1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

(7) ‘Peace and Safety and then Sudden Destruction’; GCC-US meeting underscores cooperation to ensure region’s stability, prosperity

Ghinwa Obeid, Al Arabiya English

Published: 08 June ,2023: 05:25 PM GSTUpdated: 08 June ,2023: 06:10 PM GST

Foreign ministers participating in the Gulf Cooperation Council-US Joint Ministerial Meeting on Strategic Partnership stressed the need to maintain cooperation by the different sides to ensure stability, prosperity and a flourishing economy in the region.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

The GCC member states and the US announced on Thursday in a joint statement the agreements on a wide range of matters, one day after their meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

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Foreign ministers of GCC countries, including the Kingdom’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, attended the meeting.

The attendees assured their commitment to build upon the achievements of previous ministerial meetings and those of the Jeddah summit held in July 2022 to (5) strengthen consultation, coordination and cooperation in the different fields.

The convening sides also highlighted the ambitious and developing strategic partnerships between the US, GCC council and countries, noting that these partnerships aim at promoting peace, security, stability, integration and ensuring economic prosperity in the Middle East.

According to the joint statement, the foreign ministers stressed the importance of collaborative efforts to maintain de-escalation in the region while underlining that these efforts should be done through diplomatic channels.

The statement noted that the ministers agreed on the importance of infrastructure projects in enhancing regional integration and interconnectivity and contributing to regional stability and prosperity.

The sides “underscored the importance of upholding navigational rights and freedoms and of collective efforts to address threats to the security of vessels traveling through the region’s waterways.”

As for the fight against terrorism, the ministers underscored the importance of combating terrorism and violent extremism worldwide while welcoming the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS ministerial meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on Thursday.

“Secretary Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ enduring commitment to the security of the region, recognizing the region’s vital role in the global economy and international trade,” the joint statement said.

As for the GCC-US strategic partnership, the foreign ministers agreed to maintain cooperation and coordination and on “continuing periodic working groups to discuss defense issues and decided to hold another round of the GCC-US integrated air and missile defense and maritime security working groups later this year.”

Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and first met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah before flying to Riyadh for the ministerial meeting.

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He participated on Thursday in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS meeting alongside Prince Faisal.

In their joint statement, the foreign ministers touched on the situation in different countries such as Iran, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

Touching on Iran, the ministers expressed their “determination to counter aggressive and illegal actions at sea or elsewhere that might threaten the shipping lanes, international trade, and oil installations in the GCC states.”

They also called for Iran’s full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency while welcoming the reestablishment of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

As for Sudan, where Saudi Arabia and the US have acted as facilitators to ensure a cessation of fire between the warring parties, the ministers underscored the importance of resolving matters through diplomatic efforts to achieve a “permanent cessation of hostilities.”

“The Ministers affirmed their conviction that no acceptable military solution exists that will settle the conflict,” while calling “on the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to silence their guns.”

But how can they call on him (Jesus Christ) to save them unless they believe in him (Jesus Christ)? And how can they believe in him (Jesus Christ) if they have never heard about him (Jesus Christ)? And how can they hear about him (Jesus Christ) unless someone tells them?” —Romans 10:14

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Jesus Christ’s Offer of Salvation:

The ABCs of Salvation through Jesus Christ (the Lamb)

A. Admit/Acknowledge/Accept that you are sinner. Ask God’s forgiveness and repent of your sins.

. . . “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).

. . . “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10).

. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8).

B. Believe Jesus is Lord. Believe that Jesus Christ is who He claimed to be; that He was both fully God and fully man and that we are saved through His death, burial, and resurrection. Put your trust in Him as your only hope of salvation. Become a son or daughter of God by receiving Christ.

. . . “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:15-17). For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).

C. Call upon His name, Confess with your heart and with your lips that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.

. . . “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10).

. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (John 1:8-10).

. . . “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (John 2:2).

. . . “In this was manifested the love of god toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (1 John 4:9, 14-15).

. . . “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:8-10).

. . . “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23).

. . . “Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).

. . . “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.” (Romans 1:16).

. . . “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts: 4:12).

. . . “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:4-6).

. . . “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).

. . . “But as many as received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (John 1:12).

True Church / Bride of Christ Spared from God’s Wrath:

 Romans 5:8-10. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”

Romans 12:19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 1:10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 5:9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 8:35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Jeremiah 30:7. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.