Joining in lifting up Israel and our beloved America, left that other site.
One side note on Pontius Pilate. I read Bill O’Reilly’s book (co-written by Martin Dugard) Killing Jesus which looked at Jesus through documents in history. (It did provide much insight to those times.)
Most history accounts say Pilate left his office in disgrace and was forced to commit suicide. But the Killing Jesus book uncovered another outcome.
After falling from grace with the Roman government, Pilate and his wife converted to Christianity and were martyred. It seems in the early church, some had considered Pilate a saint. It would be wonderful if that was what really happened. In Heaven, we will know.