The International Voice of Prophecy.

“Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah” (Psalm 3:1-2). These are the words David prayed when he fled from his son Absalom. David indeed experienced great suffering, danger, and possibly death before his time. But David is the beloved of the Lord, and that is what really counts. Here we come to ourselves, the Church. Romans 5:8 declares: “But God commendeth his love toward...

At least 139 people, including children, have died after a boat carrying 305 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in East Africa, the International Organization for Migration said. Tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa travel every year through Djibouti and across the Bab el Mandeb Strait toward Gulf countries in search of safety and economic opportunities, the IOM said in its statement. “No one gets into a boat like that unless they believe there is no other safe way,”...

“We have a mess on our hands, to put it bluntly,” French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said. The disorder occurred in major cities across the country, leading Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez to offer his resignation because of the police’s failure to contain the rioting. The violence, which led to some 2,400 arrests, followed weeks of protests by French students angry about crumbling schools, a lack of teachers and dismal job prospects. More than 6,000 arrests were made during the school...

China and North Korea officially marked the long-delayed opening of their most significant land border crossing, aiming to rejuvenate trade and commerce after years of soured ties and pandemic-related disruptions to cross-border exchange. China is by far Pyongyang’s largest trading partner, even after a series of U.N. sanctions banned the flow of goods and workers to and from North Korea over the country’s defiant missile and nuclear weapons development. Analysts said North Korea, despite the...

The Special Representative: About the Apostle Paul’s special assignment. Part 4. The story of Paul’s conversion in Acts 9 also provides a summary of what he stood for in his life as an Apostle. An Encounter with Jesus It all began with Paul’s question: “Who art thou, Lord?” (Acts 9:5). Someone once said, “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” That’s exactly the philosophy that Paul made a reality in his life. Paul had committed a...

The airport jointly run with Laos is China’s first military facility abroad focused on air power and the latest project in Beijing’s efforts to project force beyond its borders, which includes a base in Djibouti, the Ream naval facility in Cambodia, the rapid militarization and expansion of islands in the South China Sea and a growing carrier fleet. But the airport, with a potential for expansion, is certain to be a concern for neighboring Vietnam, which has competing territorial claims with...