No Christian should take a stand against Israel, yet more of them seem to be misled into doing so by their own church heads. The latest to come out of the closet: United Methodists, whose new tagline “It’s time for Palestine” makes one wonder what they could possibly be thinking.
From The Blaze:
He continues: “As the world applauds heroic freedom fighters standing up to dictators and fraudulent presidents across the Middle East, widespread support for the Palestinian people’s aspirations to live free from Israeli occupation is faint.”
Those resolutions include one called “Opposition to Israeli Settlements in Palestinian Land:”
The United Methodist Church opposes continued military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, the confiscation of Palestinian land and water resources, the destruction of Palestinian homes, the continued building of illegal Jewish settlements, and any vision of a “Greater Israel” that includes the occupied territories and the whole of Jerusalem and its surroundings (Resolution 6073).
Then there’s another, “United Nations Resolutions on the Israel-Palestine Conflict.” Calhoun explains:
Even more significant is Resolution 6074, “United Nations Resolutions on the Israel-Palestine Conflict.” It was adopted by General Conference, the denomination’s highest policy-making body, in 2000, then revised and readopted in 2008. It states, “The United Methodist Church calls upon Israel, the Palestinian National Authority, and all States to abide by and uphold U.N. resolutions, International Court of Justice rulings, and international law as the basis for just and lasting peace in Palestine/Israel.”
He says the position of the church is “clear:”
The denomination affirms the will of the international community, expressed through U.N. Security Council resolutions, the Fourth Geneva Convention and other international law instruments, in condemning the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territory. The denomination opposes continued Israeli settlement building on occupied Palestinian territory. The church stands with the Palestinian Christian community, and supports Palestinian efforts towards economic and political self-determination.
Do you ever feel like you woke up one day in a different time and place? Things you never thought to see, occurring all around? One’s equilibrium suffers, surely. Why, when it’s taken years to bring evil to fruition, does it seem so sudden?
Woe to those who come against Israel, for they oppose God.
May 15, 2011
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