On July 16, I attended Christians United for Israel's annual Washington-Israel Summit. Founded by San Antonio-based megachurch pastor John Hagee, CUFI has added the grassroots muscle of the Christian right to the already potent Israel lobby. Hagee and his minions have forged close ties with the Bush White House and members of Congress from Sen. Joseph Lieberman to Sen. John McCain. In its call for a unilateral military attack on Iran and the expansion of Israeli territory, CUFI has found unwavering encouragement from traditional pro-Israel groups like AIPAC and elements of the Israeli government.
But CUFI has an ulterior agenda: its support for Israel derives from the belief of Hagee and his flock that Jesus will return to Jerusalem after the battle of Armageddon and cleanse the earth of evil. In the end, all the non-believers - Jews, Muslims, Hindus, mainline Christians, etc. - must convert or suffer the torture of eternal damnation. Over a dozen CUFI members eagerly revealed to me their excitement at the prospect of Armageddon occurring tomorrow. Among the rapture ready was Republican Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. None of this seemed to matter to Lieberman, who delivered a long sermon hailing Hagee as nothing less than a modern-day Moses. Lieberman went on to describe Hagee's flock as "even greater than the multitude Moses commanded."
Throughout CUFI's Israel Summit, videographer Thomas Shomaker and I were hounded by PR agents seeking to prevent us from interviewing attendees about the End Times. The conference, we were told, was about "one message" - evangelical Christians supporting Israel. We were instructed to only interview CUFI leaders capable of sticking to the talking point that their support for Israel has, as Hagee declared, "nothing to do with the End Times." But I was forbidden from asking Hagee about statements he made in his book, "Jerusalem Countdown," that appeared to blame Jews for their own persecution. After doing just that during a press conference, I was removed from the conference by off-duty DC cops summoned by members of Hagee's family.
I have covered the Christian right intensely for over four years. During this time, I attended dozens of Christian right conferences, regularly monitored movement publications and radio shows, and interviewed scores of its key leaders. I have never witnessed any spectacle as politically extreme, outrageous, or bizarre as the one Christians United for Israel produced last week in Washington. See for yourself.
Someone showed me Jeremiah 31 a few days ago. Verses 31-35 basically spell it out that the old covenant was broken by the jews. and that god would make a new covenant. and that scripture in the Old Testament is jewish in origin. It is incredible that christian leaders including hagee & many others will basically deny those verses. and especially amazing that christians of the past, say before 100 years ago, all understood that the Old Covenant was broken. Even orthodox jews understood it that way.
I don't mind honoring jews for the sake of the old covenant and the history & such. But to think that these are god's chosen ones after that is foolish. and to basically idolize them though they do in fact do such evil and are so un- godly, it is just ridiculous.
The Chosen tool grew out of Marxism and implanted into the political movement of Zionism. The communist/illuminist premise that 'Man is God.' Talmud/Zionism evolves 'Jews are God'
The American people have been led to belive that Jews are "God's Chosen People". This myth was started by a small group of Jews.
A few Jewish leaders took exerpts from the Bible and interpreted them as "Chosen People". But, isn't it odd that it is not the religious Jews who claim to be "God's Chosen People". It is the atheistic non-beliving Jews who claim that honor.
Leading the cry, "We are God's Chosen People" are the Zionist/Marxist (Ashkenazi) Jews who for political purposes chose Judaism and who don't have a drop of biblical Jewish blood in them.
One Israeli religious Jew said it well, "At one time we Jews were chosen by God to be his messengers. But, long ago we forfeited that right".
Anyone who has read the Bible with an open mind knows that God gave Jews of that time special favors. But, it was in the form of covenants. In these covenants were conditions - the conditions were that God demanded the Jews obey his word. Time after time the Jews broke the covenants. They rejected God and turned to adoring mammon. It doesn't take a biblical scholar to realize that long ago even the real Jews lost the right of being God's chosen people. In comparing the degree to which the followers of the 3 major religions practice their beliefs, I make this observation:
Judaism - Few Jews, Sephardic or Ashkenazi, are religious. This is true in America, in Israel and world-wide.
Christianity - The Christians religion has felt the influence of Jewish meddling and infiltration (especially in America) resulting in confusion and bickering between the various Christian denominations. This has led to a "luke-war" attitude among most Christians toward their religion.There is evidence to prove that Jews, or one of their many fronts, have started many of the Christian denominations and thus dominate doctrine.
Islam - Moslems, who follow the teachings of Islam, are by far the most fervent of the 3 major religions in followings their religious beliefs.
The Judeo-Christian ethic we hear so much about in America is a big joke - the result of an intense Zionist propaganda campaign.
I'll toss in one last thought about the "God's Chosen People" myth:
God said, 'Beware of those who call themselves Jews and are not, for they lie'. Could it be the Ashkenazi Jews are the people to whom God was referring?