“For those of us who are believers, it’s a Biblical admonition to stand with Israel.”
- Mike Johnson, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Does the Bible admonish Christians to stand with Israel? According to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson, the answer is, yes. And millions of American Evangelicals agree with him due to the Premillennial Dispensationalist eschatology popularized by the Scofield Bible and well-known dispensationalist preachers such as John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel (CUFI).
In a recent post on X, John Hagee said we are on the verge of the Gog Magog war” and expressed concern that the Democrats were urging Israel to “de-escalate” its war against Hamas. He indicated that he would fly to DC and meet with lawmakers. Apparently, Hagee got his way as he met with House Speaker Mike Johnson, who helped Congress rob the American people and send $26.3 billion more in tribute to Israel on top of the untold billions of dollars Americans have already sent to that nation and like will send in the future.
Why do men such as Mike Johnson and John Hagee believe there’s a Biblical “admonition” to stand with Israel? Usually, it starts with a quotation from Genesis 12, “I [God] will bless those who bless you [Abraham] and I will curse him who curses you.” For Christian Zionists such as Johnson and Hagee, this always means sending more American tax dollars to support Israel. But it can also mean lending moral support to Israel to continue its aggressive and deadly policies such as the ongoing bombing of civilians in Gaza and urging Israel not to deescalate. The tens of thousands of dead Gazan civilians are not enough to satisfy Hagee’s blood lust. God requires more bombing.
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