To Rise or to Fall?
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the savage attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. It was a dreadful day when more Americans died than any other single day, except for the raid on Pearl Harbor. It was a terrible sight to see the buildings collapse. It was horrible to hear the stories of the first responders who died trying to save as many people as possible. We should never forget this day that some call Patriot's Day. We should ask the Lord to teach us lessons through it. Egypt was destroyed by the Assyrians. It has never risen to the prominence it had before that. The Lord made it very clear why He did this to them. "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because Egypt became proud and arrogant, and because it set itself so high above the others, with its top reaching to the clouds, I will hand it over to a mighty nation that will destroy it as its wickedness deserves. I have already discarded it." What a stark warning to us today, too. Will w...