Pastor--Christian Zionists Betray Jesus
November 5, 2024
"I have found most Christians are duped Christian-Zionists,
and it's difficult and dangerous to confront them with the truth."
Makow Disclaimer - While I agree with Pastor Thorpe, I hope Trump wins
a landslide. In spite of his support for Israel, he will restore some sanity.
By "Pastor James Thorpe"
(henrymakow.com)
I am a Christian pastor and often use some of your material in my sermons. I regularly use your statement that we live in a satanically possessed world. The proof is all around us.
I have found most Christians are duped Christian-Zionists, and it's difficult and dangerous to confront them with the truth. They are comfortable living in their bubble. I have several diehard Trump supporters in my church that make me cringe. I resist their urging to be more openly pro-trump in my preaching. As you state, he's controlled opposition and no real friend of Christians or freedom. He's a consummate insider, a showman on the same level as B.T. Barnum. A carnival barker who can mesmerize a crowd while stealing their money undetected. Beijing and Moscow must be laughing their socks off at the two stooges running for president. We are in for some rough times.
You are a light and a breath of fresh air in a dark and stagnant world. Keep up the good work. You are making a difference.
And the Band Plays On
From my perspective, it matters little who wins the presidential race tomorrow because everyone is a passenger on the USS Titanic. Whether Trump or Harris are at the helm is irrelevant. My pessimism isn't solely based upon Harris's ineptitude or Trump's narcissism. I'm pessimistic because the US is steaming full speed ahead through an iceberg field of its own design, oblivious to the dangers which lie ahead. Signs of an impending catastrophic collision are everywhere, but the "skipper" is asleep in his cabin and doesn't aspire to be disturbed. He will soon turn over command of the doomed ship of state to a new captain and neither is competent enough to command a Jon boat. Gilligan couldn't do worse. Why am I singing "send in the clowns?"
In case you haven't been paying attention, the world is on fire. Putin's Russia has the upper hand in the obvious proxy war between the US and Russia. The Ukrainian army is nearing collapse. The US and NATO know the end of its war with Russia is in sight. Zelenski's credit card has been canceled. His only hope for Ukraine coming out of the war intact is to provoke Russia into attacking a NATO member. This would bring the US and NATO to his rescue and possibly a nuclear war with Russia. Zelenski is desperate to make this happen; and desperate people do stupid things. Zelenski isn't the only desperate leader. Netanyahu is desperate.
US troops are on the ground in Israel. Biden has sent US troops, aircraft, and ships to protect "our friend Israel" in its war with Amalek (Hamas and the people of Gaza). God ordained Israel's genocidal war with Hamas and the people of Gaza, says Netanyahu (see 1Sa 15). Unfortunately, God is allowing Netanyahu's genocidal war with Amalek to falter. Undeterred, Bibi wants war with Hezbollah and Iran. He desperately needs US military involvement for Israel to win "God's war." Trump is an Israeli firster (meaning whatever Israel does is good for America), while Harris waves the Palestinian flag. Neither are talking peace. Expect continued war if either are elected. The "show must go on" said showman B.T. Barnum.
The US is on the brink of civil war. Civil unrest is a well-known communist tactic used to divide and conquer. This election cycle is a prime example. The anti-Trump hysteria is palpable, and people are acting out in unhinged rage. People wearing MAGA hats or talking positive about Trump in public places are being assaulted or verbally accosted. Police departments all over the US are preparing and bracing for post-election disturbances. The US military has been given the green light to use deadly force against citizens when working with civilian police and governmental authorities (do they know something we don't?).
(and the winner is..)
The US is morally, spiritually, ethically, and financially bankrupt. More communist tactics at work here. Boys and men identifying as females have invaded female locker rooms, restrooms, and are dominating girls' sports. The woke, cancel culture, and defund the police agendas have wreaked havoc in schools, the workplace, and the judicial system. Crime has skyrocketed in every city, which has implemented these agendas. The US is being invaded. Illegal immigrants are being meticulously dumped across small town America courtesy of our government. Springfield Ohio, Logansport Indiana, Aurora Colorado, are in the grips of immigrant overload. In some cities, Venezuelan gangs are running rampant and terrorizing citizens. Murders, physical assaults, robberies, and sexual assaults by illegal immigrants are epidemic. Local officials ignore the seriousness of these crimes until fed-up citizens take to social media and their posts go viral. Even then, officials downplay the seriousness of the problem. Still, the band plays on.
A catastrophic financial disaster of epic proportion is lurking beneath the waters. According to the US Treasury department, as of 11/04/2024, the national debt is $35.95 TRILLION (and increases $8.5 BILLION a day); government spending is $7.2 TRILLION with income at $5 TRILLION. This is over a $2 TRILLION shortfall. No problem. The government will just borrow another $2 TRILLION and add it to the national debt (your share of this debt as a taxpayer is $272,820). It's impossible to borrow yourself out of debt. I'm mindful of humorist Will Rogers' 1931 remark during the grips of the depression, slightly modernized, "We'll be the first nation in the world to go to the poorhouse in an electric automobile." Pay no attention to the icebergs. I'm praying for a miracle. What are you praying for?
George said (November 6, 2024):
https://henrymakow.com/2024/11/pastor--christian-zionists-bet.html
Here in Europe the problems are similar as you describe. Bankrupt countries, illegal immigration, woke agenda etc.
Why am I praying? Is there any meaning in prayer, of a human being? In the Orthodox Church, of course it does. In fact, as our Christ says, he who has Faith can move mountains....
Personally, I pray and hope that Christ will first help me to see my own sins and passions and then that God will enlighten all of us to see and locate the source of the evil that has become gigantic and tends to kill us spiritually. The first and foremost source of evil is our own apostasy.
In the daily Orthodox Synaxarion, many Saints who martyred with their bodies for the Faith in Christ are celebrated daily. They gave their blood.
Many Fathers have mentioned that there will come a time when the martyrdom will be spiritual and not physical. This is exactly what I think, despite my sinfulness, that we live in the Western world. Persecution mainly spiritual, with the imposition of laws that want to annul and forbid, even passages of the New Testament, and then, as happened in the covid era, to close the Churches, so that the Sacraments and basically the Divine Liturgy are not celebrated. In the Orthodox Eastern Church, the presence of the Faithful is essential, the Sacrament is not transmitted by ... remote control from the TV.
Even today, many Christians are persecuted and killed for their Faith, in the East. In Iraq Christians were exterminated, in Syria there are only a few left...
Compared to them, our "martyrdom" in the West, the spiritual persecution that has broken out and is now growing, is less painful.
Truth sets people free. The Truth is Christ. If you believe in His Word, you must have no fear, but be Mighty!
And the Miracle has already happened in your soul!
John 16,33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."