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  1. Kabbalisteille Israel on toki käsitteenä paljon laajempi kuin mikään yksittäinen valtio. Kyse on koko kansasta, jonka yksilöt voivat toki asua missä tahansa.

    Jews are meant to promote all of humanity to the highest degree that humans can reach, and they are also meant to be the first to reach that spiritual level.

    Mielenkiintoinen on myös tuo heidän etymologinen tulkintansa Israel -sanasta:

    Why were they called “Israel”? Ysrael (Israel) is a combination of two words: Yashar (straight) and El (God). Thus, Israel means “Straight to God.” The name implies the essence of the unity among the people of Israel: a profound, eternal bond that connects them to Nature itself, beyond race, nationality, or personal considerations.
  2. Luther on RAUTAA!!!
  3. ...on tässä:

    "Perhaps the best way we can bless Israel is to encourage her to remember, as she deals with her neighbor Palestinians, the profound teaching on justice that the Hebrew prophets proclaimed so forcefully as an inestimably precious gift to the whole world."

    Asia, jonka pitäisi olla itsestäänselvyys kristityille mutta olen ihmetellyt jo vuosikymmenet, ettei se kaikille sitä ole.
  4. Letter to President Bush From Evangelical Leaders

    Published: July 29, 2007
    President George W. Bush
    The White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
    Washington DC 20500

    Dear Mr. President:

    We write as evangelical Christian leaders in the United States to thank you for your efforts

    (including the major address on July 16) to reinvigorate the Israeli-Palestinian

    negotiations to achieve a lasting peace in the region. We affirm your clear call for a

    two-state solution. We urge that your administration not grow weary in the time it has left

    in office to utilize the vast influence of America to demonstrate creative, consistent and

    determined U.S. leadership to create a new future for Israelis and Palestinians. We pray to

    that end, Mr. President.

    We also write to correct a serious misperception among some people including some U.S.

    policymakers that all American evangelicals are opposed to a two-state solution and creation

    of a new Palestinian state that includes the vast majority of the West Bank. Nothing could

    be further from the truth. We, who sign this letter, represent large numbers of evangelicals

    throughout the U.S. who support justice for both Israelis and Palestinians. We hope this

    support will embolden you and your administration to proceed confidently and forthrightly in

    negotiations with both sides in the region.

    As evangelical Christians, we embrace the biblical promise to Abraham: "I will bless those

    who bless you." (Genesis 12:3). And precisely as evangelical Christians committed to the

    full teaching of the Scriptures, we know that blessing and loving people (including Jews and

    the present State of Israel) does not mean withholding criticism when it is warranted.

    Genuine love and genuine blessing means acting in ways that promote the genuine and

    long-term well being of our neighbors. Perhaps the best way we can bless Israel is to

    encourage her to remember, as she deals with her neighbor Palestinians, the profound

    teaching on justice that the Hebrew prophets proclaimed so forcefully as an inestimably

    precious gift to the whole world.

    Historical honesty compels us to recognize that both Israelis and Palestinians have

    legitimate rights stretching back for millennia to the lands of Israel/Palestine. Both

    Israelis and Palestinians have committed violence and injustice against each other. The only

    way to bring the tragic cycle of violence to an end is for Israelis and Palestinians to

    negotiate a just, lasting agreement that guarantees both sides viable, independent, secure

    states. To achieve that goal, both sides must give up some of their competing, incompatible

    claims. Israelis and Palestinians must both accept each other's right to exist. And to

    achieve that goal, the U.S. must provide robust leadership within the Quartet to

    reconstitute the Middle East roadmap, whose full implementation would guarantee the security

    of the State of Israel and the viability of a Palestinian State. We affirm the new role of

    former Prime Minister Tony Blair and pray that the conference you plan for this fall will be

    a success.

    Mr. President, we renew our prayers and support for your leadership to help bring peace to

    Jerusalem, and justice and peace for all the people in the Holy Land.

    Finally, we would request to meet with you to personally convey our support and discuss

    other ways in which we may help your administration on this crucial issue.

    Sincerely,

    Ronald J. Sider, President
    Evangelicals for Social Action

    Don Argue, President
    Northwest University

    Raymond J. Bakke, Chancellor
    Bakke Graduate University

    Gary M. Benedict, President
    The Christian & Missionary Alliance

    George K. Brushaber, President
    Bethel University

    Gary M. Burge, Professor
    Wheaton College & Graduate School

    Tony Campolo, President/Founder
    Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education

    Christopher J. Doyle, CEO
    American Leprosy Mission

    Leighton Ford, President
    Leighton Ford Ministries

    Daniel Grothe, Pastoral Staff
    New Life Church (Colorado Springs)

    Vernon Grounds, Chancellor
    Denver Seminary

    Stephen Hayner, former President
    InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

    Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor
    Northland Church
    Member, Executive Committee of the NAE

    Jo Anne Lyon, Founder/CEO
    World Hope International

    Gordon MacDonald, Chair of the Board
    World Relief

    Albert G. Miller, Professor
    Oberlin College

    Richard Mouw, President
    Fuller Theological Seminary

    David Neff, Editor
    Christianity Today

    Glenn R. Palmberg, President
    Evangelical Covenant Church

    Earl Palmer, Senior Pastor
    University Presbyterian Church Seattle

    Victor D. Pentz, Pastor
    Peachtree Presbyterian Church, Atlanta

    John Perkins, President
    John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development

    Bob Roberts, Jr., Senior Pastor
    Northwood Church, Dallas

    Leonard Rogers, Executive Director
    Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding

    Andrew Ryskamp, Executive Director
    Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

    Chris Seiple, President
    Institute for Global Engagement

    Robert A. Seiple, Former Ambassador-at-Large,
    International Religious Freedom
    U.S. State Department

    Luci N. Shaw, Author, Lecturer
    Regent College, Vancouver

    Jim Skillen, Executive Director
    Center for Public Justice

    Glen Harold Stassen, Professor
    Fuller Theological Seminary

    Richard Stearns, President
    World Vision

    Clyde D. Taylor, Former Chair of the Board
    World Relief

    Harold Vogelaar, Director
    Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice

    Berten Waggoner, National Director
    Vineyard USA