Wow...did our President step in it or what?
Granted, I'm not far-right radical enough to criticize everything coming from President Obama's mouth. I don't like his politics in a macro perspective, but I don't fall in line with the entertainer/demagogues of talk-radio and television that try to sell to us that the man is capable of absolutely nothing good.
I like to think that I would much rather err on the side of optimism than cynicism...but truth be told...I don't trust anyone in Washington. Is that contradictory?
Back to the President. Last week President Obama gave some disturbing sound bites about America's friend and ally, Israel. Naturally, the Limbaugh's of our pop cultured world ran with the golden nugget offered up by their great adversary. This initially resulted in two distinct things...oddly enough (eye roll). The against-at-all-cost bunched yelled loudly with an OMG can he be serious! I knew he was a Muslim!
The defend-at-all-cost bunch started bobbing and weaving in an immediate rope-a-dope (alert-unintentional pun) defensive maneuver and immediately broke the glass on the emergency Conspiracy Theory case to help put out the fires.
Blah-blah-blah, yada-yada-yada the professional spin-masters worked their magic on both sides of the spectrum...and most of America apathetically shook their heads in perplexity once again. Thanks but no thanks Rush and Keith...I got this one.
So what makes this latest issue different from the forty-thousand previous ones in just last week alone? Read your Bible brothers and sisters...matters of Israel are very important to you know Who. Israel is much more to the world than a few ever-changing lines on a map. Christians should know that. ALL Christians should know that Mr. President.
I'm not going into a lesson on the biblical importance of Israel today. The information is too easily available with a quick internet search. But the fate of Israel is far beyond the abilities of men to alter. God's hand is directly upon the Nation of Israel, and their fate was predestined in a promise of prophesy long before the events that unfolded last century.
Ronald Reagan was the last U.S. President to fully understand the importance of Israel in the bigger picture outside of politics.
“The safety and security of the United States and the safety and
security of Israel are all part of a larger cause: the cause of human
rights for every man, woman, and child on this Earth.”
-- Ronald Reagan, remarks at White House Briefing on United States foreign policy, March 15, 1988
Excuse me please...I'm a little chocked up at the moment...
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2 comments:
Holy smokes, what a great line from Ronnie! I keep thinking the end will come, I just didn't think that the US would hasten it.
You are certainly correct, what happens to Israel matters. Great blog.
I'm with you brother, Israel is important to God. Not to mention that they've been great supporters of the US for decades.
I've been concerned with what I was thinking was our President's attitude toward Israel for a long time and his comments this past week just made me more concerned
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