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Penelope Knight is a non-affiliated, pro-Israel Christian 'average Joe' from Karlstad, MN, no PhDs, no CEO abbreviations, but proud to bear the titles of wife, mother, and grandmother.
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By Penelope Knight
July 3, 2005
Every day I receive numerous email updates from various networks. They are very interesting, very informative, yet very discouraging representations of "the Christian voice".
There are a lot of us, unaffiliated Christians who are pro-Israel out there. I find them one by one, at grocery stores, laundromats, garage sales. It is not only possible, but simple to bring up the Bible, Israel then, Israel today, in conversations. Why not? Do we all want to hear only of illnesses and visits, of childrens? latest victories in school tests or sports? Why not Israel? Just because of geography must we confine our minds and interests to our town, our small counties? I say not.
The anti-Israel sentiment of today is directly related to the Bible's past and future prophesies. We unaffiliated Christian folk do believe in the Bible, but have turned away from organized churches due to our differences of opinion. In my opinion, divesting of investment in Israel by the Anglicans, the Presbyterians, et al, is a huge problem and in that alone I find agreement among my fellow Christians. And so starts the conversation... one person at a time.
I saw a Christian Republican become President by promising an ethical, moral White House and administration; implicit within these promises was a Biblical background and base. But with the evils of power and money, this president has turned his back on his Christian upbringing and is cursing Israel and caving to pressure to give away her God-promised Land. What is truly behind this catering to the Saudis? What is truly behind the attempt to democratize the entire earth? Personally, I do not believe that many entire cultures are "ready" for "democracy".
Having lived among the tribes in the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon indigenes people, I cannot foresee a time when democracy will be the rule of law and politics. So too, I believe, cultures based on extreme Islamic belief systems are ready to elect leaders who are not radical Moslems. Taking their stone-age mentality into the computer chip present is a little beyond the abilities of our president, despite his exuberance. I begin to believe our president is not only not that naive, but has a nefarious background with oil barons and is using catch words ("democracy") to hide his subterfuge. Alas, I voted for him.
And it is not just an American anti-Semitic, anti-Bible phenomenon. The email updates show that the earth's cancer of anti-Semitism that went into a slight remission after the horrors of the Holocaust, have returned in full force. The media, with few exceptions, promotes lies and half truth; governments turn their eyes away from a multitude of attacks on Jews, political parties, lobbyists, while public relation firms, fueled by Arab oil money twist world opinion against the Jews. And I wonder.
Who am I to sit here at my computer, my heart breaking for the Jews in Israel who are being forcibly removed from their G-d given land by world pressure, thinking I can make a difference? I cannot. The brick wall of millions of Israel's enemies is insurmountable by a sole mind. Or so I worry.
I do however believe in G-d's power, and history has proven that miracles do in fact happen. I with my piddling efforts to inform my "one and all" on email list, or in casual conversations, all of my efforts can do nothing. But with G-d's help we can all be instrumental -- in some way, no matter how small -- in stopping this horrible evil against G-d's chosen people. We must bless Israel and not partake in the curse.
I pray you join me. Inform others. Each person, do your own "little something". The Bible says "knock and the door will be opened". Knock. Take action. Pray for Israel, for the Jews both there and here. We must do the knocking and let G-d do the opening. G-d will create the ripple effect.
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