want is to have their own territory so they can protect themselves from another holocaust like what happened under Hitler. However, it is true that there have been unfair dealings on both sides because of a lack of trust and goodwill. People cannot have good relations even in a family without trust. Israel doesn’t trust the leaders of the Palestinians and they don’t trust Israel. No solution can be worked out without trust. —————————————————————————————————– See David Antion’s other articles at: Antion, David – Church of God, Bismarck (church-of-god-bismarck.org) Reprinted with permission from: Guardian Ministries http://daveantion.com/ —————————————————————————————————– |
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