He shook his head and turned and walked quickly away and never again looked my way.
Nobody else spoke to me the rest of the evening or the next day. That was fine with me, for I was listening to the voice within and what I kept hearing was Luke 23:34:
"Father forgive them; for
they do not know what they are doing."
Those needing the most education are those who have been misled into the
fastest growing cult in the USA-and also perhaps in Scotland-the cult of
Christian Zionism.
What
is Christian Zionism?
Christian Zionism is an extremist Christian movement, which supports the
claims
of those who believe that the State of Israel should take control of all
of the
land currently disputed between Palestinians and Israelis. It views the
creation and expansion of the modern state of Israel as a fulfillment of
biblical prophecy toward the second coming of Jesus.
Christian Zionism is a modern theological and political movement that
embraces
the most extreme ideological positions of Zionism, thereby becoming
detrimental
to a just peace within Palestine and Israel. The Christian Zionist
program
provides a worldview where the Gospel is identified with the ideology of
empire, colonialism and militarism. In its extreme form, it laces an
emphasis
on apocalyptic events leading to the end of history rather than living
Christ's
love and justice today.
What
is the Christian Zionist connection with the Holy Land?
Believing that God fights on the side of Israel, Christian Zionists call
for
the unqualified support for the most extreme political positions. They
do not
have eyes to see or ears to hear their sisters and brothers in Christ,
or
cousins in the family of Father Abraham who are caught in the crossfire
of the
military minded.
Christian Zionist spokespersons have also attributed Hurricane Katrina
to
God's wrath over America's failure to stop Israel from "disengaging"
from Gaza in
2005, although Israel has never ceased their total control over air,
land and sea borders!
They also consistently
oppose any moves towards a solution to the
conflict, which would validate the political aspirations of both
Palestinians
and Israelis.
Who Supports Christian Zionism?
Christian Zionism has significant support within American Protestant
fundamentalists, and number between 10 and 20 million. Its reach is
broad, by
virtue of its favorite themes related to the "End Times" and an
Israel-fixated
Christian media.
Christian Zionism is both a political movement and a way of
mis-interpreting
current events. Its focus on Israel and the Middle East is an ideology
and a
movement. Its promoters share many beliefs but are not organized through
any
one institution.
Throughout history Christians have at times twisted scripture to justify
violence: for the Crusades, for Antisemitism, and for slavery.
Too often the Church
has been slow to respond to these biblical distortions and with
disastrous
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