{"id":12712,"date":"2017-12-13T10:39:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T15:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=12712"},"modified":"2017-12-13T11:01:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:01:22","slug":"donald-trumps-victory-part-gods-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2017\/12\/donald-trumps-victory-part-gods-plan","title":{"rendered":"Was Donald Trump\u2019s Jerusalem Decision Part of God\u2019s Plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are President Trump\u2019s recent actions yet another promise fulfilled to evangelicals?<\/p>\n

Last week, President Donald Trump made a historic move with the announcement that the U.S. would officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital and prepare to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to the Holy City.<\/p>\n

American evangelicals, especially those close to President Donald Trump are praising Trump\u2019s Jerusalem decision, hailing his announcement that the United States now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,\u201d Trump said in the White House\u2019s Diplomatic Reception Room. \u201cAfter more than two decades of waivers, we are no closer to lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best-selling author Stephen E. Strang believes this is yet another promise fulfilled to evangelical Christians and the Jewish community.<\/p>\n

In \u201cGod and Donald Trump,\u201d Strang touches on this very prophecy. He gives an inside look at the journey to the Trump White House through firsthand interviews and perspectives from those who were directly involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome say declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel is actually more important than moving the embassy, but it certainly must be a precursor to it,\u201d the \u201cGod and Donald Trump\u201d author writes. \u201cWe must help our evangelical friends understand this, especially those who are only focused on the embassy and not thinking about the significance of Jerusalem. Going forward, it\u2019s important believers pray for the peace of Jerusalem as the implications of these decisions are realized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strang also writes in \u201cGod and Donald Trump,\u201d that only a strong leader like Trump could make such a bold declaration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are ministry leaders and prophetic voices who are convinced God brought Donald Trump, who had said for many years that he was not at all interested in running for public office, to this place for this time,\u201d Strang wrote. \u201cIt may well be that Trump was sent by God as a bull in a china shop to break up the globalist agenda and interrupt the left\u2019s campaign to remake America in their own image. A man with a milder, gentler, less aggressive personality could never hope to take on the forces within the political establishment and prosper, which explains why Donald Trump was the perfect choice for this hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the recent announcement regarding Jerusalem, Trump continues to persist against global voices, standing with Israel and many of his evangelical supporters, Strang said.<\/p>\n

Christians United for Israel founder Pastor John Hagee believes the move was not only bold, but also brave.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Trump is doing is one of the most courageous political things that\u2019s been done in Washington in a long time,\u201d Hagee told CBN News.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany presidents have promised to move the embassy and declare Jerusalem as the eternal capital, but they have promised without performing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christians should care about Israel because the entirety of the Bible beginning at Genesis all the way to the end is God\u2019s position paper on the Jewish People, Hagee explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod found a man by the name of Abraham and He made a covenant with him,\u201d Hagee said. \u201cAbraham, Isaac and Jacob, recorded in the book of Genesis, that He was going to give them a strip of real estate in the Middle East, and that piece of real estate would be theirs forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Israel is the gateway to God\u2019s blessing in the Bible,\u201d Hagee continued. \u201cGenesis 12: \u2018I will bless those who bless you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Many pundits still ask, \u201cHow did Donald Trump win?\u201d and many American evangelicals believe God was involved in this victory. There were Christian leaders who prophesied before the election that God had raised up Trump to lead the nation through a time of crisis. Now that the billionaire reality-TV star convinced many voters that he was for real, many wonder what God is doing now not only in Trump\u2019s life but also in the nation?<\/p>\n

Trump described the move as keeping a campaign promise that other presidents had failed to fulfill.
\nAccording to a recent survey, a plurality of American evangelicals, 45 percent said the Biblical is the biggest influence on their opinion about Israel. Just 41 percent of evangelicals said Jews not only have a \u201cbiblical right\u201d to the land of Israel but also a responsibility to share the land with Palestinian Arabs.<\/p>\n

But other religious leaders, including Pope Francis and Christians living in Israel expressed dire concerns that the move by Trump would incite unrest in the volatile region.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot remain silent about my deep concern for the situation that has developed in recent days and, at the same time, I wish to make a heartfelt appeal to ensure that everyone is committed to respecting the status quo of the city, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations,\u201d Pope Francis said during his general audience at the Vatican.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pray to the Lord that such identity be preserved and strengthened for the benefit of the Holy Land, the Middle East and the entire world, and the wisdom and prudence prevail, to avoid adding new elements of tension in a world already shaken and scarred by many cruel conflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n

American Muslims expressed nearly universal dismay at the move.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn an already violate religion, Mr. Trump\u2019s actions will be akin to dousing gasoline on a burning fire,\u201d said Ebrahim Moosa, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Notre Dame. \u201cThe US will also sign itself into irrelevance in Mideast matters. Without a two-state solution the very future of Israel might be in jeopardy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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