It's Tuesday, So the ADL is Concerned About Evangelical Christians
Evangelical Christians are organizing to rally political support for Israel, so of course Abe Foxman is concerned:
Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman was a bit more cautious. He said Hagee's project should be welcomed, but added that Jews and Israelis should be both respectful and wary. Foxman noted that Hagee told the Conference of Presidents that evangelicals support Israel from a biblical perspective, but did not explain exactly what he meant.
We're pretty confident that he meant this:
Q: People say that because the state of Israel was established, that proves the end-times are coming and that is why keeping the Abrahamic covenant, keeping Israel strong, is so important—because it’s a sign of the end-times.
A: I think it is a sign of the end-times. But that’s not the reason to bless Israel. The reason to do it is because God commanded it….Yes, we’re one step closer to the end-times than we were before Israel came back into the land, because my understanding of biblical prophecy is that Israel is established in the land at the time that the events of the Second Coming take place. But the Bible tells us no man knows the hour or the day of his coming.
It's almost like Foxman is being intentionally obtuse just so that he can maintain suspicion between Jews and Christians. We don't want to say that there's a desperate yearning to be relevant involved, but we're pretty sure that Foxman isn't going to stop being "cautious" about evangelical political activity until Mel Gibson makes another movie. So Mr. Gibson, if you're reading this, isn't it about time for you to start pitching in on the ADL's fund-raising efforts again?
Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman was a bit more cautious. He said Hagee's project should be welcomed, but added that Jews and Israelis should be both respectful and wary. Foxman noted that Hagee told the Conference of Presidents that evangelicals support Israel from a biblical perspective, but did not explain exactly what he meant.
We're pretty confident that he meant this:
Q: People say that because the state of Israel was established, that proves the end-times are coming and that is why keeping the Abrahamic covenant, keeping Israel strong, is so important—because it’s a sign of the end-times.
A: I think it is a sign of the end-times. But that’s not the reason to bless Israel. The reason to do it is because God commanded it….Yes, we’re one step closer to the end-times than we were before Israel came back into the land, because my understanding of biblical prophecy is that Israel is established in the land at the time that the events of the Second Coming take place. But the Bible tells us no man knows the hour or the day of his coming.
It's almost like Foxman is being intentionally obtuse just so that he can maintain suspicion between Jews and Christians. We don't want to say that there's a desperate yearning to be relevant involved, but we're pretty sure that Foxman isn't going to stop being "cautious" about evangelical political activity until Mel Gibson makes another movie. So Mr. Gibson, if you're reading this, isn't it about time for you to start pitching in on the ADL's fund-raising efforts again?
