Shalom from Beer Sheva, where the destiny of Israel and the Nations met! (taken from Kelvin Crombie regarding the battle of Beer Sheva on 31 Oct 1917).
Our family spent a wonderful two weeks in Switzerland with another family from Bethlehem. What really spoke to the believers there was the genuine enjoyment and fellowship our two families had with each other.
This really struck home after a time of sharing by our Arab/Palestinian brother and myself: He mentioned how his people have been living under the occupation since 1948, when Israel was established as a sovereign state — what the Arabs refer to as “the catastrophe”; I shared that God has brought me back home, according to His prophetic promises written in the Bible, after I repented and believed in Jesus as the Messiah.
Obviously, these represent two different “world views” and two different approaches to understanding the work and Word of God. By the grace of God in Messiah, we are reconciled by the blood of the cross! May our love for the Lord and our love for one another be found genuine in the time of trouble. “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil”.