John Hagee’s Supernatural Encounter

The term, “Non Conversionary” is heard a lot in Christian Zionist circles. John Hagee began organizing and promoting events to honor Israel shortly after the destruction of the nuclear reactor in Osirak, Iraq in 1981. The Israeli Airforce conducted the difficult and successful raid and the world media was attacking the goverment for daring to take the action to protect the Jews living in Israel.

The action of the Israeli government has long been seen as justified since the raid in 1981 by all but the most ardent of Israel’s enemies. A “Night to Honor Israel” is appropriate for any individual or group of people to do who consider themselves friends of the Jewish State, especially Christians. Why then are these events always organized and promoted as being “Non Conversionary”?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-pro-israel-evangelical-leader-sees-wellspring-of-support-for-jewish-state/ 

Matthew 28:18-20 KJV
[18] And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. [19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: [20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Notice that Jesus does not make any exceptions. He said to teach All nations so that would of course include the Jewish nation that He had been teaching Himself during His ministry here on earth. Jesus made a promise and a prophecy to the Jewish leaders who had rejected Him shortly before He was murdered. 

Matthew 23:37-39 KJV

[37] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! [38] Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. [39] For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

This is an important Bible passage to know because it describes what must happen before Jesus returns to earth to establish His Milleniel Kingdom. If the Jews were somehow prevented from recognizing Jesus as their Messiah, it would prevent Jesus from returning and establishing the Kingdom of God on the earth. 

From the John Hagee article above; 

At the site revered by Jews for 2,000 years following the destruction of the Second Temple, Hagee, 78, a devout evangelical Christian, “felt a very special presence” and had an awakening, he told members of The Times of Israel at a roundtable interview on Sunday. “I really felt that there was something that I should be doing to try to bring Christians and Jews together in a dimension that was nonthreatening, and not trying in any way to be conversionary,” he said.

Here is a question that all of us should be asking;

Just who was that, “Very special presence” that John Hagee felt at the Western Wall? 

Was it Jesus or the Holy Spirit? 

None of us were there and we have only Pastor Hagee’s description of what happened. However based on that alone I think it is possible to make an informed decision and conclude that neither Jesus nor the Holy Spirit would be the source of an “Awakening” that would cause any Christian to hide the message of the Gospel from the Jews. 

So if it wasn’t Jesus or the Holy Spirit, just who was behind that, “Very special presence”?

Again, I think it is possible to make an informed decision on the basis of who would benefit if the Jews were prevented from recognizing their Messiah and thereby causing Jesus’ prophecy in Matt 23 to fail. Satan and all of his anti Christ collaborators would certainly benefit.

In conclusion ...

A Christian who attempts to be “Non Conversionary” is a walking contradiction. It is impossible to be a follower of Jesus and refuse to follow His last and greatest commandment in Matt 28. 

Christians can be friends with Jews without being “Non Conversionary”. It’s easy. Just treat any Jew you meet the same way you would like to be treated and they will gladly be friends with you. It’s like loving your neighbor as yourself which is the second greatest commandment. 

Jesus and the Jews

Is it really necessary to apologize for using Jesus and Jews in the same sentence?

The Great Commission is Jesus’ commandment to His disciples to spread the Gospel to the entire world. Matthew 28:19-20. Why would any Christian apologize for doing that?

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-michele-bachmann-apologizes-for-2015-remarks-about-converting-jews-1.6077894  Michelle Bachman is a paid staff member of Skyline Church in la Mesa, California with a ministry to the United Nations in New York City. She was with her pastor and employer, Jim Garlow and his wife Rosemary in Israel recently for a Bible study in the Knesset that had Jews and Christians participating. Her comments and apology were made to the press immediately following the Bible study and there has been no further statement or clarification on the apology by her or Pastor Garlow. The story was picked up by nearly every media outlet in Israel and many more world wide. Comments have been sharp on both sides.

I believe that pastor Garlow takes Jesus’ Great Commission seriously. That is, for everyone except the Jews. For example:

http://www.jimgarlow.com/books/a-christian%e2%80%99s-response-to-islam/  This is a really excellent piece of work on the Great Commission that was done by Pastor Garlow shortly after 9/11. Everything he wrote back then applies to all of us today. I copied just a portion of the article in the space below but I replaced Muslims with Jews. I put Jews and Judaism in bold italics so it will be easy to see the changes I made. Take a look:

Chapter 8: Authentic Christians – Relating To Jews with Compassion
If you love Jews, you will want to form meaningful relationships with them so that you can appropriately and lovingly share to the truth about Christ. To not do that would mean that we don’t really love them. Five experts on the topic helped Jim Garlow write this chapter.

Really Loving Jews, taken from Chapter 8 of A Christian’s Response To Judaism

Here is the key point of this chapter: to not lovingly share the Gospel with our Jewish friends is to demonstrate that we are really not willing to treat them as friends. What kind of a person would not share life-saving information with his/her friend. What kind of a friend are we (to Jews and other non-Christians) if we just “try to be nice” (such as “platforming” them) but do not articulate in creative and meaningful ways the pathway to Life Eternal? The title of this chapter could have been “How to Really Love a Jew.” To not show someone the way to abundant life is to not love them. Clapping for Jews on the platforms of our churches sounds so good – so vanguard! But it is lethal. It has two results: (1) it “lulls” us into complacency; and (2) and it affirms them in their Christ-less, works-centered attempt to reach heaven. God wants something quite different from us. Compassionately sharing Christ with them (in actions and in words) will make a difference one million years from now – in the destiny of every responsive Jew.

So why is Pastor Garlow so supportive of Evangelical outreach to Muslims, but not to Jews? How is it possible for a pastor to so passionately support preaching Jesus to one group of people but then to apologize for mentioning Jesus to another?

https://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Falwell-Jews-can-get-to-heaven A huge backlash later caused both Falwell and Hagee to backtrack from Dual Covenant doctrine in their sermons. Nothing changed in their actions though toward the Jewish people. CUFI does not preach Jesus to Jews.

http://cufi.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=about_directors  Pastor Garlow is a director of Christians United for Israel CUFI, John Hagee is the founder.

Does Pastor Garlow believe that Jesus is not needed for Jewish salvation?

I don’t know but maybe somebody should ask him.

Why are so Many Church Leaders Aligning with Apostolic Authority?

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Great_Transfer_of_Wealth.html?id=4HX2BgAAQBAJ

The great wealth transfer hasn’t happened yet but many believe that it will happen and soon. Peter Wagner taught that the leaders in the New Apostolic Reformation would participate first in the wealth transfer so that is certainly an incentive for getting people on board early. There are some negative aspects to calling oneself an Apostle today so some leaders try to conceal their identity as an Apostle.

If you have been studying the Apostolic movement and the NAR, you are aware of how many of the leaders try to distance themselves from their own teachings and beliefs. One way they try to hide is by calling each other by the term General instead of Apostle.

http://www.spiritoferror.org/2014/12/the-apostle-generals/5020 Holly Pivec does a great job of explaining this but the comments that follow her posting are amazing. Both sides of the issue are presented and the reader is left with a simple choice to make. Must reading!