Palestinian Christians: Suffering Alone and Ignored by the Body of Christ
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (I Corinthians 12:12, 13)
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. (I Corinthians 12:26, 27)
The title of this column bears the same title as my homily last Sunday, which is taken from the above Scriptures.
The New Covenant has made all who come to faith in Christ one body: the Church, the Body of Christ.
Scofield Futurists (aka Christian Zionists) say that Christ is two bodies: the Body of saved Gentiles and the Body of Jews, saved or unsaved. Futurists are still living in the Old Covenant.
But the New Covenant Scriptures are clear:
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:28, 29)
I submit that as a whole America’s evangelicals are spiritually schizophrenic.
On the one hand, they spend countless time and money sending missionaries around the world. On the other hand, they are completely deaf and dumb to the plight of Palestinian Christians—all of whom are members of the Body of Christ.
But why are evangelicals deaf and dumb to the plight of our persecuted brothers and sisters in Palestine? Because the persecutors are Israelis, who evangelicals erroneously believe are God’s chosen people.
Again, they believe Christ is two bodies: The Gentile Christian Body and the Israeli body, Christian or not. They further believe that the Israeli body can commit any crime, mass murder or genocide against the Christian body—with the blessing of God. Of course, it wouldn’t work the other way around. If that’s not schizophrenia, tell me what is.
The truth is, the Israeli attack against the Body of Christ in Palestine is an attack against the Body of Christ everywhere.
I hear Christians saying, “Things are going to improve with Donald Trump in the White House. See, there is already a ceasefire.”
Bravo to Trump’s Executive Order (EO) freeing the January 6 protesters. Bravo to his EO releasing the documents from the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK. He also needs to unseal the documents from the assassination of Malcom X, 9/11 and the attack on the USS Liberty.
No doubt, Donald Trump will do some things that conservatives will like—including some things I will like. Conservatives and evangelicals are Trump’s base; he is required to mollify them in one way or another, as he made many promises to them.
The one Person Trump didn’t bother to take an oath to is GOD. Donald Trump did NOT put his hand on a Bible when he took the oath of office.
But regarding Palestine: First, there is no ceasefire. Israel has merely shifted the battlefield from Gaza to the West Bank. Plus, if Trump truly wants to bring peace to the Middle East, why is he sending 1,800 2,000-pound bombs (“Bunker Busters”) to Israel this week—during a “ceasefire,” no less? If any of those bombs are used against the Palestinians, Trump will be as guilty of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity as Joe Biden.
Second, Trump has filled his cabinet and top executive leadership positions with uber Zionists—many of them Christian Zionists (Mike Huckabee, Elise Stefanik, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, Sebastian Gorka, Steve Witkoff, etc.).
Now listen very carefully to what Trump told a reporter in the Oval Office shortly after he was inaugurated:
Reporter: How confident are you, Mr. President, that you can keep the ceasefire in Gaza and conclude the three phases of the deal?
Trump: I’m not confident. T
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