Evangelicals support Donald Trump’s Jerusalem policies more than Jews
US Consulate in Jerusalem (Magister)
Donald Trump was interviewed by Mike Huckabee:
June 25, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump told former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in an interview released over the weekend that evangelical Christians are more grateful than Jews for his moving of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump said that the reaction surpised him.
“I tell you what, I get more calls of thank you from evangelicals, and I see it in the audiences and everything else, than I do from Jewish people,” Trump said. “And the Jewish people appreciate it but the evangelicals appreciate it more than the Jews.”
“It’s not a surprise though Mr. President, because evangelicals are people of the book,” Huckabee replied. “And they believe you kept a promise, were fulfilling really a 3,000-year old commitment to recognize Jerusalem as the capital.”
“I think it’s a nice thing to say because it really affects Jewish people in theory more, but as you say people of the book, people of the Bible,” Trump said. “But the evangelicals really appreciate it and that makes me feel good.” https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-says-evangelicals-appreciate-jerusalem-embassy-more-than-jews-1.6201541
President Donald Trump has been appreciative, if not surprised, evangelical Christians have been even more supportive of the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem than the Jewish people …
The embassy was moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, despite decades of unfulfilled promises of past administrations.
“The embassy was a big thing, but it was for many presidents before me,” Trump told Huckabee. “Everybody campaigned that they were going to move the embassy and nobody did it, and I never understood why. I knew there would be pressure, but I never understood it.”
The world-wide pleas to not got through with it had to be ignored in the final weeks and days before the move, President Trump said.
“Once I did it, it was something very special,” he added. “It’s an important event.” 06/24/18 https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-more-appreciation-jerusalum-embassy/2018/06/24/id/867990/
Palestinians and much of the world community deplored what Donald Trump did.
But, as Donald Trump stated, what he did was an important event.
Various ones, including many evangelicals, consider the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem as prophetic:
Half of evangelicals support Israel because they believe it is important for fulfilling end-times prophecy
May 14, 2018
In December, LifeWay Research conducted a poll evaluating the views of evangelical Americans on issues related to Israel and the politics of the Middle East. (The definition used to identify evangelicals, we’ll note, was more specific than most polls necessitate.) Among the questions was one about the biblical promise of the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants. Two-thirds of respondents strongly agreed that the promise was an eternal one from God. …
But it’s also worth picking out another part of what Jeffress said to CNN. Jerusalem, he said, is “the touchstone of prophecy.” That prophecy is the biblical prophecy of the return of Jesus Christ and the beginning of the Rapture — the end times.
“What kick-starts the end times into motion is Israel’s political boundaries being reestablished to what God promised the Israelites according to the Bible,” Pastor Nate Pyle told Newsweek in January.
This is not an uncommon view.
The LifeWays poll found that 80 percent of evangelicals believed that the creation of Israel in 1948 was a fulfillment of biblical prophecy that would bring about Christ’s return. …
Sixty percent of those age 65 and older said the fulfillment of prophecy was an important factor in their support for Israel. In a follow-up question, 12 percent of respondents said the fulfillment of prophecy was the most important reason they supported the state of Israel. A third pointed to the promise made to Abraham. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/14/half-of-evangelicals-support-israel-because-they-believe-it-is-important-for-fulfilling-end-times-prophecy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.23dc3a24760b
June 24, 2018
Speaking with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on his TBN Christian network last week, Trump complained that while the “mainstream media” and Jews have not offered much praise of the Israel embassy move, it has garnered him lots of thanks from evangelical Christians. …
In May, Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro said Trump fulfilled a “Biblical prophecy.”
“Donald Trump recognized history, he like King Cyrus before him, fulfilled the Biblical prophecy of the God worshipped by Jews, Christians and, yes, Muslims, that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish state and that the Jewish people finally deserve a righteous, free and sovereign Israel,” Pirro said. http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-evangelicals-jerusalem-move-more-jews-mike-huckabee-993013
January 12, 2018
Evangelical Christians overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump because they believe he’ll cause the world to end.
Many have questioned why devout evangelicals support Trump, a man who has bragged about sexual assault, lies perpetually and once admitted he never asks God for forgiveness. Trump’s lack of knowledge of the Bible is also well-known.
Nevertheless, many evangelical Christians believe that Trump was chosen by God to usher in a new era, a part of history called the “end times.” Beliefs about this time period differ, but it is broadly considered the end of the world, the time when Jesus returns to Earth and judges all people. http://www.newsweek.com/trump-will-bring-about-end-worldevangelicals-end-times-779643
May 14, 2018
Trump …’s decision, announced in December 2017, to recognize Jerusalem as the official capital of the state of Israel. What is clear, however, is that, at least in part, that decision is a political gesture to American evangelicals …Trump has good reasons to cultivate their support: Some 80 percent of evangelicals, representing approximately 36 percent of the electorate, supported Trump in the 2016 elections.
The decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, rather than as an issue to be decided in negotiations, drew condemnation from heads of Christian churches throughout the world, including Pope Francis. It widened the rift between American Christian evangelicals who support Israel’s hardline policies and the Christians in Israel and the West Bank, who identify politically as Palestinians. …
The inspiration for Christian support for Israel is linked to Genesis 12:3, in which God promises Abram: “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on Earth will be blessed through you.” Theologically, support for Jews in the Holy Land dates back as far as the 16th century. Politically, it dates back to the late 19th and early 20th century, when British evangelical leader William Hechler worked with Theodore Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, to promote the idea of a Jewish homeland.
A 2015 research poll by the Nashville, Tennessee-based LifeWay Research reported that 69 percent of evangelicals say the nation of Israel was established as a result of biblical prophecy and 73 percent believe “events in Israel are part of the prophecies in the Book of the Revelation.” …
Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum have long welcomed evangelical support. But Netanyahu, who strongly supports Trump, has taken this support to a whole new level. Netanyahu presents himself as the protector of Christian holy sites and a leader in the fight against Islamic extremism, and these stands that appeal to the evangelical base. In turn, Christian Zionists have given strong support for Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist and aggressive agendas, which has translated into some of the Trump administration’s positions. https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-05-14/trump-netanyahu-take-evangelical-support-new-level
February 24, 2018
Some Christians believe World War 3 will start this year.
Serial predictor David Meade, who previously claimed the world would end on September 23 and November 19 in 2017, says WW3 will start in 2018. …
Mr Meade said: “Halfway through the Tribulation the Antichrist declares himself in the rebuilt Hebrew temple in Jerusalem. There’s major trouble from that point forward. Everything escalates a hundredfold. https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/922885/world-war-3-ww3-jesus-prophecy-kim-jong-un-donald-trump-end-of-the-world-nuclear-war
Because of Donald Trump’s decision related to Jerusalem, some think this will make it easier for a ‘Third Temple’ to be built there and that Donald Trump is the biblical ‘Cyrus’ (see Donald Trump reportedly a ‘Cyrus’ preparing the way for a new Jewish temple).
Many evangelicals believe that Donald Trump is ushering in the end times (watch Evangelical support for Donald Trump’s Jerusalem policy). Although we in the Continuing Church of God are NOT Protestant, hence not evangelicals, regular readers of this COGwriter Church of God News page are aware that I have written for years that Donald Trump was ‘apocalyptic’ (watch also Donald: ‘Trump of God’ or Apocalyptic? and/or read my book Donald Trump and America’s Apocalypse).
Is Donald Trump’s Jerusalem embassy move at all prophetic?
Yes.
Partially because of his decisions, in time, events will happen in Jerusalem that will one day result in animal sacrifices being resumed.
Bible prophecy shows that those sacrifices will be stopped by the King of the North (Daniel 9:27b, 11:31) who will align with the final Antichrist.
Until then, there will be conflict and even temporal peace in the Israel/Palestinian region.
For now, US President Donald Trump believes he has increased reasons for evangelical Protestants to vote for him, should he choose to run for re-election in a couple of years.
Donald Trump continues to be apocalyptic.
Some items of possibly related interest may include:
Evangelical support for Donald Trump’s Jerusalem policy BBC asked, “Why do US evangelicals support Trump’s Jerusalem policy?” BBC provided quotes from some believing it has to do with the ‘last days’ while others saying that is not the reason. Hal Lindsey’s book, ‘The Late Great Planet Earth’ is one of the sources pointed to. In this video, Dr. Thiel addresses scriptures related to Jerusalem as well as prophetic ones. He goes over the common ‘fig tree’ interpretation, belief about a ‘Third Temple,’ and statements about animal sacrifices. He explains biblical statements on those subjects as well as the views of certain modern Jewish organizations. This is a video.
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Why is a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem Not Required? Although people like Timothy LaHaye teach a third Jewish temple is required, who is ‘the temple of God” in the New Testament? Does the Bible require a rebuilt Jewish Temple? Here is a related item in the Spanish language ¿Por qué no se requiere un templo judío en Jerusalén? Here is a link to a sermon titled The Temple, Prophecy, and the Work.
Hope of Salvation: How the Continuing Church of God differs from most Protestants How the real Church of God differs from mainstream/traditional Protestants, is perhaps the question I am asked most by those without a Church of God background. As far as some changes affecting Protestantism, watch the video Charismatic Kenneth Copeland and Anglican Tony Palmer: Protestants Beware! [Português: Esperança do salvação: Como a igreja do deus difere da maioria de protestantes]. A sermon is also available: How Does the Church of God Differ from Protestantism?
Beware: Protestants Going Towards Ecumenical Destruction! What is going on in the Protestant world? Are Protestants turning back to their ‘mother church’ in Rome? Does the Bible warn about this? What are Catholic plans and prophecies related to this? Is Protestantism doomed? See also World Council of Churches Peace Plan.
Gaza and the Palestinians in Bible Prophecy What does the Bible teach about Gaza and the fate of the Palestinians? Here is a link to a related video: Gaza and Palestine in Prophecy.
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Does the Church of God need to be headquartered in Jerusalem? Some say so. But what does the Bible teach?
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Continuing Church of God The group striving to be most faithful amongst all real Christian groups to the word of God.
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