WHICH SIDE?
Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore
May 12, 2019
Scripture Reading: Judges 2:11-13
I received a very disturbing email (on May 3, 2019) from an organization that is headed by the nationally known preacher (John Hagee) who divorced his wife and married a woman who was a member of his congregation; who was disbarred from his church’s denomination as a preacher; and who just moved a couple of miles down the road and started a new ministry. Listen to what this email says. Is it true or false?
“Dear Donald,
Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShaoh), we commemorate the slaughter of 6 million Jews at the hands of the Nazis. Sadly, as we do so, we are simultaneously seeing the rise of that old enemy wearing a new mask. Where once, anti-Semitism was displayed by those in white hoods or wearing the twisted cross of the swastika, today, this hatred hides in plain sight. Only a decade ago, anti-Semites were shunned and despised. Now this appalling bigotry has a platform on Twitter and the New York Times and is applauded in the public square…
Don’t be fooled by those using words like “anti-Zionism” as a fig leaf to hide their bigotry. Let us not become blind to the anti-Semitism that hides in plain sight, where false arguments are used to mask efforts to destroy Israel through Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)…”
It ends with the following pledge:
"I Pledge to "Shine the Light" by:
- Opposing anti-Semitism in all its forms, wherever it may be found
- Educating my friends, coworkers and elected officials about how to identify and condemn the anti-Semitism that hides in plain sight
- Fighting those who would use opposition to Israeli policy as a thin veil to hide their hatred for the Jewish state
- Supporting our Jewish neighbors should they ever be victimized by anti-Semites"
Is this email true or false? John Hagee said, “…today we commemorate the slaughter of 6 million Jews at the hands of the Nazis.” How many Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis? How many Nazis were slaughtered by the Jews? The Christians United for Israel organization says that the Nazis slaughtered 6 million Jews, but is it true?