Do you believe that it is our christian duty to defend the state of Israel?
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All I can see is from the Old Testament, Israel fell in and out of God's favor for hundreds of years, when they were bad, they suffered, and when they were righteous they prospered....and from the looks of it, they don't seem to be prospering right now, so what does that tell you?\nI don't know why Christians today can see Israel as doing no wrong, as if they're immune to evil decisions, funny they never were before and suffered plenty for it.\n\nIf we saddle up with Israel we are also guilty of it's evil, they've already rejected Jesus Christ as the Messiah, and that's a biggie.
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It was an encouragement passage for those who were persecuted because of their faith in God.\n\nand no, Christians are not terrorists. People use religion to gain approval for their policial actions through out the age. \n\nI disagree with the war in Iraq. We should not kill. And although the terrorists might be Muslims, but we cannot blame the whole Muslim population. Because we know that Muslim teaches their people not to kill, to be peaceful with everyone, etc \nChristian and Muslim are actually sisters! - Both came from the same Jewish History (But Muslim's ancestor was Ishmael instead of Isaac [Arab descendants]).
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Allow me to clarify some of the confusing responses.\n\nGod is love, Jesus taught us this over and over again in all of His teachings and sermons and parables.  God is love.  And while God's love for us is a higher love, consider the love between parent and child as well as husband and wife as examples of that love, as there are similarities in both.\n\nIf you are a man, would you defend yourself, knowing that if you do not you will die and leave your wife and children without you?  Would you defend them, if necessary?  Of course you would, if you love them.\n\nSometimes in love, it becomes necessary to be "violent", in other words, defend yourself.  I'm not talking about initiating violence, but sometimes you must defend what you love.  God is okay with this, just read the history of the Jews.\n\nAs a Christian, I must look first to God to see if this is within His will, and the better I know Him, the quicker the answer lol.
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Yes, I have. I think it's completely wrong to think that the Jews have to keep the law while we have to believe in Jesus. Jeremiah 31 says that God would make a completely new covenant with the Jews that would be different than the one he made when he brought them out of Egypt. Therefore, there is only one true covenant, and that's the New one --- Christianity.
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Can you justify the logic of establishing a country based on the Bible?\n This smells like homework.
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This is just one of many ideas that people can misuse.\n\nI believe that Christians are supposed to obey the laws of the land unless and until those laws contradict God's laws.  Currently there aren't any civil laws that fall under that category for me.  It's one of those hypotheticals.  This is the first case I've heard of that used that idea as a defense.\n\nI don't know enough about both sides to speak to whether he was justified or not.  The courts unfortunately, because they are so overloaded, often send children back into homes that are really still unfit.\n\nStill, based on what they showed on the segment I saw, he didn't seem justified to me.
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What that's saying, I think, is that God tells us exactly what to do, and it's in His power what to do to you. That's why you shouldn't get mad at Israel-it's God's chosen tribe.
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I absolutely agree with your last sentence.  But I think because the U.S. and U.N carved out Israel from Palestine in 1948 after WWII, we are kind of responsible.  But i still think we should mind our own d@mn business
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Answering as a non-churching Christian, with Catholic-style theology.\n\n1. Yes, to a point. I am responsible for taking care of my fellow believers, and pointing out if they are engaging in reckless/dangerous behaviour. They are also responsible in this regard towards me. If I give in to my dark side, for example, and start smoking crack, I would expect my close Christian friends to band together for an intervention on my sorry kiester! Likewise, if a fellow Christian starts slapping around his wife, when I find out about it, I am to take some sort of saving action; for both their sakes.          \n\n2. Only if asked as a point of theology, or if it comes up in a public setting as a point of law (on which I can vote). Spiritually, our problems are not what we DO, but with our entire BEING. Change the being, and the actions will follow suit.  That is the point of being "born again": all humans need a fresh start from God. Because He loves us, He has provided this!\n\nI think we are a small minority.
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The Evangelist Preached on This Last Night during our Revival. I can see it happening in our life time. More and more situations in the Middle East point to God's soon intervention is Israel. Thy are surrounded, and threatened. When all out war breaks out, and Iran,Russia,Syria, and several African Countries are involved...LOOK UP ! YOUR REDEMPTION IS DRAWING NIGH !\nMARANATHA ! LORD JESUS ! MARANATHA !
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No, it is not true.  There are several reasons for our support of Israel.  For one, they tend to do what we say, which is not a common response from nations in that region.  They also allow us to have bases in the area.  Finally, many Jewish organizations lobby heavily on behalf of Israel, and that does have an effect on political thought.  But as to our government being largely Jewish, I would say that the Christian right currently have a monopoly on government these days.
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Id support Israel doing it if it felt threatened.
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The question should be can you be a Christian and support U.S. policies.
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Definitely!\n\nLook for a third temple to be rebuilt in jerusalem.\n\nLook for people shouting "peace and security" in the middle east, as if some peace agreement was confirmed.\n\nLook for the heart of man to grow cold, and for people to start losing their faith in God.\n\nLook for people to be turning one against another.\n\nLook for persecution of christians in a large scale.\n\nLook for widespead antisemitism (hatred of jews).\n\nI believe that our greatest test is about to come....
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God takes sides??  Does he love this country more than his children in IRAN and IRAQ?  He plays FAVORITES?\n\nOMG.  I thought his love was equal!  Hmm, I guess I'm wrong.. \n\nHe's already bombed the Iraqis..  When you say MIDDLE EAST, do you include Israel, too?  \n\nDo you really think he's going to strike out on Iran?  We don't need to when Israel can do it again.\n\nUgh.. my head hurts from stupid questions like yours.
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How come they are not protecting the CHRISTIAN RIGHT???  We as Christian have rights too...but they want to rip them apart!  Tired of the DOUBLE STANDARDS!!!  Can we sue them?
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I hope so.  If not Israel can deal with it themselves.  Any country that can defeat three countries in seven days is not a country I would want to mess with.