What Blessing Israel Doesn’t Mean
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Genesis 12:1-3)
Since Israel’s attack on Iran, and especially since President Trump bombed Iran, many conservative, evangelical, and fundamentalist Christians have begun making rash and unqualified statements like “Iran was about to get a nuclear bomb,” “I support Israel,” “Iran shouldn’t be allowed to have a nuclear weapon,” “I stand with Israel,” “Iran deserved to be bombed,” “bombing Iran was an act of self-defense,” “I stand with President Trump,” “we need to support the troops,” “President Trump is the commander in chief,” “President Trump did what Obama and Biden didn’t do,” “Israel has a right to defend itself,” “Iran was a threat to Israel,” or “Iran was a threat to the United States.”
Some of these Christians have foolishly referenced Genesis chapter 1
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