장로교는 살인자 칼빈이 세운 종파로서 카톨릭의 교황 수위권을 바꾼다음 자기가 제네바의 교황행세를
하여 세운 종파였습니다. 그들은 예수 그리스도의 속죄가 일부에게만 미친다는 제한 속죄를 전하며,
유아세례를 가르치고, 예수를 안믿도록 예정해놓은 사람에게는 아무리 전도해도 믿지 않을 것이라는
이상한 교리를 전하는 교파입니다.
진정으로 거듭난 그리스도인들은 반이스라엘 운동에 있을 수 없습니다.
2014. 12. 26 하토브
A proposed resolution at this year’s Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly attempted to strike the word “Israel” from their hymnal.
Every two years the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) meets to decide important policies and determine the short-term direction for the Church. This year’s meeting in Detroit, Michigan marked the 221st General Assembly and the establishment of some truly extreme, anti-Israel measures.
According to the PCUSA’s Post-General Assembly letter to the church, a major accomplishment of the conference included divestment from three corporations – Caterpillar, Hewlett Packard and Motorola Solutions because of their affiliation with Israel. The Assembly’s letter states:
[These investments] are not in compliance with the church’s policy on socially responsible investing. The decision is a significant step in the denomination’s policy that says it should not profit from ‘non-peaceful pursuits’.”
The resolutions by PCUSA driven by their strong anti-Israel stance seems at odds with their association and support of known terrorist organizations that engage in the regular killing of civilians. Earlier this month, Shurat HaDin (the Israel Law Center) filed a legal complaint against the PCUSA for its connections with Hezbollah. The complaint alleges violations of the US tax code for “unlawful lobbying and contact with Hezbollah, a US-designated terrorist organization.”
Presbyterian Picture of “Peace” Includes Hezbollah, But Not Israel
Another issue raised at the GA, which involved a reject proposal, should concern all of those who support Israel. According to a report by The Algemeiner, the proposed resolution stemmed from a complaint filed by a “Palestinian American Presbyterian” who is an Elder in the church.
Photo: www.presbyterianhymnal.org/
The new Presbyterian Hymnal, Glory to God, published in 2013, contained a section of hymns under the heading, “God’s Covenant with Israel.” The Elder who filed the complaint stated, “Because I am a Palestinian Christian, I am uneasy with the word ‘Israel’ in ‘God’s Covenant with Israel.’”
In an effort to deal with the situation, the resolution proposed an entire re-education process to make sure that the church’s membership understands that there is a difference between “biblical Israel” and the modern state of Israel. This included printing up stickers to be put in all the hymnals.
At least for now, the resolution was rejected, but the fact that it was even raised, is cause for serious concern. Antisemites and Muslim extremists alike have justified violence and hatred of Jews and modern day Israel by holding fast to the belief that “Biblical Israel” has no connection to the Holy Land of today. The divestment policies of the PCUSA as well as this proposal to revise religious Hymnals along political lines demonize the Jewish State, and by extension, the Jewish People.
Israel needs your support to keep it united. We must not stay silent while organizations like the PCUSA seek to discredit Jewish claims to the Land of Israel.
Author: Penina Taylor, United with Israel
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