To the Editor,

Christianity today has embraced a theology known as Christian Zionism, which claims that modern Israel fulfills the promises that God made to Abraham in Genesis 12. Amazingly, its proponents have hijacked both the Executive (Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee etc.) and the Legislative (Mike Johnson, Rick Allen, etc.) branches of the federal government. President Washington in his farewell address warned “that our true policy is to steer clear of any permanent alliances.”

In spite of this admonition, the ultimate goal of the Christian Zionist is to guarantee the hegemony of modern Israel in the Mideast and, in the very near future, to destroy Iran by U.S. military power.

To understand how perverse this view is, read the last chapter in the Book of Acts, where the Apostle Paul, a prisoner, writes that for “hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.” The hope of real Israel has always been the Messiah, Alpha and Omega, our redeemer and rock of salvation, and never the blood-soaked soil in the Mideast. That same hope is the anchor of our soul which is emblazoned on our RI seal and flag. Jew and Gentile Christians are the sons of Abraham by faith, not by DNA, and are grafted into a holy kingdom, the Israel of God.

Christian Zionists are fleecing the sheep and they have succeeded in making a shrine out of Palestine, where millions of Christians pilgrimage. Will these wolves in sheep’s clothing also trick the Trump administration into obliterating Iran? (Feb 4, 2025, if Iran assassinates President Trump, he said, “they get obliterated”). This may seem fantastical, but consider that Judas Iscariot betrayed the Messiah for only 30 pieces of silver from the religious wolves of his time.

Happy Easter!

Erik Thorp

Warwick