PRAY FOR "The Real War and the Ultimate Outcome"

Heavenly Father, watching nations rally for and against Israel is heartbreaking and fear-

fueling. But it’s no shock or even a surprise. The history of redemption is playing out

right before our eyes (Psalm 2:1-2). The hatred we’re witnessing is really directed

towards you and Jesus, not towards one nation in the Middle East. War is a repudiation

and reviling of you and what you have promised to do through Jesus—through the

Gospel…. But, because of Jesus’ finished work, “a vast crowd, too great to count,

from every nation and tribe and people and language” will stand in front of the throne

and before Jesus (Rev. 7; 21:1-5). We so long for that day. Father, we pray for a quick

end to the war in and against Israel. It’s exactly the same prayer we pray for Ukraine. In

the middle of all the evil and terrorism, bring many Jews, Russians, Iranians,

Ukrainians, Turks, Americans, etc. to a sure and saving knowledge of Jesus.

So Very Amen.