Posted on 07/27/2006 12:49:13 PM PDT by Sabramerican
Mr. Hagee Draws Evangelicals By Arguing Jewish State Fulfills Biblical Prophecy ....
WASHINGTON -- After Israel sent warplanes into Iraq in 1981 to bomb a nuclear reactor, Texas televangelist John Hagee sent letters to 150 fellow Christian preachers to rally support for the Jewish state.
He got just one positive response. .....he says he got a death threat on the phone and someone shot out all the windows of his station wagon....
Last week, as Israel's armed forces pounded Lebanon and worries of a wider conflagration mounted, Mr. Hagee presided over what he called a "miracle of God": a gathering of 3,500 evangelical Christians packed into a Washington hotel to cheer Israel and its current military campaign.
Standing on a stage bedecked with a huge Israeli flag, Mr. Hagee drew rapturous applause and shouts of "amen" as he hailed Israel for doing God's work in a "war of good versus evil." Calls for Israel to show restraint violate "God's foreign-policy statement" toward Jews, he said, citing a verse from the Old Testament that promises to "bless those who bless you" and curse "the one who curses you."
The gathering was sponsored by Christians United for Israel, a national organization the 66-year-old preacher set up this year. The group lobbies politicians in Washington, rallies grassroots support for Israel and aims to educate Christians on what it calls the "biblical imperative" of supporting the Jewish state.
Mr. Hagee is a leading figure in the so-called Christian-Zionist movement. ....
President Bush sent a message to the gathering praising Mr. Hagee and his supporters for "spreading the hope of God's love and the universal gift of freedom." The Israeli prime minister also sent words of thanks. Israel's ambassador, its former military chief and a host of U.S. political heavyweights, mostly Republican, attended.
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Our Pastor, was there in D.C. to "Stand With Israel" as were quite a number of our congregation.
Not only was it "an awsome sight" for the Dim's but hopefully for many non-attending Jews (and just a few of the Muslim shills as well.)
Sorry we couldn't make it. I got the information too late! Thank you Pastor Hagee!
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Pastor Hagee is a great man. Dr D. James Kennedy is another one. They stand for what's right, which is why liberals hate them so much.
Yes, I think he has lost weight and his hair is a bit more gray. I love the man.
Everyone should read his latest book, "Jerusalem Countdown". His services (Cornerstone) this past weekend and next are titled the same. Very very informative and instructive.
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I am Jewish and live in San Antonio. Hagee and my rabbi are good friends, and I've heard him speak at our synogogue. He is genuinely pro-Israel and pro-Jewish, which is directly contrary to the emotion-based fears of those of my Leftist family and friends in the (very prejudiced) northeast about "Bible Belt Christians."
It is truly fun to be able to point out the error of their assumptions, but much more so it is refreshing and an honor to have a man like Pastor Hagee on our side. G-d bless him.
In my part of the country it isn't unusual for churches to hold meetings in support of Israel, and invite some Israeli official to speak. I would imagine it happens elsewhere.
These Leftist Jews should understand that the ONLY friends Israel has in the world are Christian Conservatives.
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