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Thursday, January 5, 2012

John Hagee: Praying for War

This... this is a doozy.  Praying for war.  Where does one even begin?  One verse comes to mind right away, Matthew 5:9. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God."  Another relavant, perhaps moreso, verse is 1 Tim 2:1-2:  "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness."  Does what "Pastor" Hagee preaches sound a think like what Paul writes to Timothy?  Does it sound like an exhortation to pray for our leaders to be quiet and peaceful?

Sadly, John Hagee is focused on one thing:  The return of Christ, or at least his vision of how it will occur.  Mr. Hagee seems to constantly fantasize about the action-hero Jesus who comes to earth with an assault rifle and abs of steel; a Messiah with an attitude, as it where.  A savior who doesn't come to save the sinner, rather one who comes to grip his followers in a manly hug while bidding "hasta la vista" to the chaff he throws in the fire.

Massive, all-out war in the middle east is the fantasy of doomsday evangelicals such as Hagee.  The only way Christ can return is if there's a massive bloodbath in Israel which (for some reason) involves Russia, America, and a modern-day Roman empire, which is increasingly thought to be the EU.  We can only have peace on earth with Christ our lord if the blood of innocents fills the streets of Jerusalem.  Make sense?  Of course it doesn't - but that's Evangelical pre-trib rapture theory for you.  Scripture and logic be damned, we want a war to usher in our hunky savior and we'll pray on cable TV until it happens.

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