Last week I watched President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu and two ambassadors from the United Arab Emrates and Bahrain, with great fanfare on the White House lawn, announcing a PEACE agreement between them. By any standards, this was a great diplomatic coupe; long awaited and giving great promise for a lasting Middle East peace. Then I started thinking about what the Holy Bible had to say about peace in the Middle East.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, "Peace and safety;" then sudden destruction cometh upon them . . . 1Thessalonians 5:2
So, on a practical earthly level, peace in the Middle East seems to have a promising future, but the Holy Bible could lead us in a different direction. Take the lament of that great prophet Jeremiah for instance, where he actually suggests that the LORD might be purposely misleading us into a false sense of security.
Then said I, "Ah, Lord God! surely Thou has greatly deceived this People and Jerusalem, saying, 'Ye shall have peace;' whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul." Jeremiah 4:10
Another great prophet, in Ezekiel 13:10, said, Because, even because they have seduced My People, saying, 'Peace; and there was no peace . . . In these passages the Lord was angry with the false prophets of the time who kept assuring the Israelites that everything was going to be fine, peace is on the horizon.
To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 13:16
So, peace, or no? My suggestion is not to take everything happening today at face value. We must always measure what we see on Fox News against the Holy Bible. My earthly instinct tells me to be very happy about the peace deal, but my spiritual instinct tells me that sudden destruction could be close.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, "Peace and safety;" then sudden destruction cometh upon them . . . 1Thessalonians 5:2
So, on a practical earthly level, peace in the Middle East seems to have a promising future, but the Holy Bible could lead us in a different direction. Take the lament of that great prophet Jeremiah for instance, where he actually suggests that the LORD might be purposely misleading us into a false sense of security.
Then said I, "Ah, Lord God! surely Thou has greatly deceived this People and Jerusalem, saying, 'Ye shall have peace;' whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul." Jeremiah 4:10
Another great prophet, in Ezekiel 13:10, said, Because, even because they have seduced My People, saying, 'Peace; and there was no peace . . . In these passages the Lord was angry with the false prophets of the time who kept assuring the Israelites that everything was going to be fine, peace is on the horizon.
To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 13:16
So, peace, or no? My suggestion is not to take everything happening today at face value. We must always measure what we see on Fox News against the Holy Bible. My earthly instinct tells me to be very happy about the peace deal, but my spiritual instinct tells me that sudden destruction could be close.
