Before the Battle of Mons Graupius in northern Scotland in 83 A.D., the Roman historian Tacitus attributed to the Caledonian chief Calgacus a speech in which he famously said Roman armies "make a desert and call it peace."
This photo of Gaza was taken almost a year ago, months before Israel's destructive "final push" to wipe out Hamas: which Israel's leaders say is the only way to secure "peace."
Not quite desert yet...but getting there.
But Gaza makes me remember most of all Jesus' words about Jerusalem as He went to death at the hands of its leaders, Roman and Jewish:
"If you had known...the things which make for peace ! But now they have been hidden from your eyes" (Luke 19:42).
Photos of Gaza also remind me of Jesus' words about the works of satan, that "...the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy..." (John 10:10).
Does Israel's campaign in Gaza mirror Calgacus' words about the actions of Rome's armies ? Of Jesus' words about satan's actions ?
How is it we hear Christians justifying Israel's campaign in Gaza ?
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