alleged chemical-weapons attack by the government of Bashar al-Assad against civilians in rebel-held areas. If this was surprising to the Trump non-faithful, it was mainly because of the speed of his reversal and abandonment of previous statements. People had barely slept on the news of the chemical attack before the bombs were flying.

There were lots of good reasons to avoid taking the bombardment approach, and they included policy and politics. Syria didn’t attack the United States and posed no serious threat to U.S. interests. Russians are operating in the region, and even an unintentional casualty of one could lead to a crisis. Launching an attack without a U.N. Security Council resolution is a violation of international law and domestic law. Investigators have not yet confirmed what happened orPeter follows the more Jewish view that human desires will lead one astray if they are not controlled by a higher principle, which for the Jew was the law. The strategy advised is that by controlling desire the pagans would see the Christians leading the lives of virtue that philosophers talked about, but that the people as a whole lacked the power to accomplish.

On the day he visits us (2:12). This clause means when God comes to judge (using the Old Testament image of God "visiting" in judgment and salvation, e.g., Jer. 15:15, "You understand, O LORD; remember me and care for me. Avenge me on my persecutors"). The pagans will have to admit then that God had been honored by his people's virtue.

The king, as the supreme