Blood in houses when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be’eri, and 30 other nearby communities in Southern Israel on October 7, killing more than 1400 people, and taking more than 200 hostages into Gaza, near the Israeli-Gaza border.

(photo credit: EDI ISRAEL/FLASH90)

Might be too graphic for some. Might seem inappropriate material for this place. This is reality. This is the evil at work. This is what many endured and continue to endure whilst here in America we’re upset about the weather, the outcome of our sports team, and the price of beef. Or a multitude of other complaints and fears, anxiety that cannot come close to the atrocities that took place and continue to take place of Israeli and American people in the hands of Hamas Islamist terrorists. Who have no humanity within them. Only a hatred and level of violence seen in those taken over by pure evil.

The following greatly disturbed me. That is why I am putting it here. We ought to be greatly disturbed at times to witness and see the reality of the Evil One’s ministers, minions, and enslaved.

Yes, this is horrific and that word, along with other words we know and use do not do justice to what happened to 1,400 Israelis on October 7th, 2023, and what has happened and continues to happen to the Israeli and American hostages taken.

I did not publish this for shock value or effect. I thought about publishing the following knowing the content would greatly disturb many, it ought to disturb greatly all who read the following — but this is the reality, this is what has and is taking place to many people. And we ought not attempt to block it out, or shy away from facing such reality.

We are at war with the spiritual evil present in the overwhelming majority of people. This is all out intense warfare. And while the war in Israel and Gaza rages on and most have no grasp of war and what it means — somehow subscribing to the errant belief that an enemy hellbent on exterminating you and removing your nation from the face of the earth cannot lay down their arms, gather around a table, and with words on paper sign into peace. It is utter delusion to think in such a way.

Evil does not play fair. Clean. In ways those who are categorized as good people can seem to understand.

Evil is capable of acts so heinous, so bitter, so horrific it makes normal people shudder and turn away.

We have turned away far too long permitting evil such gains as it has accomplished.

We are engaged in a spiritual war of eternal death or eternal life — for every person on this earth.

Time to wake up. Face reality. Face the Enemy. And engage. Be active by increasing in Biblical discernment, in faith, in drawing closer to Christ, to God, and relying more and more on the Holy Spirit.

For in this the boldness, the truth, the direction needing to be taken can and will be found — but only in our reliance upon the Lord and His Word.

I love the word shalom. I pray that shalom resides in the heart and spirit of every true believer not allowing their heart to be troubled. With increasing faith in the Lord, in the Word of God, in the Holy Spirit to Comfort, Guide, be a Helper to us always.

Take everything to God in prayer.

Unafraid of facing reality, facing evil. Finding strength and guidance in the Lord, in the Holy Bible. Daily. Nightly. Always.

Read on…

Ken Pullen, Wednesday, December 6th, 2023

U.S. State Department says Hamas won’t release female hostages because they will tell about jihadis’ sex crimes

December 5, 2023

By Robert Spencer

Reprinted from Jihad Watch

U.S. State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller

This is quite likely. Hamas enjoys a vogue right now and the world loves it. But too many horrific rape stories might sour the affection of even the most ardent Leftist.

“U.S. State Department–Hamas won’t release women hostages because they will tell about sex crimes,” by Vered Weiss, World Israel News, December 4, 2023:

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller revealed in a press conference that Hamas won’t free the remaining women because they don’t want them to talk about possible sex crimes in captivity.

With increasing reports about the frequency and severity of sexual crimes, including rape and genital mutilation, perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th, Matthew Miller has posited the hesitancy of releasing female hostages, the main issue that led to the end of the ceasefire and the resumption of fighting, is to prevent them from revealing similar crimes during their confinement.

In a press conference, Miller said, “The fact that they continue to hold women, hostages, the fact that they continue to hold children, hostages, just the fact that it seems one of the reasons they don’t want to turn women over they’ve been holding hostage, and the reason this pause fell apart, is they don’t want those women to be able to talk about what happened to them during their time in custody.”

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller suggests “one of the reasons [Hamas doesn’t] want to turn women over that they’ve been holding hostage — and the reason this pause fell apart — is they don’t want those women to talk about what happened to them.” pic.twitter.com/GOlM3PHgVR

— The Recount (@therecount) December 4, 2023

“There is very little that I would put beyond Hamas when it comes to its treatment of civilians, and particularly its treatment of women,” he adds.

Last week, 110 elderly women, mothers and their children, and foreign nationals were released by Hamas.

As of last Friday after the ceasefire, 136 hostages remain who are mainly male, but there are still a number of women, including one who was seen in October 7th footage revealing blood on the seat of her sweatpants as she was shoved by terrorists into a van.