Was 2024 a providential year for Israel? “He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away” (Micah 4:3)
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🗓️ 31 December 2024
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This year opened with conflict escalating all across the world, especially in the Middle East. As we look forward to peace in the new year, we’ll look to the One who grants everlasting peace and how the Lord has provided for those who cry out for his help. In today’s article, we turn to the biblical story of Judah’s King Hezekiah and his conflict with Sennacherib, king of Assyria. King Hezekiah responded to the invasion in three ways that we can learn from in our own lives today.
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| 0:51.1 | It's New Year's Eve, December the 31st, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris |
| 0:58.6 | Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by our co-founder, CEO, and good friend, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 1:08.2 | As a year filled with conflicts draws to a close, our hearts year year for lasting peace in the new year. |
| 1:14.6 | To this end, let's look at the unlikeliest of places for the hope we need. |
| 1:19.8 | In the Middle East, 2024, began with Hamas' leadership seemingly entrenched as the conflict in Gaza continued. Hezbollah bristled with tens of thousands |
| 1:30.2 | of missiles capable of devastating all of Israel. Iran was escalating its seven-front assault on the |
| 1:37.1 | Jewish state through its proxies surrounding the Jewish state. So much changed across the year. |
| 1:43.3 | Israel assassinated the top leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, |
| 1:47.3 | neutered the latter's missile threat against the nation, defeated two air attacks from Iran, |
| 1:53.0 | and dismantled Iran's air defenses in response. Iran's hardline president was killed in a helicopter |
| 1:59.3 | crash and replaced by a more moderate leader. |
| 2:02.6 | Rebels toppled the Assad regime in Syria, further weakening Iran's Shiite crescent across the region. |
| 2:09.6 | There was a time when many, including former President Jimmy Carter, |
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