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0522紐約時報

*【在危急的情況下，拜登面臨著嚴峻的中東新考驗】
鑑於以色列與巴勒斯坦之間的停火，政府正在考慮如何重新調整其在該地區的政策，而又不會分散其他優先事項的注意力。走上了調解以色列與巴勒斯坦人之間長期衝突的重任，並面臨著更多的挑戰和風險。白宮官員正在辯論如何重新調整其做法，以期避免另一場危機，這將進一步使拜登的注意力從其首要的外交政策優先事項上轉移：中國，俄羅斯和恢復伊朗核協議。為了提醒拜登先生更廣闊的議程，他星期五在白宮與韓國總統文在寅會面，討論包括北京的實力增長和朝鮮的核計劃在內的問題。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/us/politics/biden-israel-diplomacy.html

*【停火後的加蕯在瓦礫堆中甦醒】
每次戰爭結束後，加蕯需要數年的時間才能恢復。根據官員和聯合國彙編的統計數字，以色列的空襲造成230多人喪生，摧毀了1000多個住房和商業單位，使750多個居民無法居住，使77 000多人流離失所。聯合國補充說，十七家診所和醫院以及三座主要的海水淡化廠，輸電線和污水處理廠遭到破壞，使80萬居民或近一半的人口無法獲得清潔飲用水。超過53所學校遭到破壞。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/world/middleeast/gaza-war-ceasefire-israel.html

*【以色列的軍方蒙受沉重的傷亡，它的目標實現了嗎？】
以色列軍方說，空襲打死了數十名哈馬斯高級幹員，並摧毀了重要的軍事基礎設施，但是在勝利的定義上，難以衡量。經過十多天的戰鬥，至少有230名巴勒斯坦人和12名以色列人喪生，加蕯的醫院和其他基礎設施遭到破壞，這兩個基地的氣氛一片沉寂，
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-war-ceasefire.html

*【任務尚未完成。停火促使以色列人失望】
停火生效數小時後，在加蕯以北僅十里之遙的以色列城市阿什凱隆，居民從房屋中走出來，在11天的激烈戰鬥中，他們被不斷發射的火箭彈包圍著，現在他們為喘息感到高興。只不過，和以色列全國其他地方不同，多數民眾認為戰爭沒有解決任何事情感到失望，並擔心休戰過早，取而代之的是，許多以色列人說，軍方本應繼續對哈馬斯進行猛擊。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/world/middleeast/israel-ceasefire-gaza-hamas.html

*【以巴衝突在紐約時報廣場上演多人被捕】
週五，紐約市曼哈頓中城，親以色列示威者和親巴勒斯坦示威者發生衝突，導致兩十多人被捕，至少有兩人住院。衝突始於時報廣場，並蔓延至洛克菲勒中心以南的一個小社區鑽石區，該區是許多猶太人擁有的企業的所在地，警方稱，截至週五中午，該市已逮捕27人，罪名包括行為不檢和非法集會。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/nyregion/times-square-protest-diamond-district.html

*【拜登會見韓國總統文在寅】
拜登總統說，他對朝鮮持續存在的核威脅感到“深切關注”，並在週五在白宮會見韓國領導人時，開通了一個新的特使外交管道。在一整天的會議結束後，拜登避免過去政府的錯誤，但他並沒有透露，所謂的與盟友進行新協商的細節。拜登先生還宣佈，美國將為55萬名與美軍密切互動的南韓部隊全力接種疫苗，並表示兩國將更加緊密地合作，以加快為世界上較貧窮國家生產冠狀病毒疫苗的速度。會見中，兩國領導人還宣佈了韓國在美國對電動汽車的半導體和電池的一系列投資。
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/21/us/joe-biden-news-today

*【拜登向共和黨提出了新的基礎設施建設方案，但歧見仍在】
拜登政府週五向參議院共和黨人發出了一份兩黨基礎設施協議的要約，該協議從總統的最初提議中削減了超過5,000億美元，成為1.7兆美元的提案，白宮官員希望此舉能加快協商的步伐，但共和黨人迅速拒絕了這一提議，因為這並不能解決如何抵消支出的難題。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/business/biden-new-infrastructure-offer.html

*【Covid-19實時更新】
#衛生官員和國際援助組織正在觀察，以色列和哈馬斯激進分子之間，近兩週的戰鬥，是否在加蕯引發一波新的冠狀病毒疫情。聯合國曾警告，在戰鬥的第二週開始，新發病例已潛在激增。
#全球疫苗共享計劃Covax將獲得約2億劑嬌生疫苗，這筆交易最終可能會推動一項標誌性運動，為世界上最貧窮的國家接種疫苗。
#世界衛生組織週五表示，死於Covid-19和與Covid相關的原因的死亡可能是各國在其官方數據中記錄的死亡人數的兩到三倍。世衛組織數據，自大流行開始以來，可能已有約六至八百萬人死於Covid-19或其影響，而各國官方報告中記錄的死亡人數為340萬人。記者。世衛組織還估計，到2020年，至少有300萬人死於Covid-19，而官方數據記錄的死亡人數為180萬人。
#加州官員稱，加州接近全面重新開放，並承諾在6月15日取消對社會隔離的要求和對室內人數的限制。根據指導方針，人們需要出示疫苗接種證明或冠狀病毒測試陰性，就能參加大型室內活動。完全接種疫苗的人在大多數情況下不需要戴口罩。
#兩項新的研究表明，多項Covid-19緩解措施-包括改善通風，要求成年人戴上口罩和進行頻繁的監視測試，可以幫助學校保持開放狀態，並使學生保持安全。
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/21/world/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-mask

Jesus Came to Fulfill, Not to Destroy

““Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.” (Matthew‬ ‭5:17-18‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Even though I write that we are not supposed to keep the Law of Moses today, I am not calling the Law evil or making it seem like something bad.

The Law shows God’s holiness, revealing that only perfection is acceptable to God. Anything short of God’s glory is unrighteous.

Jesus did not come to destroy the Law. He didn’t say, “Oh Israel, I guess this is too hard for you to keep. It’s okay, let Me snap My fingers and cancel this Law. Let’s forget about it okay?”

No, Jesus came to fulfill the Law on our behalf. The requirements of the Law can be summed up by the following verse:

“Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.” (Ezekiel‬ ‭18:4‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Sin is a crime that demands the penalty of death. God is holy, so He must punish sin.

However, God also loves us, so how can He spare us and yet justly punish sin?

The answer is the cross. God the Father placed all our sins upon His Son Jesus Christ, and punished Him fully in our place, so that the wages of sin which the Law requires was fully paid by Jesus’ death. The divine, sinless blood which He shed is worth much more than all the sins of the world throughout the passage of time.

So for us who have faith in Jesus, the issue of sin is settled. We are forgiven. He has fulfilled the Law’s requirements on our behalf, making us righteous.

However, the Law will not pass away until God creates a new Heaven and new earth at the end of time. The Law still has a purpose to be met.

“For there is no partiality with God. For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified (for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them) in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.” (Romans‬ ‭2:11-16‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

At the Great White Throne judgment, Jesus will sit as judge, and the unbelievers will be judged based on their conscience if they are Gentiles, and by the Law (Ten Commandments) if they are Jews.

Jesus has record books of their works, and will measure out the appropriate degree of punishment before they are cast into the lake of fire. Each unsaved soul will experience a different level of torment based on the works they have done in their lifetime. Of course, the one screaming the loudest will be Satan.

“I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.” (Revelation‬ ‭20:11-15‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

After that final judgment, when all humans, fallen angels, and Nephilim giants have been judged and sentenced to their appropriate eternal abodes, then the Law will pass away. At that point in time, all things will be accomplished, and eternity will begin. Christ shall reign supreme and be all in all.

For us who believe, the future is bright. Read this passage which will happen after the Law has passed away:

“I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”” (Revelation‬ ‭21:1-4‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Isn’t it beautiful? Come back soon, Lord Jesus! We praise and worship You this Passover!

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The Birth of a Serpent Slayer

“She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn. There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.” (Luke‬ ‭2:7-8‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

This was the backdrop of Jesus’ birth. The King of glory, God’s precious gift to us, was born on a dark, silent night, and there was no room for Him.

He did not come with great fanfare or a welcoming procession like the kings of the world would have received.

Instead, He came humbly like one of no repute.

But Heaven was not willing to let the Son of God be treated like a nobody.

“Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.” Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”” (Luke‬ ‭2:9-14‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

An angel and the heavenly hosts appeared to shepherds, shining with awesome glory, to announce the good news of the King who was born.

At that point in time, Israel was under Roman rule, and had been ruled by the Gentile kingdoms for many years. The devil had subjugated God’s chosen nation and pressed them hard under his thumb.

However, God’s answer was not loud or dramatic. He sent a baby to be born.

Just as He delivered the children of Israel from Pharaoh using a baby (Moses), He would deliver Israel once more from Satan using another baby (Jesus).

This time, the baby would not be a Lawgiver, but a Law-fulfiller. Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Law through His suffering and death at the cross, and established the New Covenant of Grace for us.

“I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”” (Genesis‬ ‭3:15‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

No matter what its true origins are, today we celebrate Christmas because God made a promise in the Garden of Eden thousands of years ago, that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent. He kept that promise, becoming the prophesied serpent slayer Himself. Christmas is about a promise kept!

Notice that in the prophecy, the one whose head is bruised is the serpent (Satan), but there is another person who is the “offspring” of the serpent. In the original Hebrew, the word “zaraka” is a noun in the singular, masculine tense, meaning one male child.

This wicked male child was destined to have hostility against the offspring (also singular and masculine tense) of the woman, who is our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who is the offspring of the serpent? If you are curious to find out his name as revealed in the Bible, and also the details about his eventual destruction and Jesus’ victory, you can read all the exciting details in “Sandcastles Don’t Last Forever”: https://www.ko-fi.com/s/7b9e3783ae

北非國家 #摩洛哥 10號同意和 #以色列 關係正常化，是繼阿拉伯聯合大公國、巴林、蘇丹後，第四個要跟以色列建交的阿拉伯國家，而且又是美國居中斡旋促成的，為中東和平穩定又往前一步。

原本是美事一樁，但美國卻在同一天承認摩洛哥擁有「#西撒哈拉」（Western Sahara）的主權，引發國際社會批評為了摩洛哥犧牲西撒哈拉居民的權利，一起來看西撒哈拉的爭端，以及這次爭議在哪裡？

［更正］
1. 影片 01:05 處，西撒哈拉面積應為台灣的7倍。

2. 影片 1:13 及 1:19 處，國旗應分別放置如下：
- 1874-1931 旗幟
- 1945-1977 旗幟

＊資料參考：https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E8%A5%BF%E7%8F%AD%E7%89%99%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%97

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有 #伊朗「核武之父」之稱的首席核子科學家 #法克里薩德（Mohsen Fakhrizadeh），27號在德黑蘭近郊遭到暗殺。伊朗指控動手的是 #以色列，為什麼選在這個時候突然進行刺殺行動，殺了科學家真的是要阻止伊朗發展核武嗎？還是另外有目的呢？

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