As The War Rages Continued

This video with Pastor Jack Hibbs (Calvary Chapel Chino Hills) and Amir Tsarfati (Founder of Behold Israel) is from about 4 weeks ago. I wish I would have shared it then, because there is so much good information. Regardless of my slight, the information is timeless. This is *exactly* what I believe, and Pastor Jack and Amir demonstrate so well why it is so important to stand with Israel.

We were warned early on that once this war got full swing, we would start seeing that US support would change from Israel, to demonizing them. We knew that we would see an all out effort to change the narrative to instead call a for support of the "Palestinians". Well, that didn't take long. And it really shouldn't come as a surprise. I did have one surprise, however, and that was of a negative response to Israel among people that should know better.

I've become frustrated lately with even people on the conservative side, because they, too, are aligning with leftists in the way they view our support for Israel, or lack of it. I'm talking about Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and even Charlie Kirk. I think the catalyst for this lack of support originated with everyone's almost-idol, Tucker Carlson. It comes from a belief that they are only putting "America First". And also, that we shouldn't be involved in foreign wars. What they fail to realize is, this *isn't* a foreign war. This is, as PM Netanyahu has said on multiple occasions, our war too! We are the "Big Satan", after all, and Israel only the "Little Satan". Further, Tucker's anti-war, pacifist beliefs certainly don't help.

Charlie Kirk strongly believes he is pro-Israel, but he recently made very troubling statements regarding that tiny nation. He did some cleanup (in my opinion) with Pastor Jack Hibbs, so I'm going to let that go for now (I think Pastor Jack Hibbs probably set him straight). And I also already explained his statements in my previous post here. But I want to focus on Candace Owens for just a bit, as she has recently been in the spotlight for her troubling views. Even the David Horowitz Foundation, who basically gave her her start, has had to denounce her. I'm very disappointed in her and I will admit a bit surprised. She has recently shown what I believe to be her true colors, and she cannot be excused from criticism, just because she's a conservative.

This is how Candace Owens lost me forever:

• *Referred to Israel as a nation committing genocide; then tried to deny it, doing what I believe was some "cleanup" on Tucker Carlson's podcast. It didn't work for me.
• *Candace basically threw anti-Semitic comments (well-known slurs) at Ben Shapiro, thrusting her Biblical sword into his side and then twisting it.
• *She ignorantly stated that Israel keeps Muslims in state relegated "quarters"...instead of researching and understanding there are 4 separate quarters in Israel: Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian. "Quarters" means where they *choose* to live. No apology from Candace for implying Israel treats Muslims badly.
• *Most egregious for me, she interviewed Norman Finkelstein! Worse than an anti-Zionist, he is a liar, deceiver and hater of Israel! There are some people that one just shouldn't give a voice to, allowing them to spread their corrupt, evil and dangerous message. This was the last straw for me and Candace is without excuse. Her statements and actions regarding Israel are more closely aligned to those of "The Squad" than a Christian conservative.
• *No apology for any of these things.

But anyway, I only express this now, because we need to know exactly where we stand with people we follow and/or even put on a pedestal. They are influencing us. They are influencing America. They gain our support and trust in one way and then they have another view about something else that causes extremely dangerous harm. One can be right about one thing, (even most things!) and be dead wrong about another. We shouldn't give any one our undying support and then follow them into the pit of hell. Anything clearly laid out in Scripture, cannot be left uncorrected, if someone is trying to draw us into a wrong belief. Our support of Israel is one of those things. (Genesis 12:3)

These people with such a large platform influence all of America with what they believe. Some people will just follow them blindly, because they have gained conservatives' trust. We already know the left and most Democrats (I am talking political leadership, not private citizens) do not stand with Israel. Many have a completely different view of the wars taking place there. We expect that of them. But to see conservatives join the same refrain is deeply troubling and needs to be brought out in the open.

These conservatives, if we are not careful, will be the voice that brings the fulfillment of the Bible verse that "every nation will turn against Israel". (Zechariah 12:3 and Chapter 14) The left is already there. *Someone* must bring the right to an anti-Israel view, and then prophecy will be fulfilled completely. We need to be obedient to Scripture and not allow that to happen. These people on the right which I have mentioned, (along with the left) are helping usher in Armageddon when they malign Israel and do not give proper support. We need to be sure we understand that fact and hopefully correct them...even if they otherwise think like us.

I believe now that there has been a cease-fire (even if they don't call it that) that once the hostages are released and the cease-fire is over, the negative reporting about Israel will become even greater and even more belligerent towards them.

If you find yourself confused as to why we should support Israel please listen to this video. It is about 1hour and 42 minutes in length, but will bring clarity to the entire situation.