World News & Prophecy eNews ArchiveOctober 25, 2007 Dear World News and Prophecy Subscriber, As I looked closely into my guide's eyes, I could see the lingering pain and the unanswered question. Although she was much closer to the situation than I was, she still had no answer after many years. It was my third visit to Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the Jewish dead of the Holocaust. Of all the world's memorials to this catastrophic break with civilization, Yad Vashem is most poignant in what it offers within the setting of the ancient land of Israel. You are sobered and shaken after a walk through the grounds. The new Holocaust museum at Yad Vashem is more than one can absorb in one visit. On this recent trip I focused on fewer exhibits, taking in the layout of the building and the story it tells. Immediately upon entering, you see a wall of moving images from a vanished world—that of the Jews in Europe in the 1930s. You see children, young couples, old men and women going about their lives in places like Warsaw, Berlin and Prague. These would become the victims. They laugh, they sing and they live on the eve of a great tragedy. They did not know what was coming. We look back in time and struggle not to forget. From this beginning you walk through rooms that tell the story. It is a raw and visceral tale. Here you see the roots of anti-Semitism from the writings of Augustine. In another room you see evidence of the complicity of Poles, Czechs and Ukrainians in the extermination. No one is left out; no one is exonerated. The guilt and shame is spread among all who took part. At one point you stand over a collection of shoes taken from those about to perish. Dark, cracked leather is all that is left of lives that once harbored hope and possibility. The last room you visit in the museum is the Hall of Names, designed to be a repository for biographies of every man, woman and child who perished. Over two million names are recorded here, with room for more than six million. Pictures and pages of testimony are part of a cone that reaches to the ceiling, reflected in a pool of water resting in the bedrock of the mountain on which the memorial stands. The pain I saw in my guide's eyes is obvious. The question is one for the ages and for all peoples who have suffered. Why did six million Jews die in the Holocaust? We could also ponder why Armenians were slaughtered in 1915. Why did tens of millions of Russians and Chinese die at the hands of their own leaders in the middle of the 20th century? Why is there evil and suffering? God does not leave us without answers or solutions. That is the good news, the gospel. The bad news is this world continues to see war and terror bring pain and death to the innocent and guilty, the weak and the strong. And the Bible foretells a time of greater suffering for the nations in the years directly ahead of us. This article in The Good News reveals the source of evil in the world and lays it squarely at the feet of Satan the devil. If you have a problem reconciling the truth of a just and loving God with the evil and suffering in this world, then you should read this article. You need to settle this most important of questions in your mind. It is a vital key in understanding the mind and purpose of a just and merciful Father. Once you have this knowledge, you can learn to love and honor this God, a far different God than the one so many think they know. Dealing with this question of evil in our world continues to challenge the skeptic and believer equally. Each day the headlines bring us the latest stories of tragedy. You can have the answer and it can provide great comfort and relief. Our publications are designed to give you the moral and spiritual framework to understand the pain of the world around us, as well as that which is within us. Our literature is rooted in God's Word, the only sure word of hope and light in a dark and difficult world. Keep watching,
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