The Apple, Religious Groups, Sodomy, and Judgment
Supplement to Archive Updates 134E and 102B
Protestant Groups Turning Against Israel
August 12, 2005
The article by the Associated Press from the Jerusalem Post, which closes this Update to 134E and 102B, brought back a lot of childhood and young adult memories accumulated by sitting on hard church pews in backwoods Missionary Baptist churches in northern Arkansas.
I vividly remember the great tenacity and boldness of preachers when I was growing up in last century as they repeatedly warned of what God would do to the this country if its religious community turned against the nation of Israel. I also remember their constant warnings that one day America would be as guilty of the sin of sodomy
as were those who dwelt in Sodom and Gomorrah.
It was difficult for me in the forties and fifties to really believe these two predictions could come to pass during my time on this planet.
I simply did not believe the depravity of the society into which I was born could ever sink to the pits of immorality it has now descended, and I did not dream that the religious community leader’s ranks would be infiltrated by those practicing sodomy.
The idea the American religious community would turn against Israel in its quest to establish a peaceful state, and favor the followers of Allah, was unthinkable.
I have been advised – “Get Use to It!” Well, I might as well get use to it even though I hate it, but God is not going to get use to it, and judgment is awaiting those who are practicing sodomy and those who are turning again the apple of his eye. (Please take a look in our Prophecy Archive Updates at 134E and 102B)
Zechariah 2:8-13 – For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. [9] For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. [10] Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
[11] And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
[12] And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. [13] Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Psalm 2:4,5 – He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. [5] Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them
in his sore displeasure.
Begin Associated Press Article from JPostOnLine
Reform Rabbi Addresses Lutherans’ Stance on Israel
By The Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
August 11, 2005
The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism, speaking at a time of heightened tension between Protestants and Jews over Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, urged a national Lutheran meeting Thursday not to “demonize” the Jewish state.
Rabbi Eric Yoffie told delegates from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America that his Union for Reform Judaism shared Protestants’ desire for an end to Palestinian suffering.
But despite any mistakes Israel has made, the nation still had a right to defend itself against “the indiscriminate killing of her civilians,” he said.
“Others will not always see the conflict as we see it,” Yoffie said. “But what we have asked of our many friends in the Christian world is simply this: please do not minimize the impact of terror and do not demonize or isolate Israel, as if, somehow, she alone were responsible for the current conflict.”
Several Protestant groups around the world have outraged Jewish leaders by discuss ing divestment from companies that profit from Israeli policy
in the Palestinian territories.
Last week, the Presbyterian Church (USA) said it would pressure what it said were four such companies and, in an attempt at balance, would target a fifth corporation it accused of being a conduit for money that terror groups use to fund attacks on Israel.
Another sore point is the security barrier Israel
is building along the West Bank to prevent suicide bombings. It has disrupted the lives of thousands of Palestinians, who have been cut off from their lands, and has been condemned by many Protestant groups.
End Associated Press Article from JPostOnLine