Our daily reminder
Paul's conversion occurred while he was traveling to Damascus to continue his persecution of the early Christians. His earliest preaching was conducted in this city. It is profoundly ironic that this first city of Paul’s evangelization has become such a tormented region. The latest attack on the American Embassy by yet another Muslim terrorist group Jund al-Sham is reminiscent of the persecutions that Paul faced.
There is nothing more jarring than reading the latest violence occurring in those Biblical sites. Early persecutions mimic modern-day ones. The story is the same - an attempt to annihilate the new belief that Paul taught and spread. Perhaps there is a reason for this incessant battle. To remind us that every day is a battle against sinners and destroyers. The larger allegory fits our smaller, mundane, lives.
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