Is it valid to ask why Israel has suffered so much?
Yes, it is a valid question to ask why Israel has suffered so much. While God's sovereignty is not to be questioned, from the human standpoint people sometimes ask why the nation has endured such turmoil and why it still faces the seven-year Tribulation.
Les explains that it is a valid question, although we do not question God and His sovereignty. From the human point, we sometimes have to ask why the nation of Israel has gone through such turmoil, so much suffering, and why they will have to go through the awful seven years of Tribulation still facing them. He notes that Revelation and the Tribulation are primarily, not exclusively, God dealing with His covenant people, Israel, and says the next program will try to show from Scripture why all this has to happen.