With the recent move of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, many evangelical leaders are hailing this as a major victory for the Christian faith and President Trump. Before they begin to bask in the afterglow of their own self-congratulations, bigger questions remain. What has this move actually accomplished? What about the Palestinian Christians? Has scripture been fulfilled? Will Jesus return now? I can't wait for Jim Bakker and Kirk Cameron to finally be right about something.
Before we get ahead of ourselves, let's just hold on for a quick moment. This Zionist want-to-be move has only accomplished creating chaos and bloodshed in an already destabilized region. I guess destabilization is what Trump does best. Destabilize America. Destabilize the church. Got it. What was I thinking?
This move has been hailed by evangelicals in their usual tone-deaf manner. It's all about looking at the world from their own holier-than-thou, western, white-privileged goggles. It's just like how evangelicals approach missions (or their faith, in general). The optics are all that really matters to them. If we actually cared for the region, we'd be looking at both sides of the issue... and guess what? There are over 50,000 Palestinian Christians in the region. You know, the bad guys... right?
This is just a big f*ck you to the Palestinian Christians. It is absolutely shameful to disregard a part of the Christian family like this. Furthermore, anytime Christians ignore groups of people inside or outside of the faith, it's a disgusting act. None of this has to do with Jesus or the Kingdom of God. This is only about pushing a warped, biblically-shallow narrative forward while people's lives are held in the balance. This isn't a biblical move. For the religious right, it's always a political one.
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