RE: Is Yahweh true? Watch Israel.
March 22, 2013 at 9:13 am
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2013 at 9:17 am by Something completely different.)
(March 22, 2013 at 8:43 am)jap23 Wrote: I'm afraid I may still be missing your point.
The return of Christ can only be a good thing, because it will result in the total reversal of all our problems (compare Genesis 2-3 with Rev 21-22).
Also I knew that the intentions for establishing Israel were nothing to do with religion- but I don't see how that helps your case at all? That God works through totally oblivious men only encourages my belief... it also defeats the point if people said 'we'll restore Israel just to fulfil prophecy', don't you think?
I have no problem with your beliefs, yet, if these beliefs influence politics - it gets dangerous. It is especially dangerous if a believing person ignores the beliefs, convictions and needs of others.
For example, Christians who support the Israeli state for religious reasons may support illegal settlers in the west bank and thereby undermine the peace process, thereby indangering people who dont share their convictions plus inforcing the moves that their beliefs require without consideration of what others may think of it.
I may also add, that it is a problem if one only supports Israel because one thinks that christ will return there.
Because it pritty much ignores everythin for which the nation was originaly built for. It abuses the israelis and the jewish state as if they were pawns in a chess game.