Purim Is Here and Israel Is at War With Iran Once Again |
The ancient biblical festival of Purim is here again, this year celebrated from sundown March 2 to sundown March 3. And once again, Israel is at war with Iran. Could it be that history will repeat itself, the evildoers in Iran will be vanquished, and Israel will be delivered from her enemies?
The Book of Esther, recounting events that took place 2,400 years ago, tells the story of the sinister plot of Haman, a highly esteemed Persian official, to wipe out the Jewish people throughout the vast Persian empire. But in a stunning, sovereign reversal of fortune, the Jewish people were allowed to fight back, vanquishing their attackers. Haman, for his part, was humiliated and put to death, while the Jewish man he hated, named Mordechai, was highly exalted.
What will happen today, in 2026? And what will the events that transpire in the coming days mean for the people of Iran, for the people of Israel, for the people of the region, and for the people of the world?
Obviously, that remains to be seen, and it would be foolhardy to make predictions, as there are countless known and unknown factors still at play.
After all, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2003 paved the way for the rise of ISIS, leading to horrific suffering for many, not the least the Christians of Iraq, who were........