Have you ever wondered how today’s events would be recorded had they happened in “biblical” times? The truth is, we ares till living in biblical times, so it can be helpful reading about today’s events in that type of language to understand the direct connection. Enjoy!

Behold, the land of Israel, which the LORD hath given unto the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for an everlasting possession, yet stands in the midst of the nations, surrounded by foes that devise evil continually.

And it came to pass in the year of Adam 5784, on Shemini Atzeret, the eighth and final day of the Feast of Tabernacles – as the Jews were commemorating God’s protection during their 40-year journey through the desert – that wickedness infiltrated the land from the South. The Children of Israel cried out in their pain and sorrow, for great was the slaughter that had befallen them this day, on the Sabbath, the seventh of the 10th month, in the year of our Lord 2023. Their cities were laid waste, their sons...

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