The Washington Post reported, "in the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism , a giant bronze statute of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country's civil war."
According to the Washington Post,"Al-Ghad ban said that the main armed groups in the area Syrian government forces,rebels and local militias of Sednaya, the Christian town near the statute site-halted fire while organizers set up the statute."
On the Cherubim mountain"Jesus stands arms outstretched , over looking a route pilgrims took from Constantinople to Jerusalem in ancient time."
When I read about this amazing development in the ongoing Syrian conflict I wished a statute of Jesus could have could have influenced the Ghouta attackers to refrain from firing missiles containing lethal chemical materials.
I couldn't help but wonder if there had been a massive statute of the Son of God in the Markaz Rif Dimashq suburbs, if Ghouta attackers would have felt condemned before they unleashed their evil wrath just by seeing the Good Shepherds' face.
I wish a statute of Jesus would give the Syrian rebels and militias and other other forces love peace and grace.
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