|
Trending Topics
|
Source: https://jcpa.org/christian-zionists-civilizations-defense-force-in-an-era-of-existential-threat/
Christian Zionists: Civilization's Defense Force in an Era of Existential Threat
(Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) Dr. Dan Diker - The Iran-Russia-China-Turkey axis represents a coordinated anti-Western alliance. But there is a global counterforce to confront these dangerous geopolitical threats. Some 700 million Christian Zionists worldwide in North America, Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe stand against the toxic trend of Islamic subversion, Jew-hatred and Jewish state rejection. They recognize that defending Israel means defending civilization against the forces of barbarism and chaos. American Christian Zionists share the biblical values upon which both American and Israeli societies are built. They possess the power to amplify Israel's voice for regional security and stability. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian and a longtime, unwavering supporter of Israel, told NBC News that America and Israel "share a value system that is rooted deeply in a biblical understanding of a worldview that says that the individual is important. That is, in my mind, the very essence of Western civilization." "There's a long line of enemies that the Jewish people experience across this globe, and sadly on some of our own university campuses. It's going to be a privilege to be one of those people - not Jewish, but Christian - who will say to our Jewish friends, 'You will never go through what you've gone through alone. We will not stand behind you. We will stand with you.'" Reverend Johnnie Moore, President of the Congress of Christian Leaders, explains, "Christians who support the Jewish people's right to live in Israel are Christian Zionists, and Christian Zionists also proudly stand with their Jewish neighbors against the scourge of antisemitism." Moore emphasizes that America's founders drew inspiration from the Jewish story, embedding Zionist language in America's founding narrative - which is why we speak of Judeo-Christian values drawn from the scriptures. Pastor Dumisani Washington, founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, recently declared: "I don't care what else your pastor gets right. If he gets Israel wrong, find another church.... Christians who understand their faith recognize that King David's declaration to 'pray for the peace of Jerusalem' is not a request. It is a commandment from God. The Jewish people are God's chosen and the Land of Israel belongs to them from the time God said it to Abraham....Without Jews and Judaism there would be no Jesus or Christianity." The writer is president of the Jerusalem Center.