Bible in the News

Israel has been under fire from Hamas, Hezbollah, Yemen and Iran – and yet God continues to deliver them from their enemies. The nations of the world have united at the United Nations to condemn Israel, and this is a political manifestation of the perpetual hatred or enmity spoken of in Genesis 3:15. As the world becomes increasingly hostile, Israel becomes increasingly successful. This is God’s doing and marvellous in his eyes, hailing the way for God's coming kingdom.

Since the October 7th attack on Israel, there has been a low-level war of attrition between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group. This has forced 60,000 Israelis to be evacuated from the bordering towns and villages, living in bed and breakfasts and hotels with their lives on hold for nearly a year. 

Over the last week the conflict in Israel’s north has escalated. On September 17th at 3:30pm pagers, used by the terror group, simultaneously exploded throughout the country. It is believed as many as 5,000 devices may have been involved with the initial attack. 

This weekend brings further tragedy and mourning in Israel as the bodies of 6 hostages have been recovered from Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. The bodies were discovered in a tunnel by the IDF on Sunday morning. 

On Wednesday Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh was killed in his hotel apartment in Tehran. This week we will examine who Isamil Haniyeh was, and how the overall conflict between Israel and Iran and her proxies fits into Bible prophecy.