The US-Iran War

The headlines are relentless. Missile strikes, escalation, civilian casualties — and the constant pressure to pick a side and defend it loudly. It's exhausting.

Here's something worth remembering: the Bible was written in the ancient Near East by people who lived through empires, occupations, exile, and war. These weren't abstract thinkers in comfortable studies. They wrote from the middle of it.

When Jesus spoke the Beatitudes in Matthew 5, he was standing in occupied territory. Roman soldiers patrolled the roads. The people listening to him had no political power and no military options.