Where have all the Christians gone?
Friday, January 9, 2009 at 9:37AM Are there any left out there?
That may seem like an odd question, but as I look at the biblical expectation for Christians, I see that Jesus seemed intent on us protecting the downtrodden, seeking justice for the oppressed, feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. His message seemed to expect us to do these things even when the individuals involved were unpleasant to us (for whatever reason).
So why is it, then, that the US's position on the Israeli/Palestinian situation is still so dogmatically pro-Israel?
It isn't as if the numbers are inclusive - as of this morning Israel had killed at least 760 Palestinians (many of whom were children), according to the AP. According to Israel's Foreign Affairs website, that's more than Palestinian suicide bombers have killed since 2000.
Actually, as I blogged this morning on my other blog, I think it's because of a few things. I'm not interested in going into that here.
What I do want to do here is remind people of the RCA's paper on Christian Zionism. It's available for download on the RCA's website: http://www.rca.org/Page.aspx?pid=1046
It's a rather difficult paper (compared to many of the RCA's papers), but a wonderful resource, and if you're wondering whether or not a "real" congregation is capable of grasping it, they are! I taught through it several years ago in our Adult Sunday School class.
Please check it out and pass it on.
This is one of those situations history will judge us guilty on.
Grace and Peace,
`tim
PS: I know there are some Christians speaking up on about this situation, but we are not nearly loud enough... yet...
Reader Comments (1)
Thank you Tim for drawing our attention to this paper. I was disturbed that the U.S. abstained from the U.N. Security Counsel vote. The whole world needs to be sending the message to both Israel and Palestine that military solutions will not bring peace to the area. I too believe that Christians are commissioned to work for peace and need to add our voices to the chorus clamoring for peaceful solution.