How Does the Government of Israel Treat Christians? Christian Leaders in the West Should Care
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Reverend Munther Isaac, the pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church in Bethlehem
Do American evangelical Christian pastors care that the government of Israel is mistreating Palestinian Christians? Not according to Munther Isaac, a Palestinian Christian. Doctrines of dispensationalism pastors learned in Bible school and seminary have led them to believe Christians must support Israel in everything the Israeli government does. This is based on the heretical doctrine of John Nelson Darby’s dispensationalism which C.I. Scofield promoted in his Scofield Reference Bible.
The Bible says in Romans 9:6b:
For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Who then is truly of Israel?
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
The true Israel of God are those in Christ Jesus!
The rest of this article is a re-post from an article on G. Edward Griffin’s Need to Know News website.
Tucker Carlson: How Does the Government of Israel Treat Christians? Christian Leaders in the West Should Care
Last month, Republican Congressman Tim Walberg, a former Evangelical Pastor, said the US should not spend a dime on humanitarian aid for Gaza. He said he would like to see the area treated like Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to get it over quickly. He added that the same should go for Ukraine.
Tucker Carlson said that Christianity is the religion among all world religions that uniquely abhors mass killing and there’s no excuse for that from a Christian perspective. Reverend Munther Isaac, the pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church in Bethlehem, said that most leaders have a shallow knowledge of Israel but hold strong opinions shaped by their political party rather than investigation of the facts. Their decisions impact millions of lives. He said that Evangelical Christians support Israel because of the theology of Christian Zionism that teaches Christians must support Israel as the presence of Jews prepares for the end times and the second coming of Christ. Christians support Israel as a fulfillment of prophecy not realizing the consequences on real lives.
(Please understand that while I like many of Tucker’s views, I don’t support all of them.)
Reverend Isaac said that many Evangelical leaders believe that in the end times, leading to the return of Christ, after Jews are gathered in Palestine, two-thirds of them will be massacred and only the remaining third will to convert to Christianity.
He said that Christians should advocate for peace and that money and energy should be invested in peace rather than supporting Israel unconditionally. Israel should be held accountable for its actions. He added that the church is also part of the problem. The Bible does not call for unconditional support to a political entity.
Christians in the US have failed to stand up for other Christians because Israel is an ally.
Christians in Israel have suffered collective punishment along with Palestinians and are not allowed to leave Gaza.
Rev. Isaac said the war in Gaza can be described as genocide because of the forced starvation.
He stated that the only way to rescue the Christian presence in Israel is to end the occupation and bring a peaceful solution to the situation. “This is what we’re asking for.”
Christians are suffering. He pleaded for the war in Gaza to stop.
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