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For Israel, God has a backup plan from Latin America: Based on the rise of Evangelical Christians in the region, Latin America is becoming increasingly pro-Israel
American Thinker ^ | 12/24/2023 | Mike Konrad

Posted on 12/24/2023 9:16:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Sometimes the deity moves in completely unexpected ways.

Right now, it looks like the whole world is ganging up on Israel, except for a few Western (American and European) holdouts, and even these are starting to waffle.

But the deity had a backup plan.

What America’s press has totally ignored is the radical transformation of Latin America.

In Brazil, the population is 31% Evangelical.

In El Salvador, the population is 40% Evangelical

In Guatemala, the population is 40% Evangelical.

In Honduras, the population is 40% Evangelical.

In Chile, the population is 18% Evangelical.

In Argentina, the population is 15% Evangelical.

While America ebbs in its support for Israel, and by extension: Christianity, Latin America is slowly turning to a serious embrace of Evangelicalism, with its concomitant love of Israel. Many of the governments are still leftist, but they are now strongly constrained by a large and growing pro-Zionist evangelical movement.

Guatemala completely identifies with Israel.

El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele has condemned Hamas, even though he himself is of Palestinian extraction.

Why? Because depending on the statistics – in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – Evangelicals are either the largest religious demographic or on the cusp of becoming the largest demographic. Mighty Brazil is not far behind.

The change has been so rapid that even Wikipedia is not keeping up, with one Wikipedia page supporting old data, while another shows more recent numbers.

And this has consequences.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva has moderated his views on the Mideast. He has to, or he would lose all support from the 31% of the electorate which is Evangelical. The prior president, Jair Bolsonaro, was completely in Israel’s camp. And it is unclear if Lula even won fairly. Bolsonaro may reflect Brazil’s true sympathies.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Evangelical Christian; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: evangelicals; hamas; israel
To get a sense of this: Brazil’s Evangelical community may soon outnumber America’s.

That's a Bible Belt.

1 posted on 12/24/2023 9:16:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Argentina has just elected an intensely pro-Israel president who repeatedly talks of converting to Judaism and once waved an Israeli flag at a campaign rally. After Javier Milei won his election, his first foreign trip was a pilgrimage to the Ohel in New York, where Chabad Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson lies buried.
2 posted on 12/24/2023 9:17:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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The red states are still pro-Israel. The blue states are dropping out except for Jewish holdouts in places like New York and Los Angeles.


3 posted on 12/24/2023 9:42:13 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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But the deity had a backup plan.

God doesn't have a "backup plan". He has a plan.

4 posted on 12/25/2023 7:17:42 AM PST by Lee N. Field (I beat wasp nests with a stick for fun.)
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repeatedly talks of converting to Judaism

Those who do not have the Son cannot be said to have the Father.

5 posted on 12/25/2023 7:19:02 AM PST by Lee N. Field (I beat wasp nests with a stick for fun.)
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yet they voted for a lib, versus as evangelicals do 74- 80%, from Bush to Trump.


6 posted on 12/25/2023 8:18:18 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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Surprisingly there will soon be more Christians in China than in the USA.


7 posted on 12/25/2023 8:39:11 AM PST by MattMusson (Sometimes the wind bweek.lows too much)
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God has NO “backup plans”. His Plan A is always flawless in both design and execution!


8 posted on 12/25/2023 2:09:52 PM PST by Theophilus (It's far easier to rig a jury than an electionhe )
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