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  John 18:36  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. When Patriarch Kirll spoke against the invaded Ukrainians, little did he know it will cause such a ripple; or he just did not care who his allegiance seems to point by voicing support for the Russian invasion of a sovereign state. T he h ead of the  Russian Orthodox church, Patriarch Kirill, a trusted ally of Vladimir Putin, has declined to condemn the Kremlin’s decision to invade its neighbour, referring to Russia’s opponents in Ukraine as “evil forces”. In a Sunday sermon last week he also said gay pride parades organised in the west were part of the reason for the war in Ukraine. In a swift reaction,   A Russian Orthodox church in Amsterdam has announced it is to split with the Moscow patriarchate, in the first known instance of a western-based church cutting...

  Judges 11:13  And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore   restore those  lands  again peaceably When the noise of war was sounding in Ukraine since September of last year 2021, the world thought it would never happen. For one, it was too expensive for the Russia and for the other it is rather quaint that a superpower would go invade a nation at his border with a close historical tie. Yet, here we are—– those trapped, hearing the thunderous sound of bombs and witnessing the ominous armoured tanks rolling. For those of us outside, watching the unfolding horror with disbelief as video clips filtered out on social media platforms. The outrage from the rest of the world was palpable. America and European union, responded with sanctions. The first time the word ‘WAR’, appeared in the bible, is in the book...