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God's Wrath?

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Gaza evacuation – is it related to Katrina? Photo: Yaron Brenner
 

 

Evangelists tie hurricane to pullout

North Carolina pastor: Katrina no doubt result of decision to remove Jews from their land, every time American takes decisions against Israel, disasters follow

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Published: 09.11.05, 08:47 / Israel News

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef said recently Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment to President George W. Bush for supporting the pullout, but he is not alone, with evangelical Christians in the United States making the same charges.

 

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Jesse Stines of the Blue Ridge Mountain Church in Elk Park, North Carolina, warned that America’s support for the pullout could lead to more disasters, according to a report in the Jerusalem Newswire.

 

“We have watched this for years and every time America makes decisions against Israel we suffer the consequences through disasters,” he said.

 

Stines, who is a staunch supporter of Israel and has visited the country on numerous occasions, says he has been warning people that the Gaza and northern West Bank disengagement would see “the wrath of God released upon our nation.”

 

‘Hurricane Katrina is only the beginning’

 

According to the Jerusalem Newswire, “millions of Bible-believing Christians reject as false the internationally-held position that the Jews of Gaza had stolen land which was not theirs.”

 

“The Jewish people were guilty of only one thing in Gaza,” Stines says. “They were guilty of being obedient to the God of Heaven (Who) said through the prophets that they should rebuild the ancient cities.”

 

“If we continue on with this Road Map – not to peace, but to hell – Hurricane Katrina is only the beginning of disasters that will hit this nation,” he said.

 

According to the report, a number of Jerusalem Newswire readers have sent e-mails in recent days to express their deep concern and ask for prayer for their country.

 

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