Kameel Majdali's Road Ahead

  April 2, 2025, another day, another flurry of activity coming from the Oval Office. Yet, it wasn’t like any other day. After signing yet another Executive Order, US President Donald Trump declared it ‘Liberation Day.’ On paper, he had ordered ten per cent tariffs across the board on countries worldwide, friend and foe alike. In reality, he is shaking up the world's economic and political order, deliberately. Initially, there was great consternation around the world. The stock market and, more worryingly, the bond market dived. Dozens of nations queued up to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement with the American administration. Then, Trump announced a 90-day freeze on tariffs for those countries that had reached out to the Americans. Both stock and bond markets recovered; a correction came to what was overvalued, and life calmed down for the moment. While critics derisively called the ‘tariff freeze’ a ‘backflip,’ it was actually part of the plan all along. Liberation Day spawned...

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God — Leviticus 20:7 At first glance, it is tempting to skip Leviticus when reading the Bible. It does not have a riveting narrative like Genesis or Joshua, nor does it give lofty inspiration like the Psalms or Ephesians.   Skip Leviticus? Don’t do it! For starters, the third book of Moses is an indispensable God’s inspired Word and is profitable (2 Timothy 3:16). It is a revered book of the Scriptures, the five books of Moses known as the Pentateuch (Greek) or Torah (Hebrew). Furthermore, it gives an outstanding typology of the person and work of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, it shows us the only way to have access to God. Therefore, it behoves us to make it part of our study of Scripture.   NAME IN HEBREW The original Hebrew calls this book va-yeech-krah, meaning ‘ And he called. ’ These happen to be the first three words of Leviticus ...