Dear members of the list,
Assalamu Alaikum.Please see the write-up which shows what christian zionism
movement wants. There is no tolerence or co-existence , only wars and
killings.
Shah Abdul Hannan
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Christian Zionism: Terror In Jesus' Name
By Yoginder Sikand
04 December, 2005
Countercurrents.org
Represented by literally hundreds of small denominations and churches
today, particularly in America, Christian Zionism is today a formidable
force and a major actor in global politics. Christian Zionism comes in
various shades, but the core of its message is total, unflinching support to
the state of Israel and the Zionist imperialist project. Christian Zionists
today exercise an enormous clout in the Bush administration. Bush, too, may
himself be characterised in some sense as a Christian Zionist, for his
policies in the Middle East and elsewhere clearly reflect or tally with the
Christian Zionist agenda.
War, conquest and imperialist domination, based on a fanatic insistence on
the absolute truth of Christianity and the racial superiority of the Jews
lie at the very heart of Christian Zionism. Christian Zionists believe that
the Jews are God's 'Chosen People' and that God has given the Jews the
absolute right to complete control over not just Palestine but, indeed, a
vast stretch of territory, extending from present-day Egypt to Iraq, the
so-called 'Greater Israel'. God, they claim, has selected the Jews above all
other people. Hence, they insist, those who oppose the imperialist project
of the advocates of 'Greater Israel' or the Zionist occupation of Palestine
are 'God's enemies', deserving to be crushed by every available means,
including outright war and decimation.
Advocating Israel does not mean, however, that Christian Zionists accept
Judaism as a legitimate means of salvation after Jesus. Nor does it
translate into genuine love for the Jews, a departure from the traditional
teachings of the Church that, for centuries, viewed Jews as
'Christ-killers'. Since Christian Zionists believe that Christianity is the
only religion acceptable to God, and that, as the Bible claims, salvation is
possible only through Jesus, they insist that Jews cannot be 'saved' unless
they convert to Christianity. Yet, because Christian Zionists are dogged
defenders of the state of Israel and are fiercely anti-Arab and anti-Muslim,
they have been able to establish a close nexus with right-wing Jewish groups
and with the Israeli state and are today an integral part of the
American-Israeli axis.
Christian Zionism is a call for global war. The belief that Christianity
is the sole truth, that all other faiths are 'Satanic' or 'false', that the
Jews must all gather in Palestine to fulfil so-called Biblical prophecies,
and that a grand global war will soon erupt leading to the massacre of
hundreds of millions and heralding the 'second coming' of Jesus, who will
establish his Christian kingdom extending till the four corners of the
world, clearly indicate the hate-driven, global expansionist project of
Christian Zionism.
John Hagee is a prime example of a Christian Zionist zealot. He is the
founder and pastor of the Cornerstone Church, in Texas, USA, which claims
some 16,000 members. As with numerous other similar American Christian
fundamentalist preachers, his church is richly endowed and media savvy.
Hagee is the president of the 'Global Evangelism' media company that
broadcasts his daily programmes on television and radio throughout the USA
and around the world. He is the author of numerous books on Christian
Zionism, some of which have been reprinted by Christian fundamentalist
publishers abroad as well.
'Final Dawn Over Jerusalem' is one of Hagee's major writings on Christian
Zionism that well exemplifies the imperialist agenda that lies at its very
core. The aim of the book is to defend the Israeli occupation of Palestine,
to denounce those who seek to protest Israeli atrocities, and to advocate
the cause of 'Greater Israel', all this in the name of Christianity and
premised on the notion of the Jews as being allegedly God's 'Chosen People'.
Racism is integral to the Christian Zionist message, as Hagee makes amply
clear. The Bible, Hagee, says, describes the Jews as 'the apple of God's
eye' [Zech 2:8]. He quotes the Bible as addressing the Jews and declaring,
'For you are a holy people to the LORD your God' and 'the LORD has chosen
you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who
are on the face of the earth' [Deut.14:2]. This means, so Hagee argues, that
those who harm the Jews or the state of Israel or stand in the way of the
design of 'Greater Israel' will 'experience the instant wrath of God'. To
those who dare to challenge the oppressive Zionist state, Hagee announces,
'The man or nation that lifts a voice or hand against Israel invites the
wrath of God'. Such people will, Hagee insists, be 'cursed' by God.
Hagee's notion of God thus appears to be that of a tribal Jewish deity,
who functions as a willing tool in the pursuit of Jewish expansionism. The
Bible was written by Jewish hands, and given that, as many liberal
Christians would themselves concede, much of it is a human product, numerous
Biblical verses were written in order to legitimise the interests of the
community from which its writers were drawn. This would seem obvious to any
discerning layman, but Biblical literalists like Hagee vehemently disagree.
For them every word of the Bible is sacrosanct and divine. Biblical
literalism is pressed into the service of the Christian Zionist imperialist
and racist agenda. Drawing upon numerous verses of the Bible, Hagee argues,
'God watches over Israel as a protective parent hovers over an only child'.
'The nation of Israel', he makes so bold as to declare, 'was created by a
sovereign act of God. All other nations were created by an act of war or a
declaration of men, but Israel was
intentionally created by God so that He would have a physical place of
inheritance on the earth'. Accordingly, Hagee would have us believe that for
this god, who is seen as in need of a 'physical place' for himself, non-Jews
or Gentiles, are second-rate human beings or less, and so can easily be
dispensed with if they are seen as coming in the way of Jewish imperialism.
The tribal Jewish version of God that Hagee presents appears entirely
unjust and arbitrary, far from being impartial in the way he deals with His
creation. Given the fact that the God of the Biblical literalist imagination
is a Jewish deity, and not the universal God who looks upon His entire
creation impartially, he is seen as blessing Jewish conquests of territories
of their enemies. Thus, quoting the Bible, Hagee writes that God gave the
land of 'Greater Israel', a vast swathe of land stretching from Egypt all
the way till Iraq, to the Jews, descendants of Isaac, forever. That being
the case, Hagee suggests that people living in those territories, millions
of Arabs, both Muslims and Christians, have no right to live there or else
must accept to live under Jewish rule. Although Hagee does not say this
explicitly, what this means is that those who refuse to accept Jewish rule
must, therefore, be either killed or expelled.
The god of Hagee's imagination appears as an entirely whimsical real
estate agent. 'God established Israel's national geographic boundaries',
Hagee writes. 'The exact borders of Israel are detailed in Scripture just as
our heavenly Father dictated them', he goes on, adding, 'The divine Surveyor
drove the original stakes into Judean soil and decreed that no one should
ever change these property lines. The real estate contract and lands
covenants were signed in blood and stand to this very hour'. Hence, he
argues, 'Jews have the absolute right as mandated by God to the land of
Israel and, more specifically, to the city of Jerusalem'. Hence, he
suggests, Palestinians have no claim to their own historical land, and must
make way for Jewish occupiers.
Hagee's defence of Zionist imperialism goes to ridiculous lengths.
Laughable as this may sound, he argues, 'Israel has a Spy in the sky'-God
Himself. God, he claims, provides Israel, the Jewish people and the state of
Israel, with special protection. 'No nation in the world can match the
defensive force guarding the State of Israel. The archangel Michael has a
special assignment to guard Israel'. And those who, for any reason oppose
Israel, and this includes Palestinians fighting Israeli occupation and
oppression, are said to incur God's wrath. 'The Lord stands watch in the
darkest night with an eye trained on the nation of Israel and, more
specifically, Jerusalem. Those who fight with Israel fight with Him', Hagee
asserts.
So central is Israel to Hagee's tribalistic version of God that he goes to
the extent of arguing that the fate of each and every person on the face of
the planet depends essentially on his or her attitude to the Jews.
'Prosperity or punishment depends on how we treat Israel', he alleges,
because, he claims, the Jews, as descendants of Abraham 'enjoy heavenly
favour'. To back his claim he quotes the Bible as saying that when God
entered into a covenant with Abraham, He gave him an 'awesome promise',
saying, 'I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses
you. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed' [Gen. 12:3].
Hence, Hagee insists, the United States, and, indeed, anyone else who wishes
to please God, must consistently engage in 'compassionate support of the
State of Israel', adding that, 'The quickest and most effective way to be on
God's side is to stand with the State of Israel and the Jewish people in
their hour of need'. By doing this, he
claims, one can win God's favour, because, 'God blesses the man or nation
that blesses Israel or the Jewish people'.
At no time before, Hagee firmly believes, has support for Israel and
Zionist imperialism, been more crucial than today. This is because, he
claims, Jesus is returning to the world soon, and Israel must be protected
in order to welcome the Messiah. Hagee's image of Jesus in his 'second
coming' bears no resemblance to the familiar notion of the suffering, loving
Jesus. Rather, in his description Jesus appears as a fierce warrior,
rallying Christians to arms and heralding the final, global war, ironically
in the name of the 'Prince of Peace'. In the doomsday scenario that Hagee
outlines, what he calls 'fanatical attacks' by Arabs on Israel, particularly
Jerusalem, would mount. In response, Christians the world over, he says,
must rally behind Israel. At this hour, he insists, 'we must let the world
know that if a line has to be drawn, it will be drawn around Christians as
well as Jews. We are united and indivisible'.
The city of Jersualem, Hagee believes, is the crux of the final battle
before Jesus' 'second coming'. This city, considered sacred by Jews, Muslims
and Christians alike, has been ordained, so Hagee argues, by God to be
'under the exclusive control of the Jewish people' until Jesus arrives
again. The final battle of Armageddon will, he writes, be centred on this
city, with Arabs or Muslims seeking to wrest control of it from the Jews. In
this regard, Hagee says, Christians, for their part, must staunchly defend
Israel and must refuse any peace offers, such as allowing for a shared
Jerusalem or joint control of the town by Jews and Arabs. In particular, he
appeals to the United States to do everything in its power to back Israel
and to crush its opponents, claiming this is the only way to win God's
favour. If America fails to do this, he warns, it would be crushed by God
Himself!
Quoting various verses of the Bible, Hagee describes what he sees as the
unfolding of events of cosmic proportions, ushering in a global war the like
of which has never been witnessed hitherto and heralding the 'second coming
of Jesus'. In this global war, he says, Muslims, whom he regards as
followers of a 'false' religion, would ally with the Russians to fight
against Israel. This would lead to a global nuclear war, with hundreds of
millions being killed. At this point, the 'Anti-Christ' will appear, attack
Jerusalem and will take over the reigns of the world, falsely claiming to
usher in peace. But, this grand deception will not last long, and, instead,
will only lead to even more devastating wars. At this time, Hagee says,
Christians must defend, by every means possible, the Jews and Israel, and
wage war against the armies of those opposed to God's 'Chosen Race', the
Jews. Only then can they be saved, he insists.
After years of global war and terrible destruction, Hagee writes, Jesus
will be sent by God to deliver the world. Mounted on a white horse, he will
arrive at the battlefield at Armageddon. Defeating the 'Anti-Christ' and his
army, he will establish his global kingdom with his capital in Jerusalem,
there to 'rule and reign forever'. Hagee's description of Jesus' future
global kingdom offers little cause to cheer for non-Christians, including,
ironically, even the Jews whom he so ardently defends. It would, as he
himself makes clear, be nothing short of a global Christian empire, and an
antiquated one at that, with kings and queens and presidents still in place!
How they would continue to be around when Jesus rules the whole world is a
mystery that Hagee leaves unsolved.
Ruled by Jesus, Hagee writes, 'Jerusalem, the apple of God's eye, will
become the joy of the world. The city will become the international worship
center, and people from all over the world will make pilgrimages to worship
in the holy temple. Kings, queens, princes and presidents shall come to the
Holy City' to adore Jesus. Presumably, these all will be Christians
themselves, for Hagee quotes the Bible as predicting that 'at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow.and that every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father'.
As Hagee's book clearly indicates, Christian Zionism, rooted in tradition
of the Crusades and a long history of Church triumphalism, is a recipe for
global war and Christian imperialism. Moreover, it reflects a total lack of
genuine spirituality, seeking to reduce the notion of God into a petty,
whimsical and racist dictator who willingly urges the slaughter of innocents
in order to protect the expansionist designs of his supposedly 'Chosen
People'. Of course, Christian Zionism is hardly unique in its use of
religion for such blatantly political ends, but given the immense clout
enjoyed by its advocates today, especially in America, it is a much more
menacing threat to world peace than is sometimes imagined and cannot be
simply dismissed as the ravings of lunatics on the fringe.
Source
http://www.countercurrents.org/us-sikand041205.htm
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