Many Evangelical Leaders Boldly Abandon Israel

I have mentioned before about the statements by John Hagee and others regarding the claims of 50-70 million Evangelical Christians in the United States that are supporters of Israel. Sure enough, if we wait long enough, we will eventually see the truth come out.

This past Sunday (July 29, 2007), several Evangelical leaders published a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush in the NEW YORK TIMES, giving their support to Bush's attempts to divide the land of Israel. Bush has said for several years now that he has a [demonic] vision of dividing the land of Israel, and is quite proud that he is the first U.S. president to openly speak of it. These Evangelical leaders stated quite clearly:

"We also write to correct a serious misperception among some people including some U.S. policymakers that all American evangelicals are opposed to a two-state solution and creation of a new Palestinian [sic] state that includes the vast majority of the West Bank [sic]. Nothing could be further from the truth."

Keep in mind that these are men and women who claim to be leaders within the Christian religion, with the assumption that they have undertaken some type of study of the Bible, and yet they support the giving away of the biblical heartland of Israel, the very land that G-d Himself — the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — gave to His people Israel for eternity (see Genesis 12.7; 13.14-15; 15.18; 17.8; 26.3; 28.13; Exodus 23.31; Deuteronomy 1.7-8, among others). They even had the boldness to speak as if they understood the Hebrew prophets. These people are involved with some large congregations and organizations. One of them, Joel Hunter, is the pastor of Northland Church, which is headquartered near me in central Florida, and has five locations in the area. His congregation boasts 12,000 members locally and has 1,500 more locations that participate via interactive "Webstream worship". They just recently finished building a new $42 million facility in Longwood, Florida. Hunter was elected last year to head the Christian Coalition of America, but later resigned citing differences in how to broaden the group's agenda. These are not obscure people; these are mainstream leaders who speak for many of the Evangelical Christians in the United States.

They then went on to proclaim:

"We affirm the new role of former Prime Minister Tony Blair [as liaison for the Quartet (United States, European Union, United Nations, and Russia) in its plans to divide the land of Israel] and pray that the conference you plan for this fall will be a success."

I'm not sure to what god they are praying but it is definitely not the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This upcoming conference is a meeting of U.S. and Arab leaders to devise, once and for all, the final solution for the Jews. Does that sound like something that the G-d of Israel would be involved in?

These are times of great deception. We need to gird ourselves against the deception that is all around. Look to the L-rd for guidance, not man. Be involved in those things that the L-rd is doing. He is redeeming the earth, not trying to appease terrorist-driven Muslims who want to wipe His people off the face of the earth.

"For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My land." Joel 3:1-2 [shamar.org blog]