Sooner or later is was bound to happen. Christianity and Judaism, theologically speaking, have been at odds since Calvary. The two sides can ignore their differences and even manage a marriage of convenience for a period but eventually the differences will cause tensions and an eventual breakup.
The Associated Press reports:
“An evangelical broadcaster who boasted of miraculously securing a TV license in Israel now risks being taken off the air over suspicions of trying to convert Jews to Christianity.
The controversy over “GOD TV” has put both Israel and its evangelical Christian supporters in an awkward position, exposing tensions the two sides have long papered over.
Evangelical Christians, particularly in the United States, are among the strongest supporters of Israel, viewing it as the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, with some seeing it as the harbinger of a second coming of Jesus Christ and the end of days.
Israel has long welcomed evangelicals’ political and financial support, especially as their influence over the White House has risen during the Trump era, and it has largely shrugged off concerns about any hidden religious agenda.
But most Jews view any effort to convert them to Christianity as deeply offensive, a legacy of centuries of persecution and forced conversion at the hands of Christian rulers. In part because of those sensitivities, evangelical Christians, who generally believe salvation can only come through Jesus and preach the Gospel worldwide, rarely target Jews.”
I have long sustained that American foreign policy should not be based on theological grounds. If America decides to support Israel, or any other country, it should do so based on secular grounds. Certainly, not based on a Bible passage or any passage from a religious text.
