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Handling anger is an important life skill. Christian counselors report that 50 percent of people who come in for counseling have problems dealing with anger. Anger can shatter communication and tear apart relationships, and it ruins both the joy and health of many. Sadly, people tend to justify their anger instead of accepting responsibility for it. Everyone struggles, to varying degrees, with anger. Thankfully, God’s Word contains principles regarding how to handle anger in a godly manner, and how to overcome sinful anger.
Anger is not always sin. There is a type of anger of which the Bible approves, often called “righteous indignation.” God is angry (Psalm 7:11; Mark 3:5), and it is acceptable for believers to be angry (Ephesians 4:26). Two Greek words in the New Testament are translated as “anger.” One means “passion, energy” and the other means “agitated, boiling.” Biblically, anger is God-given energy intended to help us solve problems. Examples of biblical anger include David’s being upset over hearing Nathan the prophet sharing an injustice (2 Samuel 12) and Jesus’ anger over how some of the Jews had defiled worship at God’s temple in Jerusalem (John 2:13-18). Notice that neither of these examples of anger involved self-defense, but a defense of others or of a principle.
That being said, it is important to recognize that anger at an injustice inflicted against oneself is also appropriate. Anger has been said to be a warning flag—it alerts us to those times when others are attempting to or have violated our boundaries. God cares for each individual. Sadly, we do not always stand up for one another, meaning that sometimes we must stand up for ourselves. This is especially important when considering the anger that victims often feel. Victims of abuse, violent crime, or the like have been violated in some way. Often while experiencing the trauma, they do not experience anger. Later, in working through the trauma, anger will emerge. For a victim to reach a place of true health and forgiveness, he or she must first accept the trauma for what it was. In order to fully accept that an act was unjust, one must sometimes experience anger. Because of the complexities of trauma recovery, this anger is often not short-lived, particularly for victims of abuse. Victims should process through their anger and come to a place of acceptance, even forgiveness. This is often a long journey. As God heals the victim, the victim’s emotions, including anger, will follow. Allowing the process to occur does not mean the person is living in sin.
Anger can become sinful when it is motivated by pride (James 1:20), when it is unproductive and thus distorts God’s purposes (1 Corinthians 10:31), or when anger is allowed to linger (Ephesians 4:26-27). One obvious sign that anger has turned to sin is when, instead of attacking the problem at hand, we attack the wrongdoer. Ephesians 4:15-19 says we are to speak the truth in love and use our words to build others up, not allow rotten or destructive words to pour from our lips. Unfortunately, this poisonous speech is a common characteristic of fallen man (Romans 3:13-14). Anger becomes sin when it is allowed to boil over without restraint, resulting in a scenario in which hurt is multiplied (Proverbs 29:11), leaving devastation in its wake. Often, the consequences of out-of-control anger are irreparable. Anger also becomes sin when the angry one refuses to be pacified, holds a grudge, or keeps it all inside (Ephesians 4:26-27). This can cause depression and irritability over little things, which are often unrelated to the underlying problem.
We can handle anger biblically by recognizing and admitting our prideful anger and/or our wrong handling of anger as sin (Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 1:9). This confession should be both to God and to those who have been hurt by our anger. We should not minimize the sin by excusing it or blame-shifting.
We can handle anger biblically by seeing God in the trial. This is especially important when people have done something to offend us. James 1:2-4, Romans 8:28-29, and Genesis 50:20 all point to the fact that God is sovereign over every circumstance and person that crosses our path. Nothing happens to us that He does not cause or allow. Though God does allow bad things to happen, He is always faithful to redeem them for the good of His people. God is a good God (Psalm 145:8, 9, 17). Reflecting on this truth until it moves from our heads to our hearts will alter how we react to those who hurt us.
We can handle anger biblically by making room for God’s wrath. This is especially important in cases of injustice, when “evil” men abuse “innocent” people. Genesis 50:19 and Romans 12:19 both tell us to not play God. God is righteous and just, and we can trust Him who knows all and sees all to act justly (Genesis 18:25).
We can handle anger biblically by returning good for evil (Genesis 50:21; Romans 12:21). This is key to converting our anger into love. As our actions flow from our hearts, so also our hearts can be altered by our actions (Matthew 5:43-48). That is, we can change our feelings toward another by changing how we choose to act toward that person.
We can handle anger biblically by communicating to solve the problem. There are four basic rules of communication shared in Ephesians 4:15, 25-32:
1) Be honest and speak (Ephesians 4:15, 25). People cannot read our minds. We must speak the truth in love.
2) Stay current (Ephesians 4:26-27). We must not allow what is bothering us to build up until we lose control. It is important to deal with what is bothering us before it reaches critical mass.
3) Attack the problem, not the person (Ephesians 4:29, 31). Along this line, we must remember the importance of keeping the volume of our voices low (Proverbs 15:1).
4) Act, don’t react (Ephesians 4:31-32). Because of our fallen nature, our first impulse is often a sinful one (v. 31). The time spent in “counting to ten” should be used to reflect upon the godly way to respond (v. 32) and to remind ourselves how the energy anger provides should be used to solve problems and not create bigger ones.
At times we can handle anger preemptively by putting up stricter boundaries. We are told to be discerning (1 Corinthians 2:15-16; Matthew 10:16). We need not “cast our pearls before swine” (Matthew 7:6). Sometimes our anger leads us to recognize that certain people are unsafe for us. We can still forgive them, but we may choose not to re-enter the relationship.
Finally, we must act to solve our part of the problem (Romans 12:18). We cannot control how others act or respond, but we can make the changes that need to be made on our part. Overcoming a temper is not accomplished overnight. But through prayer, Bible study, and reliance upon God’s Holy Spirit, ungodly anger can be overcome. We may have allowed anger to become entrenched in our lives by habitual practice, but we can also practice responding correctly until that, too, becomes a habit and God is glorified in our response.
Die hantering van woede is ‘n belangrike lewensvaardigheid. Christenberaders berig dat 50 persent van mense wat vir berading kom, probleme ondervind om woede te hanteer. Woede kan kommunikasie verpletter en verhoudings skeur, en dit verwoes beide die vreugde en gesondheid van baie. Ongelukkig is mense geneig om hul woede te regverdig in plaas daarvan om verantwoordelikheid daarvoor te aanvaar. Almal sukkel, in verskillende mate, met woede. Gelukkig bevat God se Woord beginsels oor hoe om woede op ‘n goddelike manier te hanteer, en hoe om sondige woede te oorkom.
Woede is nie altyd sonde nie. Daar is ‘n tipe woede wat die Bybel goedkeur, dikwels genoem “regverdige verontwaardiging”. God is kwaad (Psalm 7:11; Markus 3:5), en dit is aanvaarbaar vir gelowiges om kwaad te wees (Efesiërs 4:26). Twee Griekse woorde in die Nuwe Testament word vertaal as “woede”. Een beteken “passie, energie” en die ander beteken “opgewonde, kook”. Bybels is woede Godgegewe energie wat bedoel is om ons te help om probleme op te los. Voorbeelde van Bybelse woede sluit in Dawid se ontsteltenis oor die hoor van Natan die profeet wat ‘n onreg deel (2 Samuel 12) en Jesus se woede oor hoe sommige van die Jode die aanbidding by God se tempel in Jerusalem besoedel het (Johannes 2:13-18). Let op dat geeneen van hierdie voorbeelde van woede selfverdediging behels het nie, maar ‘n verdediging van ander of van ‘n beginsel.
Dit gesê, is dit belangrik om te erken dat woede oor ‘n onreg wat teen jouself aangerig is, ook gepas is. Woede is al gesê ‘n waarskuwingsvlag – dit waarsku ons teen daardie tye wanneer ander probeer om ons grense te oortree of dit reeds oortree het. God sorg vir elke individu. Ongelukkig staan ons nie altyd vir mekaar op nie, wat beteken dat ons soms vir onsself moet opstaan. Dit is veral belangrik as mens die woede in ag neem wat slagoffers dikwels voel. Slagoffers van mishandeling, geweldsmisdaad of soortgelyke is op een of ander manier oortree. Dikwels ervaar hulle nie woede terwyl hulle die trauma ervaar nie. Later, in die verwerking van die trauma, sal woede na vore kom. Vir ‘n slagoffer om ‘n plek van ware gesondheid en vergifnis te bereik, moet hy of sy eers die trauma aanvaar vir wat dit was. Om ten volle te aanvaar dat ‘n daad onregverdig was, moet ‘n mens soms woede ervaar. As gevolg van die kompleksiteit van traumaherstel, is hierdie woede dikwels nie van korte duur nie, veral vir slagoffers van mishandeling. Slagoffers moet hul woede verwerk en tot ‘n plek van aanvaarding, selfs vergifnis, kom. Dit is dikwels ‘n lang reis. Soos God die slagoffer genees, sal die slagoffer se emosies, insluitend woede, volg. Om die proses toe te laat, beteken nie dat die persoon in sonde leef nie.
Woede kan sondig word wanneer dit deur trots gemotiveer word (Jakobus 1:20), wanneer dit onproduktief is en dus God se voornemens verdraai (1 Korintiërs 10:31), of wanneer woede toegelaat word om te bly (Efesiërs 4:26-27). Een duidelike teken dat woede in sonde verander het, is wanneer ons, in plaas daarvan om die probleem aan te val, die oortreder aanval. Efesiërs 4:15-19 sê ons moet die waarheid in liefde spreek en ons woorde gebruik om ander op te bou, nie toelaat dat verrotte of vernietigende woorde uit ons lippe stroom nie. Ongelukkig is hierdie giftige spraak ‘n algemene kenmerk van die gevalle mens (Romeine 3:13-14). Woede word sonde wanneer dit toegelaat word om sonder beperking oor te kook, wat lei tot ‘n scenario waarin seer vermenigvuldig word (Spreuke 29:11), wat verwoesting agterlaat. Dikwels is die gevolge van onbeheerbare woede onherstelbaar. Woede word ook sonde wanneer die kwaai een weier om gekalmeer te word, ‘n wrok koester, of dit alles binne hou (Efesiërs 4:26-27). Dit kan depressie en prikkelbaarheid oor klein dingetjies veroorsaak, wat dikwels nie verband hou met die onderliggende probleem nie.
Ons kan woede Bybels hanteer deur ons trotse woede en/of ons verkeerde hantering van woede as sonde te erken en te erken (Spreuke 28:13; 1 Johannes 1:9). Hierdie belydenis moet beide aan God en aan diegene wat deur ons woede seergemaak is, wees. Ons moet nie die sonde minimaliseer deur dit te verskoon of blaam te skuif nie.
Ons kan woede Bybels hanteer deur God in die beproewing te sien. Dit is veral belangrik wanneer mense iets gedoen het om ons aanstoot te gee. Jakobus 1:2-4, Romeine 8:28-29, en Genesis 50:20 wys almal daarop dat God soewerein is oor elke omstandigheid en persoon wat ons pad kruis. Niks gebeur met ons wat Hy nie veroorsaak of toelaat nie. Alhoewel God wel toelaat dat slegte dinge gebeur, is Hy altyd getrou om hulle te verlos vir die beswil van Sy mense. God is ‘n goeie God (Psalm 145:8, 9, 17). As ons oor hierdie waarheid nadink totdat dit van ons koppe na ons harte beweeg, sal dit verander hoe ons reageer op diegene wat ons seermaak.
Ons kan woede Bybels hanteer deur plek te maak vir God se toorn. Dit is veral belangrik in gevalle van onreg, wanneer “bose” mans “onskuldige” mense misbruik. Genesis 50:19 en Romeine 12:19 sê albei vir ons om nie God te speel nie. God is regverdig en regverdig, en ons kan Hom vertrou wat alles weet en alles sien om regverdig op te tree (Genesis 18:25).
Ons kan woede Bybels hanteer deur goed vir kwaad te vergeld (Genesis 50:21; Romeine 12:21). Dit is die sleutel om ons woede in liefde te omskep. Soos ons dade uit ons harte vloei, so kan ons harte ook deur ons dade verander word (Matteus 5:43-48). Dit wil sê, ons kan ons gevoelens teenoor ‘n ander verander deur te verander hoe ons kies om teenoor daardie persoon op te tree.
Ons kan woede Bybels hanteer deur te kommunikeer om die probleem op te los. Daar is vier basiese kommunikasiereëls wat in Efesiërs 4:15, 25-32 gedeel word:
1) Wees eerlik en praat (Efesiërs 4:15, 25). Mense kan nie ons gedagtes lees nie. Ons moet die waarheid in liefde praat.
2) Bly op datum (Efesiërs 4:26-27). Ons moenie toelaat dat wat ons pla opbou totdat ons beheer verloor nie. Dit is belangrik om te handel met wat ons pla voordat dit kritieke massa bereik.
3) Val die probleem aan, nie die persoon nie (Efesiërs 4:29, 31). In hierdie verband moet ons die belangrikheid onthou om die volume van ons stemme laag te hou (Spreuke 15:1).
4) Tree op, moenie reageer nie (Efesiërs 4:31-32). As gevolg van ons gevalle natuur is ons eerste impuls dikwels ‘n sondige een (v. 31). Die tyd wat spandeer word aan “tel tot tien” moet gebruik word om te besin oor die goddelike manier om te reageer (v. 32) en om onsself te herinner hoe die energie wat woede bied, gebruik moet word om probleme op te los en nie groter probleme te skep nie.
Soms kan ons woede voorkomend hanteer deur strenger grense te stel. Ons word aangesê om onderskeidend te wees (1 Korintiërs 2:15-16; Matteus 10:16). Ons hoef nie “ons pêrels voor die varke te gooi nie” (Matteus 7:6). Soms lei ons woede ons om te erken dat sekere mense onveilig vir ons is. Ons kan hulle steeds vergewe, maar ons kan kies om nie weer die verhouding te betree nie.
Laastens moet ons optree om ons deel van die probleem op te los (Romeine 12:18). Ons kan nie beheer hoe ander optree of reageer nie, maar ons kan die veranderinge maak wat van ons kant af gemaak moet word. Om ‘n humeur te oorkom, word nie oornag bereik nie. Maar deur gebed, Bybelstudie en vertroue op God se Heilige Gees, kan goddelose woede oorkom word. Ons het dalk toegelaat dat woede deur gewoonte in ons lewens ingewortel raak, maar ons kan ook oefen om korrek te reageer totdat dit ook ‘n gewoonte word en God in ons reaksie verheerlik word.
Bible Verse and Prayer for Today
Luke 12:48: “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked”. This verse reminds us to be ready for Jesus’ return by living in service and doing His will, with accountability being proportional to the knowledge or “much” that has been given.
Here’s a breakdown of the verse:
Context: The verse appears in the context of Jesus warning his disciples about being watchful and ready for his second coming.
Meaning: It highlights a principle of responsibility—if you have been entrusted with significant gifts, responsibilities, or knowledge, then much more is expected of you.
Application: This means we are called to actively live out our faith and do God’s will, as we will be held accountable for what we have been given.
Prayer
Lord . Please Help us to Be ready when we are Collected via Death or the 2nd Coming of Jesus . We Pray in Jesus name , Amen and Amen
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
Lukas 12:48: “Van elkeen aan wie baie gegee is, sal baie geëis word; en van hom aan wie baie toevertrou is, sal nog meer gevra word”. Hierdie vers herinner ons om gereed te wees vir Jesus se wederkoms deur in diens te leef en Sy wil te doen, met aanspreeklikheid wat proporsioneel is tot die kennis of “baie” wat gegee is.
Hier is ‘n uiteensetting van die vers:
Konteks: Die vers verskyn in die konteks van Jesus wat sy dissipels waarsku om waaksaam en gereed te wees vir sy wederkoms.
Betekenis: Dit beklemtoon ‘n beginsel van verantwoordelikheid – as jy met betekenisvolle gawes, verantwoordelikhede of kennis toevertrou is, word daar baie meer van jou verwag.
Toepassing: Dit beteken dat ons geroep word om aktief ons geloof uit te leef en God se wil te doen, aangesien ons aanspreeklik gehou sal word vir wat aan ons gegee is.
Gebed
Here. Help ons asseblief om gereed te wees wanneer ons deur die dood of die wederkoms van Jesus versamel word. Ons bid in Jesus se naam, Amen en Amen.
Bible Teaching of the Day
Understanding why we should be slow to anger is one of the most valuable lessons we can learn in the Christian life. Proverbs 15:18 counsels, “A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention” (ESV). Slowness to anger is one of the attributes of God: “The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love” (Psalm 145:8). The Bible has so much to say about being slow to anger that we’d be remiss if we didn’t take a careful look.
The hot-tempered man in Proverbs 15:18 is literally “a man of wrath.” Such a man is quick-tempered or easily enraged. But the man who is calm and slow to anger is one who averts arguments and stops quarreling. He is a natural peacemaker. The ability to quiet contention and live in harmony with others is a priceless virtue. Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9).
Another word meaning “slow to anger” is patient. In the New International Version, Proverbs 14:29 says, “Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.” The English Standard Version uses “slow to anger” in place of “patient.” The New Living Translation states, “People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness.” When we learn to control our temper and curb foolish fits of anger, we show that we’ve gained great understanding.
Proverbs 16:32 affirms, “Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city” (ESV). Over and again, the Bible extols the benefits of cultivating patience and controlling anger: “Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense” (Proverbs 19:11, ESV).
As we start to understand why we should be slow to anger, we can begin practicing patience in our relationships. James taught believers not only to listen to God’s Word but to put it into practice. He said, “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says” (James 1:19–22). A wise Christian is one who listens to God and obeys and who listens to others, carefully considers what he hears, and then answers with cautiously chosen words.
Human anger, James explained, is a waste of energy. It is motivated by selfishness and ambition and creates division among brothers and sisters in Christ. Anger won’t produce the righteousness that God desires: “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere” (James 3:17).
When we react in anger, we can cause injury; when we hold on to anger, we breed unforgiveness. But gentleness and patience make room for healing and harmony in our relationships (Psalm 37:8–9; Proverbs 12:18). Another proverb warns, “Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end” (Proverbs 29:11). If we want to show good sense, wisdom, and discretion in our lives, we will learn to be slow to anger and practice patience in our dealings with others. The Bible unambiguously warns us to rid ourselves of anger and rage and to be kind, gracious, and compassionate to one another (Ephesians 4:31–32; Colossians 3:8).
Psalm 86:15 confirms, “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.” It is the Lord’s patience—His slowness to anger—that allows us to come to salvation (Numbers 14:18; Joel 2:13). We ought to always be aware and grateful for the Lord’s gracious and compassionate patience, for without it, we would not be saved: “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).
It is God’s patience that delays Christ’s second coming and the consummation of history. It is His gracious compassion that holds back His wrath and keeps open the door for sinners to repent. The Lord’s incredible patience and love for humankind allow those who have not yet repented to have an opportunity to be saved. God uses time and patience to serve His purposes of grace. And since our God is slow to anger and abounding in grace toward us, ought we not emulate His character in how we treat others?
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
Om te verstaan waarom ons stadig om toornig te wees, is een van die waardevolste lesse wat ons in die Christelike lewe kan leer. Spreuke 15:18 raai aan: “’n Opvlieënde man verwek twis, maar hy wat stadig om toornig te word, bring twis tot bedaring” (ESV). Stadigheid om toornig te wees, is een van die eienskappe van God: “Die HERE is genadig en barmhartig, stadig om toornig te word en ryk aan liefde” (Psalm 145:8). Die Bybel het soveel te sê oor stadig om toornig te wees dat ons nalatig sou wees as ons nie noukeurig daarna kyk nie.
Die opvlieënde man in Spreuke 15:18 is letterlik “’n man van toorn.” So ’n man is opvlieënd of maklik woedend. Maar die man wat kalm en stadig om toornig te word, is een wat argumente afweer en ophou om te stry. Hy is ’n natuurlike vredemaker. Die vermoë om twis te stil en in harmonie met ander te leef, is ’n onskatbare deug. Jesus het gesê: “Geseënd is die vredemakers, want hulle sal kinders van God genoem word” (Matteus 5:9).
Nog ‘n woord wat “stadig om toornig te word” beteken, is geduldig. In die Nuwe Internasionale Vertaling sê Spreuke 14:29: “Wie geduldig is, het groot begrip, maar iemand wat vinnig getemper is, vertoon dwaasheid.” Die Engelse Standaard Vertaling gebruik “stadig om toornig te word” in plaas van “geduldig”. Die Nuwe Lewende Vertaling sê: “Mense met begrip beheer hul woede; ‘n opvlieënde humeur toon groot dwaasheid.” Wanneer ons leer om ons humeur te beheer en dwase woede-uitbarstings te beteuel, wys ons dat ons groot begrip opgedoen het.
Spreuke 16:32 bevestig: “Wie stadig om toornig te word, is beter as ‘n held, en hy wat sy gees beheers, as hy wat ‘n stad inneem” (ESV). Oor en oor prys die Bybel die voordele van die kweek van geduld en die beheer van woede: “Gesonde verstand maak ‘n mens stadig om toornig te word, en dit is sy eer om ‘n oortreding oor te sien” (Spreuke 19:11, ESV).
Soos ons begin verstaan waarom ons stadig om toornig te word moet wees, kan ons geduld in ons verhoudings begin beoefen. Jakobus het gelowiges geleer om nie net na God se Woord te luister nie, maar om dit in die praktyk toe te pas. Hy het gesê: “My liewe broers en susters, julle moet in gedagte hou dat elke mens gewillig moet wees om te luister, stadig om te praat en stadig om kwaad te word, want die woede van ‘n mens bring nie die wil van God nie. Raak dan ontslae van alle sedelike vuilheid en die wydverspreide kwaad, en aanvaar nederig die woord wat in julle geplant is, wat julle kan red. Moenie net na die woord luister nie, dan mislei julle julleself. Doen wat dit sê” (Jakobus 1:19–22). ’n Wyse Christen is iemand wat na God luister en gehoorsaam is, en wat na ander luister, noukeurig oorweeg wat hy hoor en dan met versigtig gekose woorde antwoord.
Menslike woede, het Jakobus verduidelik, is ’n vermorsing van energie. Dit word gemotiveer deur selfsug en ambisie en skep verdeeldheid tussen broers en susters in Christus. Woede sal nie die geregtigheid voortbring wat God begeer nie: “Maar die wysheid wat uit die hemel kom, is allereers suiwer; dan vredeliewend, bedagsaam, onderdanig, vol barmhartigheid en goeie vrugte, onpartydig en opreg” (Jakobus 3:17).
Wanneer ons in woede reageer, kan ons skade veroorsaak; wanneer ons aan woede vashou, kweek ons onvergewensgesindheid. Maar sagmoedigheid en geduld maak plek vir genesing en harmonie in ons verhoudings (Psalm 37:8–9; Spreuke 12:18). Nog ‘n spreuk waarsku: “Dwase laat hul woede uit, maar wyse mense bring uiteindelik kalmte” (Spreuke 29:11). As ons goeie verstand, wysheid en diskresie in ons lewens wil toon, sal ons leer om stadig te word om kwaad te word en geduld te beoefen in ons omgang met ander. Die Bybel waarsku ons ondubbelsinnig om onsself van woede en woede ontslae te raak en om vriendelik, genadig en medelydend teenoor mekaar te wees (Efesiërs 4:31–32; Kolossense 3:8).
Psalm 86:15 bevestig: “Maar U, Here, is ‘n barmhartige en genadige God, lankmoedig, vol liefde en trou.” Dit is die Here se geduld – Sy lankmoedigheid – wat ons toelaat om tot redding te kom (Numeri 14:18; Joël 2:13). Ons behoort altyd bewus en dankbaar te wees vir die Here se genadige en barmhartige geduld, want daarsonder sou ons nie gered word nie: “Die Here is nie lankmoedig in die nakoming van sy belofte soos sommige dit lankmoedigheid verstaan nie, maar Hy is lankmoedig met julle, omdat Hy nie wil hê dat iemand verlore moet gaan nie, maar dat almal tot bekering moet kom” (2 Petrus 3:9).
Dit is God se geduld wat Christus se wederkoms en die voleinding van die geskiedenis vertraag. Dit is Sy genadige medelye wat Sy toorn terughou en die deur oophou vir sondaars om hulle te bekeer. Die Here se ongelooflike geduld en liefde vir die mensdom gee diegene wat nog nie berou gehad het nie, die geleentheid om gered te word. God gebruik tyd en geduld om Sy genadedoel te dien. En aangesien ons God lankmoedig en oorvloedig in genade teenoor ons is, behoort ons nie Sy karakter na te volg in hoe ons ander behandel nie?
Today’s Devotional
When Jesus cleared the temple of the moneychangers and animal-sellers, He showed great emotion and anger (Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-18; John 2:13-22). Jesus’ emotion was described as “zeal” for God’s house (John 2:17). His anger was pure and completely justified because at its root was concern for God’s holiness and worship. Because these were at stake, Jesus took quick and decisive action. Another time Jesus showed anger was in the synagogue of Capernaum. When the Pharisees refused to answer Jesus’ questions, “He looked around at them in anger, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts” (Mark 3:5).
Many times, we think of anger as a selfish, destructive emotion that we should eradicate from our lives altogether. However, the fact that Jesus did sometimes become angry indicates that anger itself, as an emotion, is amoral. This is borne out elsewhere in the New Testament. Ephesians 4:26 instructs us “in your anger do not sin” and not to let the sun go down on our anger. The command is not to “avoid anger” (or suppress it or ignore it) but to deal with it properly, in a timely manner. We note the following facts about Jesus’ displays of anger:
1) His anger had the proper motivation. In other words, He was angry for the right reasons. Jesus’ anger did not arise from petty arguments or personal slights against Him. There was no selfishness involved.
2) His anger had the proper focus. He was not angry at God or at the “weaknesses” of others. His anger targeted sinful behavior and true injustice.
3) His anger had the proper supplement. Mark 3:5 says that His anger was attended by grief over the Pharisees’ lack of faith. Jesus’ anger stemmed from love for the Pharisees and concern for their spiritual condition. It had nothing to do with hatred or ill will.
4) His anger had the proper control. Jesus was never out of control, even in His wrath. The temple leaders did not like His cleansing of the temple (Luke 19:47), but He had done nothing sinful. He controlled His emotions; His emotions did not control Him.
5) His anger had the proper duration. He did not allow His anger to turn into bitterness; He did not hold grudges. He dealt with each situation properly, and He handled anger in good time.
6) His anger had the proper result. Jesus’ anger had the inevitable consequence of godly action. Jesus’ anger, as with all His emotions, was held in check by the Word of God; thus, Jesus’ response was always to accomplish God’s will.
When we get angry, too often we have improper control or an improper focus. We fail in one or more of the above points. This is the wrath of man, of which we are told “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires” (James 1:19-20). Jesus did not exhibit man’s anger, but the righteous indignation of God.
Vandag se Bemoediging
Toe Jesus die tempel van die geldwisselaars en diereverkopers skoongemaak het, het Hy groot emosie en woede getoon (Matteus 21:12-13; Markus 11:15-18; Johannes 2:13-22). Jesus se emosie is beskryf as “ywer” vir God se huis (Johannes 2:17). Sy woede was suiwer en heeltemal geregverdig, want die wortel daarvan was besorgdheid oor God se heiligheid en aanbidding. Omdat dit op die spel was, het Jesus vinnig en beslissend opgetree. Nog ‘n keer het Jesus woede getoon, was in die sinagoge van Kapernaüm. Toe die Fariseërs geweier het om Jesus se vrae te beantwoord, “het Hy hulle rondgekyk in woede, diep ontsteld oor hulle hardkoppige harte” (Markus 3:5).
Baie keer dink ons aan woede as ‘n selfsugtige, vernietigende emosie wat ons heeltemal uit ons lewens moet uitroei. Die feit dat Jesus egter soms kwaad geword het, dui daarop dat woede self, as ‘n emosie, amoreel is. Dit word elders in die Nuwe Testament bevestig. Efesiërs 4:26 beveel ons om “in julle toorn nie te sondig nie” en om nie die son oor ons woede te laat ondergaan nie. Die opdrag is nie om “toornigheid te vermy” (of dit te onderdruk of te ignoreer nie), maar om dit behoorlik en betyds te hanteer. Ons let op die volgende feite oor Jesus se uiting van woede:
1) Sy woede het die regte motivering gehad. Met ander woorde, Hy was kwaad om die regte redes. Jesus se woede het nie ontstaan uit kleinlike argumente of persoonlike beledigings teen Hom nie. Daar was geen selfsug betrokke nie.
2) Sy woede het die regte fokus gehad. Hy was nie kwaad vir God of vir die “swakhede” van ander nie. Sy woede het sondige gedrag en ware ongeregtigheid geteiken.
3) Sy woede het die regte aanvulling gehad. Markus 3:5 sê dat Sy woede gepaard gegaan het met droefheid oor die Fariseërs se gebrek aan geloof. Jesus se woede het ontstaan uit liefde vir die Fariseërs en besorgdheid oor hulle geestelike toestand. Dit het niks met haat of kwade wil te doen gehad nie.
4) Sy woede het die regte beheer gehad. Jesus was nooit buite beheer nie, selfs nie in Sy toorn nie. Die tempelleiers het nie van Sy reiniging van die tempel gehou nie (Lukas 19:47), maar Hy het niks sondigs gedoen nie. Hy het Sy emosies beheer; Sy emosies het Hom nie beheer nie.
5) Sy woede het die regte duur gehad. Hy het nie toegelaat dat Sy woede in bitterheid verander nie; Hy het nie wrokke gekoester nie. Hy het elke situasie behoorlik hanteer, en Hy het woede betyds hanteer.
6) Sy woede het die regte gevolg gehad. Jesus se woede het die onvermydelike gevolg van goddelike optrede gehad. Jesus se woede, soos met al Sy emosies, is deur die Woord van God in toom gehou; dus was Jesus se reaksie altyd om God se wil te volbring.
Wanneer ons kwaad word, het ons te dikwels onbehoorlike beheer of ‘n onbehoorlike fokus. Ons faal in een of meer van die bogenoemde punte. Dit is die toorn van die mens, waarvan ons gesê word: “Elke mens moet gou wees om te luister, stadig om te praat en stadig om toornig te word, want die toorn van ‘n mens bring nie die regverdige lewe wat God begeer nie” (Jakobus 1:19-20). Jesus het nie die woede van die mens geopenbaar
The Collectors of Manna – Women of the Word // Gaarders van Manna – Vroue van die woord
Dilize Light has Managed a TruLight Ladies Group on Telegram for the Past 6 Years and from Today . she will be Sharing her Manna with the Ladies in The TruLight Daily Manna Platform . Dilize is the only Daughter of Pastor Dirk and has been part of the Ministry since the age of 11 . Dilize is also the Radio Host for the Popular TruLight Top 10 that airs on TruLight Radio XM saturdays at 17h00′
Dilize Light bestuur die afgelope 6 jaar ‘n TruLight Damesgroep op Telegram en van vandag af sal sy haar Manna met die Dames deel op die TruLight Daaglikse Manna-platform. Dilize is die enigste dogter van Pastoor Dirk en is deel van die bediening sedert die ouderdom van 11. Dilize is ook die radio-aanbieder vir die gewilde TruLight Top 10 wat Saterdae om 17:00 op TruLight Radio XM uitgesaai word.
Gedeelde Trane:
N storie word vertel van ‘n klein seuntjie met ‘n baie groot hart. Sy buurman was ‘n ouer man wie se vrou onlangs oorlede is. Toe die jongeling die bejaarde man sien huil, het hy op sy skoot geklim en eenvoudig daar gaan sit.
Later het sy ma die seun gevra wat hy vir die buurman gesê het. Niks, het die kind geantwoord. Ek het hom net gehelp huil.
Soms is dit die beste ding wat ons kan doen vir mense wat diep hartseer ervaar. Dikwels is ons pogings om iets wys en behulpsaam te sê baie minder waardevol as om net langs die bedroefdes te sit, hul hand vas te hou en saam met hulle te huil.
Een van die maniere waarop ons ons medegelowiges kan help, is om saam met diegene wat huil te huil (Romeine 12:15). Jesus het daardie beginsel gedemonstreer toe Hy Maria en Marta besoek het nadat Lasarus gesterf het. Jesus het die dieptes van Maria se wanhoop oor haar broer Lasarus se dood aangevoel en haar hartseer gedeel deur te huil (Johannes 11:35). Omstanders het dit opgemerk en gesê: Kyk hoe lief Hy hom gehad het (Johannes 11:36).
Soms is die beste ding wat ons kan doen vir diegene wat die lewe se hartseerste en eensaamste pad wandel, om hulle te help huil. Jesus het vir ons gewys dat dit belangrik is om iemand anders se trane te deel. Is daar iemand wat vandag jou trane nodig het ?
‘n Hartlike traan kan ons liefde wys
Soos woorde nooit kan doen nie;
Dit sê: Ek wil jou pyn deel
My hart gaan uit na jou.
‘N Gedeelde hartseer is ‘n gehalveerde hartseer.
Shared Tears:
A story is told of a little boy with a very big heart. His neighbor was an elderly man whose wife had recently passed away. When the young man saw the elderly man crying, he climbed onto his lap and simply sat there.
Later, his mother asked the boy what he had said to the neighbor. Nothing, the child replied. I just helped him cry.
Sometimes this is the best thing we can do for people who are experiencing deep sorrow. Often our efforts to say something wise and helpful are far less valuable than simply sitting next to the bereaved, holding their hand, and crying with them.
One way we can help our fellow believers is to weep with those who weep (Romans 12:15). Jesus demonstrated that principle when He visited Mary and Martha after Lazarus died. Jesus sensed the depths of Mary’s despair over the death of her brother Lazarus and shared her grief by weeping (John 11:35). Bystanders noticed this and said, “See how much he loved him” (John 11:36).
Sometimes the best thing we can do for those who are walking life’s saddest and loneliest path is to help them cry. Jesus showed us the importance of sharing someone else’s tears. Is there someone who needs your tears today?
A heartfelt tear can show our love
Like words never can;
It says, I want to share your pain
My heart goes out to you.
A shared sorrow is a halved sorrow.
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Based on the award-winning novel by Rusty Whitener, Season of Miracles follows the Robins, an underdog Little League team through their 1974 season with newcomer and autistic baseball savant, Rafer (Grayson Russell, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Talladega Nights). Team leader Zack (Andrew Wilson Williams) takes Rafer under his wing despite taunting from their rivals, the Hawks. Their Coach (John Schneider, The Dukes of Hazzard, October Baby), manager Rebecca (Sydney Morgan Layne), and the rest of the Robins encourage Rafer as the team rises towards an unlikely championship season, that is less about winning and losing and more about living and dying. Season of Miracles is a life-inspiring story about sportsmanship, friendship, and courage in the face of adversity.
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Bible Prophecy in the News
Programmable Digital Currency Will Become The Ultimate Surveillance Nightmare
Globalist leaders are working at full speed to introduce central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). A CBDC is a digital currency that is issued directly by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve in the US, the European Central Bank in the EU’s eurozone, and the Bank of England in the UK.
A CBDC will be the final straw that ensures that every dream of suppression and control that the globalists nurture will come true. Several of those dreams are already a reality, including shutting down dissent and free speech, as in Europe, where people are routinely fined and arrested for saying things their governments do not like.
A host of other controlling measures are already in the works, including herding people into “15-minute cities” where it is easier to monitor them, keep tabs on their use of private cars, decide what they can and cannot eat – ideally “ecologically preferable” bugs and lab-grown meat, no beef or cheese — track their “carbon footprints”, determine where and how they can travel, oversee their vaccines and so on.
The Oxford-educated, German economist Richard A. Werner said in an interview last year.
“The push for CBDCs is the final step in a multi-decade program by central planners to increase their power over the people and over countries. This is the ultimate step because the powers of CBDCs are so extraordinary that, I mean, even the worst dictators of past centuries could only have dreamt of having such enormous power over the lives of so many people.
“We are talking about a very dystopian future if we allow central banks to issue central bank digital currencies. You know, even if the original designers and heads of central banks who are launching this are super well-meaning, you know, let’s give them the benefit of the doubt, we just know what human nature is like and history is the best guide…
“I think the power would be abused, if not by the original generation of launchers, then by the next generation…. It will be a completely totalitarian system of such frightening proportions, it’s hard to imagine…
“The micromanaging decision about your spending will then be automated and… you have no right to appeal the algorithm… You just won’t be able to use your money for certain things and then there is nothing that you can do… That by definition ends freedom….
“Dictators like Stalin and other dictators, they could only have dreamt of, you know, the enormous power that central bank digital currencies give to central planners… We are talking about dystopian digital prisons that will be created through central bank digital currencies, because the programmability – and this has been mentioned in the studies by the central banks – include of course geography, and there is this proposal for climate change, whatever reasons, that people… should stay within their 15-minute walking small local area… and there will be digital controls… when you walk with all your RFID chips in your cards and your CBDC anyway, of course you will be immediately recognized if you’re out of the area and you will be punished. It’s a digital prison.”
CBDCs will indeed be “programmable”: In 2021, the Bank of England asked for ministers to have the final word on whether a central bank digital currency should be “programmable”, meaning that the central bank would have a veto over how people would spend their money, the Telegraph reported:
“Tom Mutton, a director at the Bank of England, said during a conference on Monday that programming could become a key feature of any future central bank digital currency, in which the money would be programmed to be released only when something happened.”
According to Mutton:
“There could be some socially beneficial outcomes from that, preventing activity which is seen to be socially harmful in some way. But at the same time it could be a restriction on people’s freedoms. That is a really delicate debate that needs to be had. It is not something we can settle ourselves, that is for the Government to lead on.”
Programming, Mutton made it clear, would mean that the technological possibilities would lead to enabling the state or an employer “to control how the money is spent by the recipient.”
Not only is such a scenario horrifying beyond words, but half the world is already hurtling towards this nightmare: A study by the Atlantic Council last year found that 134 countries – including the U.S. at the time – were pursuing central bank digital currencies, with almost half of those countries at an advanced stage in this process.
Foundations of Faith – How Archaeology Is Confirming the Bible’s Stories
Across the ancient landscapes of Israel, the Bible’s stories are coming to life under the careful hands of archaeologists. From the burned ruins of Ai to the Tel Dan Inscription and Solomon’s bustling port at Ezion-Geber, the evidence confirms what Scripture has long proclaimed: God’s hand has been at work in history, shaping nations and fulfilling promises.
The Temple Mount Soil Project offers a tangible link to this sacred past, allowing believers to hold fragments of the very earth where these events unfolded. By connecting with this soil, we move beyond reading history–we experience it, touching the places where faith, obedience, and God’s providence were made real. This is the only project in the world that will allow you to obtain real, authenticated soil from the Temple Mount.
Let’s take a closer look.
- The Burned Ruins of Ai (Joshua 7-8)
After the victory at Jericho, the Israelites faced defeat at Ai due to hidden sin in their camp. But after repentance, God granted them victory–and Ai was burned to the ground. Today, archaeologists believe the site known as Khirbet el-Maqatir may be the ancient city of Ai. They’ve discovered ruins that match the biblical timeline–fortified walls, a gate system, and widespread evidence of destruction by fire.
The Bible says Ai was utterly destroyed, and here we have charred remains and toppled walls exactly where and when Scripture places them. For many scholars, this find further affirms that the conquest of Canaan wasn’t a myth–it was history.
The story of Ai is more than strategy–it’s a lesson in holiness. Israel could only move forward when sin was dealt with. The ashes of Ai are a solemn reminder: God is holy, and His blessings come with obedience.
It also reminds us how quickly God’s favor returns after repentance. Ai’s ruins are not just a warning, but a hopeful sign that restoration always follows confession. And as with all of Israel’s conquests, it was never really about military power–it was about God going before them.
Just as Ai’s ruins confirm the biblical journey, the Temple Mount Sifting Project continues to recover ancient remains that testify to Scripture’s truth. Temple Mount Soil offers you a chance to partner in that journey–bringing the earth of Jerusalem’s holiest site into your hands and helping protect its sacred memory.
- The Tel Dan Inscription (2 Samuel 3; 1 Kings 15)
For years, skeptics claimed that King David never existed. Then in 1993, a broken stone slab was unearthed in northern Israel bearing an inscription that read “House of David.” It’s called the Tel Dan Stele, and it was written by an enemy king boasting of his victory over Israel and Judah.
This single discovery shook the scholarly world. It confirmed that David was not a later legend but a real historical figure, known even to his enemies.
Finding David’s name etched in stone is like uncovering George Washington’s signature on a battlefield–it changes everything. The Bible’s royal line was real. The kingdom was real. The Messiah’s ancestry is rooted in verifiable history.
And there’s something almost poetic about it: the first extra-biblical mention of David comes not from Israel, but from a pagan king. Even his enemies couldn’t deny he existed. It’s another example of how truth has a way of carving its name into the stones of history.
At TempleMountSoil.com, you can explore similar connections through curated artifacts and materials straight from the heart of Israel. Support this work and connect your own story to the heritage of King David.
- Solomon’s Port at Ezion-Geber (1 Kings 9:26)
The Bible tells us that King Solomon built a fleet of ships at a port called Ezion-Geber, near Elath on the Red Sea. Archaeologists have identified an ancient seaport at Tell el-Kheleifeh, which matches the location and description from Scripture. Excavations have revealed massive copper smelting installations and structures that suggest industrial-level activity.
The discovery helps confirm the Bible’s description of Solomon’s wealth and international trade. He wasn’t just a king of wisdom–he was a global economic power.
This isn’t just about ancient shipping lanes. It’s about the reach of God’s covenant. Solomon’s reign represented the high point of Israel’s influence, a glimpse of the peace and prosperity under God’s rule. The evidence at Ezion-Geber brings that golden age out of the text and into the light.
These trade routes also tell us something vital about God’s plan–it’s always been global. Even in the Old Testament, God was preparing the way for His name to be known among the nations. The ships at Ezion-Geber weren’t just for gold–they were for glory.
Signs of the Times
The Generation Of Despair: Why Our Youth Are Drowning In Depression
Something is deeply wrong with America’s young people. The data is staggering: Gallup reports that depression among adults under 30 has more than doubled in less than a decade. One in four young Americans now lives with depression, loneliness, or both. A generation supposedly more “connected” than ever is at the same time more hopeless than ever.
This is no coincidence. It is the natural result of a culture built on lies.
Our society tells young people to search for meaning in politics, in gender identity, in sexual experimentation, in fringe online communities, in video games, or in social media approval. But none of it satisfies. Instead of grounding them in reality, we have encouraged them to build their lives on sand–and when the storms come, they collapse.
We see it everywhere. Young men escaping into endless video game marathons instead of real achievement. Young women trapped in toxic social media cycles of comparison and despair. Teenagers persuaded that mutilating their bodies in the name of “gender identity” will cure their unhappiness, only to find that the pain is deeper than flesh. Others disappear into bizarre subcultures like furries–grasping for belonging in fantasies because the real world feels unbearable.
And then there are the darker paths. Some turn to rage, pouring their emptiness into political extremism. We see young people excusing terrorism, defending Hamas’ October 7 massacre as if slaughtering innocents were “resistance.” We see them justifying riots, cheering violence against conservatives, and celebrating death when it strikes someone they disagree with. Hate has become their substitute for hope. They believe that tearing down the world will give their lives meaning. It will not. It will only destroy them.
This is the face of depression today–not only sadness, but confusion, rage, and self-destruction. It is a generation looking for purpose in all the wrong places.
And the tragic truth is this: our culture pushed them there. Adults told them that God was dead, that morality was relative, that truth was whatever you wanted it to be. Schools replaced faith with indoctrination, family with ideology, community with isolation. The result is a generation disconnected from their Creator, cut off from the only source of real joy and meaning. No wonder despair is rampant.
We need to be honest: depression is not just a chemical imbalance. It is the fruit of a culture that has rejected God. As the Psalmist cried, “Why are you cast down, O my soul? Hope in God!” Hope in God–not in politics, not in gender, not in rage, not in screens.
There is only one cure for the despair swallowing this generation, and it is not found in TikTok, therapy buzzwords, or activist slogans. It is found in Christ alone. Jesus offers what the world cannot: forgiveness, identity, peace, and a future. He gives young people what they are desperate for–a purpose worth living for and a love that never abandons.
The question is whether the Church, parents, and communities will boldly speak this truth. Will we confront the lies, or let them fester? Will we point the next generation toward Christ, or leave them to drown in despair?
The depression epidemic is real, but so is the cure. And if America does not want to lose its future to confusion and rage, we must proclaim the truth louder than the lies: there is no hope apart from Jesus Christ.
Gog and Magog Update
The Ramifications Of Anything Less Than Total Victory
As Israel began the final high-intensity phase of its war against Hamas in Gaza, leading experts from the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS) said in a webinar on Sunday that a decisive military victory is a strategic imperative with profound regional and global implications.
Professor Efraim Inbar, who served as JISS president from 2017 to 2025, stated that despite the IDF’s significant achievements, Israel cannot yet claim victory. He noted that while Hamas is no longer an immediate military threat and has lost 70-75% of the territory it once controlled, it still holds Gaza City and can claim to have survived nearly two years of war against the Middle East’s strongest military.
“Hamas can still claim victory,” Inbar said. “The ‘resistance’ survived for almost two years. It’s obvious that Hamas wins the propaganda war.” He argued that this is not a conflict that can be won on points. “This war is not a boxing match where you can win by points. Here, you need a knockout,” he asserted.
He added, “From a historic perspective, the losing side in a war leaves the battlefield. Hamas should leave Gaza. This is what should be the military goal, and it’s a political goal. The victory picture is ships taking Hamas terrorists to another destination, be it Turkey, Algeria, Qatar; we really don’t care. This is a picture that is very similar to what happened to the PLO in 1982 in Lebanon.”
According to Inbar, “In war, there are two equations. One who can inflict more pain, and obviously we can do that. But there is another equation who can take more pain. Hamas and Hezbollah propagate an image of a weak Israel. We remember … It’s a spiderweb image, a metaphor.” According to Inbar, the deep political rifts in Israel and the national discussion focused on the hostage crisis “seem to confirm this image. We have to dispel those beliefs. And only a clear victory in Gaza can be useful in this task.”
Anything less than an unequivocal outcome, Inbar warned, will be perceived as an Israeli defeat. Inbar stressed the urgency of a swift, frontal assault, arguing that Israel is “running out of time” due to the international “political clock.”
A victory is needed, he said, to change the Palestinian mindset, to strengthen Arab countries that have ties with Israel, and who see Hamas’s parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, as a grave threat and to send a message to the world that Israel is a bastion of Western civilization that would not be defeated by “modern barbarians.”
Professor Col. (res.) Gabi Siboni, a senior fellow at JISS and a senior consultant to the IDF and other Israeli security organizations, outlined the military blueprint for achieving this knockout victory. He advocated for imposing a complete and effective siege on Gaza City before launching an aggressive, multi-directional ground maneuver.
“We must impose a siege on the city of Gaza,” Siboni stated, noting that Israel has so far been reluctant to take all necessary steps, which he called a “ridiculous” interpretation of international law.
“We do not want to starve the population; the population will be provided with full humanitarian support south of the Netzarim corridor,” he clarified. Once the city is isolated, the IDF must conduct a “very aggressive maneuver” to achieve the ultimate goal: the “unconditional surrender of Hamas.”
Siboni drew a direct parallel to the Allied strategy against Nazi Germany. “You have to understand that this war is comparable to the Second World War of Britain and the Allies… this is our Second World War,” he said. He acknowledged the risk this would pose to the 48 remaining hostages but argued that it is a necessary risk. “There is no way to conduct this war and find a way to put our hostages in a bubble of cotton in Gaza. There is no way. We have to conduct our operation and achieve our goals,” he said, adding that historically, Israel has always accepted risks in its most daring hostage rescue operations, such as the July 1976 Entebbe raid.
Professor Hillel Frisch, an Arab world expert and Professor Emeritus at Bar Ilan University, framed the necessity of the operation by asking, “What will Gaza look like if we don’t go after Hamas?” He presented a stark, data-driven comparison between the outcomes of two different Israeli strategies: the aggressive, offensive-security model used in Judea and Samaria since 2002, versus the failed withdrawal-and-containment model used in Gaza since 2005. “1,700 Israelis have so far been killed in Gaza versus 500 in Judea and Samaria since 2005… 20,000 missiles versus none,” Frisch stated.
The Gaza strategy led to the closure of Israel’s international airport, massive economic costs, and international delegitimization, none of which occurred as a result of Israel maintaining security control over Judea and Samaria, which has a larger Palestinian population, Frisch noted.
He dismissed the idea of installing the Palestinian Authority in Gaza as “sheer delusion,” citing the PA’s repeated failures to deal with Hamas even in the much smaller city of Jenin. He also noted that the moderate Arab states have explicitly stated they will not contribute their own forces to police a post-war Gaza, with the Arab League declaring that security is an “exclusive Palestinian responsibility.”
Therefore, Frisch concluded, the only viable, albeit costly, “day after” scenario is the establishment of an Israeli military government for a transitional period. “It will be far cheaper than the price Israel has paid giving up its military presence in Gaza, and certainly the price it will pay if it doesn’t achieve the victory,” he asserted.
Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, JISS director and former head of the Analysis and Production Division of the IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence (2001 to 2006), stated, “We need a victory. And we need to, on the one hand, weaken, up to the point of defeating the evil axis led by Iran. On that we have made very considerable progress. Although there are many challenges still ahead of us. And we need to make sure that everybody understands that the Oct. 7 attack on Israel was a huge mistake.”
He added, “Everybody realizes that repeating this mistake is a no-go. And the way to convince everybody that this is the case is only by defeating Hamas. We have to do it while doing everything in order to release the hostages and make sure that they are not hit. We might not be successful, but we have to make an utmost effort to make it happen.”
Doing this in strategic cooperation with the United States is critical, he argued. “We have Secretary (Marco) Rubio here, and we have to make sure that we understand what concerns the United States is to make sure that we don’t lose our friends in Washington. We have to make sure that we keep the kind of special relationships we have with some Arab states,” he added, naming Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco.
“We have to make sure that we keep a certain level of understanding also from the rest of the West. That is very upset with us. Some of them are very upset with us, to the point that they take all kinds of really annoying steps,” he said, including the recognition of a Palestinian state.
Kuperwasser described as ” totally detached from reality” the idea that the PA is going to rule over Gaza.
Defeating Hamas militarily could involve convincing it, “Inside Gaza especially, but also outside of Gaza, that the alternative for defeat for them is going to be a military takeover by Israel. That would, uh, bring about the killing of each and every one of them. And removing Hamas from power by force. So there’s still a chance [for a deal], and that’s what the Israeli government was trying to do for the last two years.”
He concluded, “There’s still a chance that at the last moment. Hamas will say, okay, we understand that there’s no other option. So let us at least save our souls and go to Algeria. The chances that this is going to happen are very slim. It’s not that they are big. But there’s still a little chance that this is going to happen. We are trying our best in order to make it happen and give Hamas an opportunity to choose this option.”
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IN THIS WEBSITE WE WILL ONLY CONCENTRATE ON THE FALSE DOCTRINES – DOCTRINES OF DEMONS IN CHRISTIANITY and not other Religions of the World.
There are countless religions in the world, with most religions having sub-sects within them. Generally speaking, all religions attempt to help people make sense of their purpose and existence in this world, explain what occurs in the afterlife, and declare whether or not there is a deity, and if so, how we relate to this deity. The seven world religions in the list below comprise over 95 percent of the world’s religious adherents. With each world religion is a link to a more detailed discussion of that religion’s beliefs and practices.
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