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A humanitarian disaster in Gaza is being deepened by a total breakdown in law and order, and the conflict between Israel and Hamas is rendering the enclave uninhabitable, a senior official of the main UN aid agency there, UNRWA, said on Friday.

UNRWA official Natalie Boucly also said arrest warrants issued against senior Israeli politicians as well as a leader of Hamas by an international tribunal meant there would be a reckoning for the suffering inflicted on millions.

"Basically, the entire population of Gaza is in desperate need of assistance amid a looming famine," said Boucly, UNRWA's deputy commissioner-general, programs and partnerships.

Banning UNRWA

Israel's parliament passed a law last month that will ban UNRWA from operating in the country when it takes effect in late January. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has said its implementation "will have catastrophic consequences."

UNRWA has faced a list of controversies since Hamas invaded southern Israel and murdered some 1200 people. Notably, some UNRWA staff have been accused of participating in the attacks, which saw over 250 people abducted. A UNRWA social worker abducted Yonatan Samerano during the attacks, and his mother has since campaigned for the UNRWA chief for his release. 

Speaking at a conference in Cyprus, Boucly said 500 trucks of pre-war aid entering the Palestinian enclave daily had now fallen to 37, with those supplies now at risk of looting by criminal gangs.

Nearly 100 trucks carrying food for Palestinians were violently looted by Hamas-led gangs on Nov. 16 after entering Gaza in one of the worst aid losses during 13 months of war in the enclave.

"Gaza has become uninhabitable," she said, calling the situation a failure of humanity.

Israel has frequently drawn attention to this but has faced numerous barriers in ensuring that aid is distributed to the civilians of Gaza. During one point of the conflict, Egypt prevented aid from entering Gaza via the Rafah crossing in protest of Israel's military occupation of the Gazan side of the city - despite it being revealed Hamas had held hostages in Rafah and had constructed significant infrastructure. 

The United Nations has also been accused of failing to deliver aid, allowing it to pile up in wait, despite being it admitted into the enclave by Israel.

International efforts to increase aid flow into the enclave have also failed. Notably, the United States invested over $200 million in an aid pier which would later be deconstructed after failings.

Jordan, the US, Spain, and other countries also attempted to airdrop aid as a way to bypass Hamas, but the drop in aid proved insufficient. The US was later forced to reject reports that the aid had killed Palestinians.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-830296

Has he shown us that Darwinism can “explain the organized complexity of life?” No, he hasn’t even come within miles of doing that. Darwinism fails completely in this respect. Nor has Dawkins ever shown that creation by God could not account for the “organized complexity of life. . . .” In fact, it is the only alternative that can! But he won’t even consider that possibility. So the religion of atheism hampers the scientist in research and judgment because it restricts him to only one point of view.

Richard Dawkins dares to say, “I show that all the alternatives to Darwinism that have ever been suggested are in principle incapable of . . . explaining the organized complexity of life. . . . My reasoning, if it is correct, tells us something important about life everywhere in the universe.” If it is correct? He acknowledges that this is just a theory, and a shaky one at that—but that doesn’t prevent him from proceeding as though it were true because he has no other hope to explain life on earth. It must be correct—this is the best his atheism can offer—and atheism is the one thing he will not abandon under any circumstance.

The literal bodily resurrection of Christ is the non-negotiable foundation upon which true Christianity is built. [Consequently] we can expect the Risen Lord to meet us through the ministry of the Holy Spirit on our road in life just as he did those two sorrowing disciples on the road to Emmaus some 2,000 years ago (Luke:24:13-35 [13] And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. [14] And they talked together of all these things which had happened. [15] And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. [16] But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. [17] And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? [18] And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? [19] And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: [20] And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. [21] But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. [22] Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; [23] And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. [24] And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. [25] Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: [26] Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? [27] And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. [28] And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. [29] But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. [30] And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. [31] And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. [32] And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? [33] And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, [34] Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. [35] And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
See All...). This passage of Scripture is rich with insights that can turn our sorrows and disappointments into joy—joy that must be shared!

These two disciples were in the pit of depression. Their hopes were dashed. Just days earlier Jesus had ridden into Jerusalem amid the acclaim of hundreds; excitement had run high. But now as the shadows lengthened along the dusty road their spirits were dark indeed. Jesus had been betrayed, tried, mocked, flogged, and crucified. They were confused by reports that some of the women had claimed to have seen a vision of angels and an empty tomb. Their whole lives were so entwined with His that the horror of these events shook them to the very core of their being. Unrecognized, Jesus joins these sorrowing, confused and discouraged disciples and began walking with them.

The fact that we sometimes feel alone and helpless does not mean that God is not at our side. It may frequently be the case that at the time we feel most alone, is the very time God is close at our side. We live by faith not by sight, and must rest on the naked promise: “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you,” Jn:14:18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
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He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?” “What things?” he asked.

“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.”

Here is another discovery that will help us come to a place where we recognize God in our lives. Many believe Jesus was a good man, an ethical teacher with good values. Some even believe he is Michael the archangel. But in fact, Christ is the God/man who died for all sin, rose from the dead for our justification, and who is without beginning or end, Almighty God in human flesh. We must receive Him as He actually is, Savior, Lord, and God, truly trusting Him alone to save us from our sin. Otherwise, we, too, will be foolish and slow of heart, and will not enjoy true fellowship with God.

“Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, our lack of insight may be because we have neglected to study the Scriptures for ourselves.

Bible study serves a much greater purpose than just building a theological structure—as important as good theology is. In its purest form, Bible study is to lead us to the living Christ. Even the Risen Christ directed the minds of these disciples to the Scriptures for needed insight.

These have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. [See: John:20:31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
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Perhaps some of us have trusted our lives to Christ for salvation and somehow through the years that close fellowship has grown lukewarm or cold. Take courage, it was to the lukewarm church of the Laodiceans that Jesus gave this invitation. Invite Him in.

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name” Jn:1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
See All.... “He who believes has eternal life” Jn:6:47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
See All.... “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God” 1 Jn:4:15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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https://blog.lifeassuranceministries.org/2024/11/21/encountering-the-risen-christ-on-the-road-to-emmaus/

Crick ends the book with a treatise explaining away free will as attributable to certain areas of the brain.51 Once again, he is clearly denying what the ordinary person would consider logical, based upon his or her own experience of life. He must find a material explanation in the physical brain to maintain his atheism. He would not dare for a moment to consider the possibility of a nonmaterial explanation, even though many scientists who are not theists but agnostics freely admit the overwhelming evidence that thoughts are not material.

Wherever and whenever life is found, it is incredibly complex. This certainly applies to cyanobacterial photosynthetic life that supposedly were some of the simplest and very first organic life forms to evolve from inorganic nonlife.1

Cardiff University recently reported, “Until now, scientists broadly accepted animals first emerged on Earth 635 million years ago.”2 However, evolutionists have unearthed evidence, they maintain, of a much earlier ecosystem.

A decade ago, fossils were uncovered in the Franceville Basin, Central Africa, suggesting creatures similar to sea anemones had evolved at a time evolutionists thought was impossible: 2.1 billion years ago.3 That is 1.5 billion years older than was assumed. Science writer Sarah Knapton stated, “Flying saucer-like creatures nearly seven inches in length, resembling jellyfish, appeared to be living in the region 1.5 billion years earlier than they were thought to exist.”4

These enigmatic creatures supposedly appeared because “there was a period of violent underwater volcanic activity in the region as parts of ancient Africa and South America – known as the Congo and São Francisco cratons [stable sections of Earth’s continental crust].”4 Evolutionist Dr. Ernest Chi Fru thinks this undersea volcanic activity may have resulted in the creation of “a nutrient-rich shallow marine inland sea”5 that was cut off from the ancient global ocean.

“This created a localised environment where cyanobacterial photosynthesis was abundant for an extended period of time, leading to the oxygenation of local seawater and the generation of a large food resource.”

“This would have provided sufficient energy to promote increase in body size and greater complex behaviour observed in primitive simple animal-like life forms such as those found in the fossils from this period.”5

These are suppositions stacked on suppositions, a hallmark of evolutionism. For example, it’s highly unlikely that a shallow marine inland sea could be isolated from the global ocean. But they need to make these types of claims to fit their evolutionary story.

Furthermore, they claim these series of purely hypothetical events set the stage “for Earth’s earliest biospheric experimentation towards microbiological complexity about 2100 million years ago.”6

In their Precambrian Research paper, Fru et al. stated,

Although the link between environmental oxygen threshold levels and the role of genetic innovation in the transition to complex multicellular life is debated, oxygen availability and genetic innovation, in tandem with nutrient levels, likely worked in synergy to drive biological diversification towards greater complexity, given that low environmental oxygen levels also select for small size individuals and higher levels large size organisms.6 (emphasis added)

The evolution of complex life forms is both vague and subjective. As this discovery demonstrates, evolutionists don’t know which kinds of life evolved or when: “Scientists are still working to pin down which types of life evolved when, and there’s no guarantee that all evolutionary jumps would’ve stuck.”1

Genesis 1 is clear. God created life on this planet in all its varieties thousands of years ago.

References

1. Nield, D. Complex Life on Earth May be 1.5bn Years Older Than We Thought. ScienceAlert. Posted on sciencealert.com July 31, 2024.
2. Complex Life on Earth Began around 1.5 Billion Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Study Claims. Cardiff University News. Posted on cardiff.ac.uk July 31, 2024.
3. Sherwin, F. Sea Anemone Fossils. Creation Science Update. Posted on ICR.org April 17, 2023.
4. Knapton, S. Fossils Suggest Complex Life on Earth 1.5bn Years Older Than Thought. MSN. Posted on msn.com July 29, 2024.
5. News Staff. Complex Organisms First Appeared 2.1 Billion Years Ago, Paleontologists Say. Sci.News. Posted on sci.news July 31, 2024.
6. Fru, E. et al. Hydrothermal Seawater Eutrophication Triggered Local Macrobiological Experimentation in the 2100 Ma Paleoproterozoic Francevillian Sub-basin. Precambrian Research. 409 (107453).

https://www.icr.org/article/puzzling-fossils-at-unlikely-time/

What I sensed without being able to phrase it has since been phrased in the simplicity of an axiom: ‘Men cannot organize the world for himself without God; without God man can only organize the world against Man.’ The gas ovens of Buchenwald and the Communist execution cellars exist first within our minds.

Whittaker Chambers (1901-1961, former Soviet spy, author of Witness, his views on the vast difference between Communism and God.