By Pastor John Hagee, JNS
As I have said for decades, “if a line must be drawn, let it be drawn around Christians and Jews together. We are spiritual brethren.”
Nearly a decade ago, warning of the rising tide of antisemitism on American college campuses in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Sandra Hagee Parker—my daughter and partner in leading the Christian Zionist movement—noted: “The lessons learned in classrooms today become the policies in the public square tomorrow.”
Since then, the normalization of Jew-hatred in academia that she described has become an all-out war in the public square today. Is it OK to platform bigots unchallenged? Does one apply a realpolitik or a strictly utilitarian approach to the dramatic and vital world of politics?
Not if you call yourself a Christian. It’s just that simple.
We have long said in the United States that we stand with God and country, but unfortunately, there are many loud voices right now ignoring the former and betraying the latter.
In America, Bible-believing Christians must not allow themselves to be deceived into thinking that being a conservative or a Republican or a supporter of the MAGA movement is on the same plane as their faith.
It is not. Nothing in this world, or the next, trumps the word of God.
While some in the public sphere may have only recently come to read the Bible, I’ve studied God’s indescribably benevolent engagement with humankind for seven decades. And the fact is, God’s engagement is predominately and, most importantly, with members of the Jewish faith.
The patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are Jewish. The first family of Christianity—Jesus, Mary and Joseph—are Jews. To deny the Jewish people their place as God’s firstborn—his chosen people—is to deny the reality of the word of God.
Today, Adolf Hitler’s modern philosophical offspring are following a familiar playbook. They hurl against the Jewish people no less than the charge of killing Christ, sinfully ignoring Jesus himself who said: “No man takes my life from me; I lay it down willingly” (John 10:18).
As such, anyone who tries to blame any people group for the death of Christ is merely telling the world that they themselves are not a Christian—for they do not believe in his sacrificial and substitutionary death.
Likewise, modern bowtie wearing bigots preach variations of replacement theology, effectively claiming that God has turned his back on the Jews. This backwards ideology—that the Jews have been replaced in the eyes of God—is as false as it is soaked in blood.
God is not a promise breaker. Our faith, our world—in fact, our very existence—relies, above all else, upon the steadfastness of God’s word. As such, if you do not believe that the Jewish people have a unique relationship with God, as is written in the word, then you are not a Christian.
I have many friends who are not Christian, but none bastardize my faith under any circumstances—let alone in pursuit of online exposure, clicks and cash. To quote slain Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, blaming the Jews for everything “… is demonic, and it is from the pit of hell and it should not be tolerated.” Such people are wicked. Far-right political commentators and podcasters Nick Fuentes, Steve Bannon, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and their ilk will be called to account for every mind they poison.
But despite the treacherous waters in which the United States presently finds itself, never forget that the ark was built long before the flood.
My corner of the Christian world, which grew from 3.8 million members since that day before the Judiciary Committee in Washington to more than 10 million today, has warned, has been prepared and is engaged. In fact, it is why I was compelled to form Christians for Israel (CUFI) in 2006—not because Jew-hatred was flooding our nation but because the storm clouds were beginning to gather.
For those who follow the Bible, we have faith and know that the exceptionalism of any country, including America (and therefore, the inevitable demise of any country) is rooted in the blessing and cursing set forth in Genesis 12:3. This is not a platitude. It is promise seen throughout the word of God from beginning to end. The Bible promises it, and history has proven it.
As I have said for decades, “if a line must be drawn, let it be drawn around Christians and Jews together. We are spiritual brethren.” The line has been drawn. Now is the time for choosing.
Every person who claims to share the Christian faith should know, you will be reminded by our Father in Heaven, that what you did for the least of His Brethren, the sons of Israel, the Jewish people, you did for me (Matthew 25:40). And lest anyone forget, there is no expiration date on God’s unambiguous warning, “Dare not touch my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.” (Psalms 105:15)
The inconvenient truth is that the Jewish people did not choose this greatness; God chose it for them. So don’t take it out on them; take it up with God.
In the meantime, they will forever remain chosen and cherished, and millions of Bible-believing Christians in America will continue to stand alongside them.
