The March 22, 2016 brutal bombings in Brussels’ international airport and metro system killed more than 35 innocent people and injured more than 270 others. These cowardly terror attacks brought Europe to a standstill. They made Europe more keenly aware that, even as she strives for economic and political unity, Europe has within her borders and in her homes the enemy poised and ready to bring her down.

After Jesus died on the cross, his followers placed his lifeless body in the grave. Jesus truly experienced death, as everyone does, as the separation of body and soul. Divine, he was truly human, like us in all things but sin. At the moment of death, his soul joined others in the realm of the dead. As we say in the Apostles’ Creed, “he descended into Hell.” This is not the hell of the damned, but the limbo where all the just before Christ’s coming awaited the redemption. Jesus descends there as Savior.

Between 132 and 135 A.D., Shimon Bar-Kokhba led a revolt against the Roman Empire. He established an independent Jewish state and ruled it for three years. Rabbi Akiva, one of the most renowned figures in Jewish history, went as far as proclaiming Bar-Kokhba to be “King Messiah.” Unfortunately, in 135 A.D., the Romans stormed his stronghold at Betar in the Judean highlands and killed Bar-Kokhba, along with thousands of Jews. Thus ended his brief messianic reign.

Make America Great Again. Fighting for us. Re-igniting the Promise of America. A New American Century. Unleash The American Dream. Real Leadership. Slogans play a major role in every presidential campaign. Their few words succinctly summarize the candidate’s position. They capture the voters’ attention and inspire confidence. Each new election offers the nation the hope to begin anew, to address its problems with fresh insights and to usher in a better day. Slogans for change instinctively resonate well with American voters.