Kameel Majdali's Road Ahead

Genesis : It is not just the first book of the Bible - it is the foundation stone on which the remainder of Biblical revelation rests. The Hebrew name, Bereshith, is also the first three words of the Bible; it means ‘ in the beginning.’ This says it all. Genesis is indispensable. Without it, we would not know the following fundamental issues: God as Creator of the world and universe; The beginning of history and the world; The beginning of humanity; Introduction of sin and death into the world; The beginning of God’s plan of redemption starts in Genesis 3:15; Genesis is the foundation of all Biblical revelation; the Bible is the house, and Revelation is the roof. A Book of Firsts Just in the first four chapters, we learn about the first mention or origin of the following (this is a partial list): God (1:1); Heaven and the creation of space (1:1); Earth, the creation of matter (1:1); Seas (1:10); Starts (1:16) Male and female (1:27); Marriage and wife (2:24); Sin (3:6); Judgment and mor...

The new year had barely begun when New Orleans was rocked by a jihadist car ramming attack on the 1st of January. In Las Vegas, there was an explosion in front of the Trump hotel. Then, on the 7th of January, what arguably could be the most destructive fire in American history commenced. They are called the Los Angeles fires. Thousands of homes and businesses have been burned to the ground. Prestigious suburbs like Pacific Palisades or working-class Altadena look like war zones. Thousands of acres and buildings in America’s second-largest city have been destroyed and dozens have lost their lives or are recorded missing. People were told to evacuate their homes. Many abandoned their cars along the way because of the impasse. Thank God, they made it out alive but they lost everything but the clothes on their backs. It is a humanitarian crisis of the highest order. Like Australia, Southern California is dry and prone to fires. With the history and technology, there should have been pruden...