Heralds Digest

  “ Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. ” Psalm 33 : 12 - 14 KJV Without prejudice on claims and counterclaims on justification for attacks, the ongoing Iran-Israel-US war can be seen as a test of superiority among the world’s superpowers. These world’s superpowers are readily built on the accumulation of war machines and sophistication on surveillance. Even in life’s personal battles at home, workplaces and in society, superiority of surveillance, intelligent gathering of information, and strategic planting of moles are the best available ways of this world’s dominance. Unfortunately, the best of these human strategies often undermines the transcendence and immanence of God in relationships with those who put their trust in Him. When the psalmist declares “ Blessed i...

  “ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. ” Luke 1 : 6 KJV History has shown that those who limit reigning to the possession of power, privileges and authority have always ended up being reigned over (or being ruined) by their possessions. For example, Pharaoh possessed the land of Egypt and the regulation of all its activities; but he ended up being reigned over by a sunset of these possessions - the Red Sea. Prior to this destructive end, many of Pharaoh’s subjects have had a wrong conception of the right reign in their relationships with Pharaoh. And by supposing “ And they were both right before Pharaoh, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of their lord blameless ” was the perfect definition of loyalty or uprightness, they ended up in the same Red Sea with Pharaoh. Whereas, the service lifestyle of Zechariah and Elizabeth has rather posited that right reign implies righteousness before God; no...