I recently came across an article from the evangelist Perry Stone. He gives his opinion on why John McCain did not get elected. I find it interesting and very possible. I will give a little bit of what he said. If you would like to read the whole article, click on the title.
Perry states: "Shortly after McCain became the choice of the Republicans, John Hagee stepped forward to endorse McCain. It was then the media found a clip of Hagee preaching a prophetic word which linked the woman on the beast in Revelation 18 to Rome and the Roman church system. Many Bible believing Catholics even believe that an apostate pope will take charge of the church in the future and if confronted with the teaching would actually agree with Hagee’s futuristic interpretation. The media, however, misrepresented the teaching of Hagee and made it appear that he was a Catholic hater. Once the clip from Hagee became public, McCain rejected Hagee’s endorsement due to pressure from some Catholic groups.
Another early endorsement for McCain came from Pastor Rod Parsley. In 2004 it was pastor Parsley’s ministry that began to reveal the importance of selecting leaders who would reject the shedding of innocent blood and same sex relations. His rallies across Ohio actually exposed the hypocrisy of anti-biblical thinking and revealed a conflict of cultures in America. Rod’s messages amazingly translated to a great Ohio victory for President Bush in 2004. The contrast between Bush’s more conservative thought and John Kerry’s liberal stance was evident and Bush won Ohio.
Shortly after Parsley’s endorsement of McCain, the media again went after this great man of God and began to say he had been spewing hate toward Muslims when in fact he had actually exposed fanatical and dangerous forms of Islam. The media painted Rod as a right winged fanatic. Once again, out of fear McCain rejected Rod’s endorsement and Rod stepped aside from the picture.
When McCain was running against Bush for the Republican nomination in 2000, the McCain campaign was in Virginia. There the senator made a very huge blunder, comparing Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell to Louis Farrakkhan and Al Sharpton and called them “agents of intolerance.” He continued, “They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name of the Republican Party or in the name of America shame our faith, our party and our country…”
The fact is the strongest base of the Republican Party is considerably Christian, which includes millions of conservatives, and when they are expelled from the process, it will be impossible for any Republican candidate to ever win the White House, or a congressional seat.
The public rejection of the endorsement of two great ministers was a mistake. Any conservative leader who desires to obtain the highest offices of the land in the future must understand the importance of the conservative Christian base. We are not going anywhere and instead of dying out, these millions of Christians will continue to fight for the causes that are right and just in the eyes of God, including life, marriage, fiscal responsibility and freedom to worship."I think this is a very viable point he makes. I know a lot of Christians that just couldn't jump on board the 'McCain bandwagon', even when Palin joined the ticket. Very interesting indeed.
6 comments:
Boy, you are on a roll aren't you? Three posts in as many days...
Personally, McCain was merely the lesser of 2 evils, as far as I was concerned. I really didn't feel like he got it, and to elect him would have been merely settling. I really think God allowed Obama to win to save us from McCain, and to allow O to show his real colors... I would never say this about the president elect, but I would merely mention it... Give someone enough roap and they will hang themselves.
another prophecy about the end days is that Israelites will begin to go back home- I've been following several Jewish blogs lately and was emotionally surprised about how many are returning "home"... Jews from around the world are migrating back to Israel- some, who are considered "lost tribes" are being brought back by their government and are given land to prosper... Another prophecy is that when the Jews become a nation (1948) again- that generation will not die away before Jesus returns :o)
http://thisisisrael.blogspot.com/2008/11/from-four-corners-of-earthon-wings-of.html
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Yes, this election was the evil of two lessers, indeed. :-)
hey dude,
did you drop off the face of the earth?:) The end is near...and I don't know when it will come; but I am hoping that I get to fulfill the call on my life; there are so many unknowns; its interesting; every single generation since Jesus was alive has believed it was the end; honestly, I don't know how you could believe otherwise; about 6 years ago, the Lord spoke to me and told me that we are at the "beginning of the end"; it seems to be a good reminder to speak of these things, but I confess, the level of healthy urgency is not where I'd like it to be; the Lord has told me to prepare and I cannot say that I have; the only answer is to stay in constant fellowship with Him, something that has been lacking in my life; consistent could replace constant, but one of the two needs to be the norm in our lives. Hope you're doing okay my friend...Pray for us...Mieka and I are both feeling a touch of the "yuck" tonight. Hello to your lovely bride from us.
The End in context is always in our minds and should be in our minds because of the motion it causes us to make. It makes us want to live as Christ lived. I don't know if the end is actually near, but if you live like it is then you will make a difference.
On the election. I think McCain's biggest reasons for losing where all self-generated. He lacked the abillity to talk about anything that I would consider a plan to help Americans. Obama didn't do that either, but he wasn't a republican so that helped him out a lot. If it would of been Clinton, It would of been really bad. Clinton would of made this election a blow out, She carried support of many Republicans. My vote could never go with McCain because he lacks the understanding of what a conservative is. I know the only Presidents I have actually lived under our Bush, Clinon and Bush. None of them are conservatives. You can say Bush is but he isn't. He outspend clinton in every thing. He was very nonconservative.
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