Does it matter? I thought Protestants folow their own, personal, understanding of Scripture and not someone else's. Calling yourself a Calvinist is really somewhat misleading, don't you think? Pat Roberston is a Protetsant! All you Protestants share the notion of sola scriptura and therefore all your errors are equal, no matter what your label is.
If Sharon is doing "God's work" by selling Israel, why is he being "punished" by God, as Pat suggests?
I don't know if that is true. My church follows the "tradition" that the Bible is the inerrant inspired word of God and that in it's original letters it was perfect. After all, it was the work of the Holy Spirit.
If Sharon is doing "God's work" by selling Israel, why is he being "punished" by God, as Pat suggests?
I don't know, I think you should ask Pat. I believe he did have some scriptural basis for his position. I haven't researched the subject, but I suspect that it was God's will that Sharon suffer a stroke. I don't know why and I'm not going to speculate. Maybe because it was just his time to suffer one, or maybe because it will set up some chain of events leading to the coming of the Lord in glory. I don't know.
BTW, if it was God will that he NOT suffer a stroke, then I am confident that he would not have suffered a stroke.
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Do you believe that?