{"id":40668,"date":"2026-06-17T20:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&p=40668"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:30:03","slug":"2026-mightyname","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2026-mightyname\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Mighty Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holy Land Moments Daily Devotional<\/p>\n

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Beautiful Masada, Israel<\/p><\/div>\n

I once visited Masada with a group of Christian friends who were touring Israel. Masada is a mountain in the Judean desert overlooking the Dead Sea. Over 2,000 years ago, King Herod built himself a fortress on this mountain to escape to in case of rebellion. But what Masada is most famous for is the final holdout in the Jewish revolt against the Romans after the destruction of the Second Temple.<\/p>\n

Standing atop Masada, you can still clearly see the stone boundaries of the Roman camps that surrounded the mountain. As we looked out at these 2,000-year-old camps, one of my Christian friends remarked, \u201cThis doesn\u2019t make any sense.\u201d I looked at her. \u201cWhat doesn\u2019t make sense?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Romans were the most powerful empire on earth for centuries. They are gone without a trace and the tiny people of Judea, the Jews, are thriving like never before. It just doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we stood there, I imagined the God-fearing Jewish rebels who died on Masada. After hearing what my friend just said, I thought back to the stirring words of Psalm 20: \u201cSome trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jewish history is filled with stories of great and powerful empires that rose up to persecute and even attempt to exterminate the Jewish people. On paper, Jewish history makes no sense.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the way it\u2019s supposed to be.<\/p>\n

You see, if the Jewish people were a large and powerful nation, there would be no miracle, no revelation of God, in our survival against all odds. It\u2019s only because we are, as Moses put it, \u201cthe fewest of all peoples<\/em>\u201d (Deuteronomy 7:7) that God\u2019s hand is so apparent in our victories and survival.<\/p>\n

The story of the Jewish people gives hope to all people of faith. Through us, God has shown that neither technology nor economic might are ultimately victorious. Rather, it is because of the might of faith and trusting in the name of the Lord that we rise again and again.<\/p>\n

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