No, God didn't write the Bible did he, but the Bible is the word of men and women who knew God's love very well and through whom God spoke and worked until the first century a.d..

The phrase 'peace and security' occurs in 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, verse 3. Here it is, the New King James version, with a bit of surrounding context:

'For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labour pains on a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day shall overtake you as a thief. 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4'

The 'day of the Lord' refers to the time that God's judgement is wrought on earth. Not necessarily an ordinary 24 hour 'day', possibly a longer time period.

What was equally chilling for me was that Saddam Hussein has promised that the conflict will spread. Certainly he's had plenty of time to prepare direct attacks on cities and military installations in Britain and the US in understandable retaliation for any unilateral attack on Iraq which might take place against the wishes of the UN.

I say chilling... but ultimately whatever happens in the Middle East and around the world will serve God's purpose of cleansing evil and unrighteousness from the world. For it is my belief that this life we lead is an incrediblw gift, but by no means the end of the story. And I'm not talking about re-incarnation, just dig out your Bible and take a look at Revelation 22.

Bush and Blair profess Christianity, but with absolute disregard for God's statutes, the ten commandments. Is Blair loving his neighbour? If they go ahead and atack Iraq it will be proof for all the world (it won't be mentioned by the TV analysts of course!) to see that they are as much men of God as Adolf Hitler was.

Just as in the days of the Crusades they are using the name of Christ as the most despicable cloak to ferment hatred between the faiths. But all truly faithful Jews, Moslems and Christians will just be drawn closer by their evil actions.

Though these totalitarian leaders think they can control the world - even as they think this - God is still in total control, bringing the faithful of all the monotheistic faiths together in the light and power of truth.