There is much that Ron and Rand say that attract conservatives, but if you just look below the surface, they see NO advantage in support for Israel. I don't want to call them outright Anti-Semites, but they view it as "slanted" to support one country over another and, up until the black messiah, we have supported Israel out in the open and that upsets a libertarian. If they are, in fact, Anti-Semite, then they have a problem with their Christian walk. As Christians, we were adopted, or grafted in, with God's people. God made it plain that He would NEVER turn his back on Israel and bless those that bless them. It doesn't matter if they are being disciplined by God, they are still God's people. There may be individual Jews that make us angry, but we are still family.
IMO, us turning our backs on Israel is bringing a curse upon America as we speak. The fact that we are weakening our sodomy laws is another harbinger. If God takes His blessing from America, it would be possible for a few men with box cutters to kill more Americans than the Japanese did at Pearl Harbor or the strongest economy in the world could collapse over night,.....Oh, been there done that.
The further we retreat from God, the farther He is from us.
During the Duck Dynasty kerfuffle, I had a vision. I could see in my minds eye, America, standing on a high wire over a canyon with hell fire at the bottom and a man weaving back and forth trying to keep his balance, with a raised fist, shaking it at God, and screaming, "What are you going to do about this!" "I'm not afraid of you!"
God's people, here in the US, are NOT praying for their own country and people. They don't understand and fear God anymore, IMO. EVERY CHURCH, of every denomination, should have prayer teams praying for America to turn from it's evil ways. I think it's obvious, we aren't. God has no choice but to bring America to it's knees to bring God back into daily life. I remember right after 9-11, almost every house had a flag out front and many people went back to church. That lasted about 3 months. Obviously, we haven't learned our lesson yet. Without God, we won't be able to win against stone age people with sticks, if God withdraws His blessing. I think Viet Nam proved that. We never lost a battle, yet we lost the war. I still remember the Mag cover stating God was dead. The age of free love, drugs, abortion, and removal of prayer from school, had a high cost. Accepting sodomy, 55 million dead babies, a Muslim president with no Social Security number, accepting an adulterous president that lied under oath, the list is growing daily and we haven't repented yet. God will bring His children to repentance. We have been hearing the love of God so long we have forgotten that Fear of God is the beginning of knowledge. He disciplines because He loves. If your son was playing Russian roulette, would you not do what it took to save him?
Good post.