John Hagee on Israel

[Kosherboy]

Hagee: Giant of Christian Zionism has awakened
By Stan Goodenough
Mar 15, 2007
American evangelical leader John Hagee took a powerful message of
support for Israel to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's
2007 policy conference in Washington DC earlier this week.
"I want to say this as clearly and as plainly as I can possibly say it,"
he emphasized, his booming voice filling the auditorium.
"Israel you are not alone. There are 50 million Christians standing up
and applauding the State of Israel."
Hagee, pastor of the 18,000 member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio,
Texas, and founder of the newly-formed national organization Christians
United for Israel (CUFI), repeatedly triggered standing ovations from
the crowd.
"It's a new day in America," he cried.
"The sleeping giant of Christian Zionism has awakened. Millions of
Christians across America consider the Jewish people the apple of God's
eye; the chosen people; a cherished people."
These Christians, standing with America's five million Jews on behalf of
Israel, had powerful potential to shape the future and were "a match
made in heaven."
Hagee said CUFI was spreading quickly across the United States, its goal
being to ensure "that Congress knows that the matter of Israel is no
longer just a Jewish issue.
"It is a Christian-Jewish issue from this day forward."
Speaking to the megalomanic rantings and actions of Iranian leader
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hagee said it was imperative that "we must stop
Iran's nuclear threat and stop it now.
"The only way to win a nuclear war," he stressed, "is to make certain it
never starts."
As far as Israel and the nations were concerned, the only real truth
pertaining to them was to be found in the pages of the Bible, in which
God warned that He would bless those who bless Israel and curse him who
curses Israel.
Those threatened judgments, Hagee said, are "very real."
"Where are the nations that have persecuted the Jewish people," he
asked, listing Pharaoh and his army, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the
Romans, the Ottoman Empire and "that goose-stepping lunatic Adolf Hitler
and his Nazi hordes?"
All were "historic footnotes in the bone yard of human history."
As for Israel and the Jewish people, "they are alive and well. They are
thriving. They are prospering. They are growing. Even in the day of
adversity they are still going forward."
"Israel lives," Hagee proclaimed, his voice rising and his hand stabbing
the air in front of him.
"Shout it from the housetop: Israel lives! Let every Islamic terrorist
group hear it: Israel lives! Let every tin horn dictator in the Middle
East hear it; Israel lives! Let it be heard in the halls of the UN:
Israel lives! Let it echo down the marble halls of the presidential
palace in Iran: Israel lives! Let it ring in the terrorist camps of
Osama bin Laden: Israel lives! Israel Lives! Israel lives!"
Answering the often-asked question of why Christians support Israel,
Hagee said it was because Christians believe that they owe "a debt of
gratitude" to the Jewish people.
"You gave us the Word of God. You gave us the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. You gave us the prophets. [You gave us ] the first family of
Christianity Mary, Joseph, and Jesus; the Apostles"¦
"If you take away the Jewish contribution from Christianity there would
be no Christianity," he continued. "Judaism does not need Christianity
to explain its existence. But Christianity cannot explain its existence
without Judaism."
Hagee "humbly ask[ed] forgiveness of the Jewish people"¦ for the
deafening silence of Christianity in your greatest hour of need, during
the Holocaust.
"We were not there. We cannot change the past. But together we can shape
the future," he said.
Ending his message, the Texan declared: "Let the word go forth from
Washington DC tonight: There is a new beginning in America between
Christians and Jews.
"We pledge to God and to the Jewish people to fulfill the words of the
prophet Isaiah: 'For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace and for
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest. You who make mention of the Lord do
not keep silent and give the LORD no rest until He makes Jerusalem the
praise of all the earth.'"
© Jerusalem Newswire 2002-2006
www.jnewswire.com

[MichaelT.]

Sounds like sound bites and excerpts out of his book, "Jerusulam Countdown". It is a pretty good book. He now has a updated " Jerusulam Countdown" out.

I do agree, though. As Christians, we either believe all of the Bible and back what it says, or we do not have the right to call ourselves Christians. We cannot pick and choose what is correct. And as Christians, we have a responsibility to follow God's word and instruction.

One thing I do wish everyone could understand and remember..... It does not make any sense to get upset or desperate about the State of Isreal or the idea of a Nuclear War. It does no good to worry about the Jewish homeland or Gods promise. And it helps nothing to complain over wheather or not Gentile people are helping the Jewish people. All that matters is that God made a promise, and God will keep that promise. Wheather or not the Jewish people are on their own in this fight is irrevelant. God said he will restore them , and He will. We do need to stand with the Jewish people in their fight, and we need to help Isreal, but even if we didn't, it would not matter, because God does not need us in the first place. He can keep His promises , even without our assistance.


God Bless

[Ought_Six]

I do agree Christians should acknowledge the Jewish peoples as being Children of God.

Hagee "humbly ask[ed] forgiveness of the Jewish people"¦ for the
deafening silence of Christianity in your greatest hour of need, during
the Holocaust.

I dont agree with this particular statement, however.

[Kosherboy]

Psalm 122:6a Hebrew. "SHA-ALU SHALOM YIRUSHALAYIM". ...
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

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[Denny]

Thanks Motor,
I have never watched as soon as I saw himI disliked him, but I did not know why. I now know this aspect.

[PreacherTony]

I will say this .....

IMO we should stand with Israel as a nation, as our nation and theirs have the same foundation ... The Lord

I am not sure why Hagee is making it sound like "from this point on" we will stand with Israel, when most of the born again Christians that I know do and have always took said position.

It all comes down to this ...

Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Love in Christ,

Tony

[DaveH]

John Hagee is one of the few television pastors I will watch. I like his enthusiasm and his knowledge of the subjects he teaches, even though there are a couple minor differences of opinion on some topics. I enjoy his teaching.

He is becoming a major force today in gathering Christian together in support of Israel. When Christians who were on the sidelines about this issue hear him speak about it, they are often encouraged to take action and demonstrate what they already believed. In many cases, there are uninformed Christians who learn the truth they might not hear from other sources.

[PreacherTony]

It's sad that it takes a TV personality to educate God's children to one of the most obvious facts of the Bible ....

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