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Does it make any difference that we was speaking to the scribes and Pharisees who had brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; to test him? He was not speaking to all Jews, all of Israel. Only to those who threatened to stone him and caused him to have to hide and run away.
Meanwhile the USA and the West supported Saddam with the war against Iran.
They were staunch enemies even back then, but between two monsters better to kill the one that poses a bigger threat. Anyhow no one is saying America is innocent of war crimes.
I tried to go back in the past and stick myself into politics but I couldn't find the right door to get into the White House to ask the past presidents why they did what they did. Especially the dead ones. As to Israel and the OP and this forum, the question was "what exactly is a christian's obligation to Israel?" We can't ask the past if it doesn't want to tell us, but God wanted to tell us and He did it in the Word and the Word said, "I will curse those who curse you and bless those who bless you." Now, I don't know about you, but that seems pretty clear to me. Especially when you see that Israel as a whole has not been removed, but with the 144,000 in the end times it is pretty clear that Israel will still be there and active in Gods plan. But, for what it is worth that is just what I read.
You are correct, there are a lot of secular Jews. But, before you slap all of Israel in the face just keep in mind that in the end times there will be 144,000 commissioned toward a conversion opportunity ordained by the same God we call our Creator and there focus will be on that secular bunch.
Meanwhile Saddam used chemical weapons and even used it on the Kurds in the war in the 1980s. So what was the US response then? Nothing. Meanwhile the US and allies with the support of Israel bombs Syria due to the use of chemical weapons. If the Syrian regime was an US ally the US would have done nothing either.
Only Israel was arming Iran not the US which was arming Iraq, the US turned against Saddam after he became an uncontrollable monster and invaded Kuwait, and later made plans to invade Saudi Arabia, which if he succeeded in doing would most likely make him one of the most powerful men in the world. What the US does is its business, no one says the US isn’t wrong, israel isn’t bombing Syria for no reason, it’s because Iran wants to use it as a military base.
Yet George Bush snr and Jnr is still alive. Same with Donald Rumsfeld. I remember Christian evangelicals supporting the war against Iraq due to Saddam support for the so called Palestianian terrorists and believe he still has chemical weapons as well as beliving him to be part of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Yet the chemcial weapons was proven to be a lie. Most of the terrorists for the 9/11 came from the US ally Saudi Arabia. Iraq is now under Iranian sphere of Influence and with it a greater danger to Israel than what was under Saddam. Also the refugee problem since Saddam has been out of control and the resultant was more and more refugees fleeing to Europe.
such double standards for US Iraqi policy.
You seem well indoctrinated and up to date on recent and current events. Personally I don't have time to devote to studying all those issues. All I know is curse and bless..., I understand those words purty goodly.
There are no obligations for the man-made state of Israel. If they convert to Christianity then there would be an obligation, but there is no reason to support one group of unbelievers over another group of unbelievers. I wouldn't trust much of what Hagee says.
