Glenn Beck is a highly unusual individual and something of a
conspiracy theorist. I’ve read his
fiction books which are both interesting and thought provoking. He is a
supporter of Israel and organized and hosted a pro-Israel rally in Jerusalem in
2011. The rally was said to have “Overt Christian overtones” calling on people
around the world to stand with the Jewish state at time when it is facing
mounting criticism. He said, "In Israel, there is more courage in one
small square mile than in whole of Europe, there is more courage in one soldier
than in the cold heart of every bureaucrat at the U.N.”
Actually, Mr. Beck is
reputed to be a Mormon, however, is he a Christian? Does just saying you
"believe in Jesus" make a person a Christian? I don't know what's in
his heart and he does seem to be a complex individual. That said, if he holds
to the core beliefs of Mormonism, he is not a Christian.
This month Mr. Beck
was a speaker at the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) conference in
Washington DC. I found this speech
rather confusing as he tried to put so much into a 30 minute speech. He talked
about Egypt and the beheading of Christians and that what is the answer; the
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Mr. Beck mentioned that our government was on
the wrong side in our stand on Israel and that we must speak up; something I
agree with.
Glenn quoted Scripture including Jeremiah 2:7, “And I
brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness
thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an
abomination.” At the first hearing of
the video I thought Mr. Beck as referring to Israel but no, an analogy to
America. He also quoted Jeremiah 3:14, “Turn, O backsliding children, saith the
Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of
a family, and I will bring you to Zion.”
Mr. Beck called upon Americans to be watchmen on the wall. What
really interested me and ties into our course is Mr. Beck’s near quoting of
Ezekiel 3:18, “When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou
givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to
save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood
will I require at thine hand.“
There was so much more Mr. Beck had to say:
The dangers of Islam in President
Jefferson’s day and today with a history of the term “Leather neck”
He showed artifacts from Nazi
Germany including a napkin that survived the bombing attempt on Hitler
A whip from a Nazi concentration
camp
A teacher’s book of instructions
concerning how to identify which children were Jewish and how to explain their
disappearance to the other children in the class
Yes, Mr. Beck, we are to be watchmen on the wall and not to
turn a blind eye as did most of the world’s people on the horrors of Nazism.
When push comes to shove, God will protect Israel, however, we are to fulfill
Genesis 12:3.
I think Mr. Beck is trying to make a correlation between the supposed blindness to the Nazi agenda by the people of Nazi Germany and how blind we are today. He
said that we choose to be blind. Interestingly enough he referred to Jefferson
and the leather necks. I never knew that they wore leather protection around her neck to make it more difficult to
beheaded.
Jefferson had the Koran printed and said that should be read by
everyone so that they would understand the evils of Islam and he went on to
second Timothy and forewarned of the apostasy would we find ourselves in today
but also a little bit of encouragement from Paul. What I found to be really
interesting it he got into our being a watchmen on the wall; if you
warn people and they don't listen to the blood is on them and if you don't warn them their blood is on you. It's
obviously Glenn Beck considers himself a watchman on the wall and is warning us
to wake up and join him.
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