Never Be Complacent

Your loss is unbearable

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Reflection Mark 13:14–32

In 167 BC, the Syrian king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes desecrated the Temple of Jerusalem by setting up a statue in honor of the Greek god, Zeus. To the Jews, it was sacrilegious. The Jews abhorred it, yet they could do nothing against the occupying forces. This was already a sign of troubled times for the Jews. Because of their unfaithfulness to God, they…