Our Eyes Cast to Israel, and to Gaza

Our eyes cast to Israel, and to Gaza, and to rockets flying both ways. I hear that for the first time in 40 years, Jerusalem is targeted by the missiles. In the past, fear of hitting Muslim shrines and Arab neighborhoods has deterred enemies from firing upon the Holy City.

And, word comes that missiles are being fired out of Egypt, perhaps marking the inevitable turn of that country's military against Israel following the change in government there. Does it portend more from Egypt? Will Israel respond to the missiles launched from Egyptian soil? We can only wait and see. The Egyptian prime minister did visit Gaza earlier in the day, to express solidarity with Hamas. 

Israel has grown to become one of the world's greatest nations. I'm told it has more high-tech start ups per capita, as  measured by patents, than any nation on earth. I'm told it has more companies listed on NASDEQ than any nation save the U.S. and China. It has become the nation prophesied of in the Old Testament. I think of the prophecies of it standing against its neighbors in the last days, and watch.