4/08/2003

Okay. While I'm in the mood I'm gonna rant about something I really care about. I'm sick of people like Tim Lahaye, Jerry Falwell, Hal Lindsey, and Pat Robertson "sharing" the gospel. Nobody I know is going to agree with me on this but I say these people can't be preaching Jesus as Savior on the one hand and expulsion of the Palestinians from the "promised" land of Israel on the other. Jesus is the same name as "Joshua" in the Bible. The Lord Saves. Who does the Lord save? Does he desire the death of one people for the livelihood of another?The book of Joshua just such a historic account. Yeah, now there were reasons. But everyone is still being killed in scores that rival the apocalypse in Revelation.

Speaking of killing, the second Intifadah has claimed and is claiming thousands of lives in the Middle East. The afore mentioned men are all but delighted by it. They're looking forward to Jesus' return and a fulfillment of their little dispensational time lines. Their book sales are up. Hallelujah. Meanwhile my Christian friend in the West Bank is treated like a prisoner in his own home.
Trump your love for Jesus to the world Jerry Falwell! I don't believe you. I don't believe Jesus believes you. Or at least he sees you as seriously deluded. You're doing more harm than good.
Your religion is all about being blind to the here and now in expectation of your mapped out future. So in your plan my Palestinian friends are just furniture being moved. Their lives are meaningless. Regardless of whether they are Christians.
And God help the Jews who are promised the land. I pity them for accepting these men's friendship. They aren't true friends. They don't even really care about their souls. It's all about the timeline.

I wish these guys. . . . Falwell, Lindsey, Robertson, Lahaye would prove me wrong.

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