I am continuing to pray for my nation and for my leaders...
I pray for the troops to be kept safe, and for this war to end soon. I also pray for the people of Iraq. Their suffering and pain are more than anyone living in the United States can comprehend, including myself.
In the Middle East, empires have come and gone. Nations have gone from life to ashes, and then into desert. There have been so many wars that have been fought in the land which is now Iraq. And there will still be wars in this region until Christ returns to earth.
And getting back to what I had been sharing in yesterday's journal, chapters 50 and 51 from the book of Jeremiah are fascinating when one looks at this current war, and then compares it to the biblical account of the attack on the ancient city of Babylon.
In these two chapters, there are descriptions of idols being torn down and smashed into pieces. The armies of the nations that were surrounding Babylon were firing their expertly aimed arrows at the city, causing Babylon's palaces with their palatial ornaments and gardens to be destroyed. Babylon's expansive buildings were being burned and looted and pulled apart brick by brick. Her rulers were being thrown into dismay and confusion. Her soldiers were trying to hide. They were surrounded with no place to flee. They were felled in the streets, and they were no match against the armies of the invading nations.
How similar this all sounds to what is now happening in Iraq. How history repeats itself!
D.B.
In the Middle East, empires have come and gone. Nations have gone from life to ashes, and then into desert. There have been so many wars that have been fought in the land which is now Iraq. And there will still be wars in this region until Christ returns to earth.
And getting back to what I had been sharing in yesterday's journal, chapters 50 and 51 from the book of Jeremiah are fascinating when one looks at this current war, and then compares it to the biblical account of the attack on the ancient city of Babylon.
In these two chapters, there are descriptions of idols being torn down and smashed into pieces. The armies of the nations that were surrounding Babylon were firing their expertly aimed arrows at the city, causing Babylon's palaces with their palatial ornaments and gardens to be destroyed. Babylon's expansive buildings were being burned and looted and pulled apart brick by brick. Her rulers were being thrown into dismay and confusion. Her soldiers were trying to hide. They were surrounded with no place to flee. They were felled in the streets, and they were no match against the armies of the invading nations.
How similar this all sounds to what is now happening in Iraq. How history repeats itself!
D.B.
