The Best of all is God with us

    Establishment of the state of Israel in 1948  Christians who support the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 often quote Ezekiel's prophecies. The point is, should Christians rejoice that a significant biblical prophecy is fulfilled by this historic political event?  It would be helpful for all of us who identify as Christ's witnesses to research the context in which Ezekiel wrote his predictions and their significance. I'm pleading with everyone to understand the fundamentally God-centered message of Ezekiel rather than using a single or a couple of verses as proof texts. During the turbulent time that followed Israel's exile to Babylon in 597 B.C., Ezekiel prophesied. Jehoiachin, who was eighteen years old, was one of the exiles, and the Babylonians had placed his uncle, Zedekiah, in control of Jerusalem as a puppet ruler. Ezekiel's prophecies were not limited to his fellow exiles in Babylon; they also reached Judah's survivors. God is portraye

  With the current war going on between Israel and Hamas of Palestine, Jews, Christians and Muslims around the world have begun to show their support to either Israel or Palestine. The sad part is that these groups have pulled out their daggers at each other believing that they do so in the name of their God. They hardly realize that they do so as followers of the same God worshipped and served in three different traditions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam. I strongly believe that it is not the will of God to have an armed struggle between them, seeking to annihilate the other. I do not entertain the antisemitic feelings as some would do especially the extremist terror groups like Hamas. I also do not condone the merciless retaliatory actions of the state of Israel against the unarmed civilians who are vulnerably sandwiched between Hamas and the Israeli army. In this article, I state my stand on Christian Zionism which is heavily lobbying unconditionally to support the current state