01/15/2009
Pastor Scott Thomas Delivers Powerful
Speech In Support Of Israel
at Miami Solidarity Rally.
Miami Solidarity Rally
Holocaust Memorial
Pastor Scott Thomas
C.U.F.I. Florida State Director
Delivered: Sunday, January 11, 2009
It is my distinct honor to be here today representing Christians United for Israel and the millions of Christian Zionists who are standing in unwavering prayer and support for Israel and the Jewish people here, in Israel, and around the world.
For decades the world has suffered from the bloody hands of Islamo-fascists as they have conducted their pre-meditated criminal activities and inhumane atrocities around the globe. Yet, in the face of their vile attackers, no one country or people has endured more injustice, received more criticism, shown more restraint, or exemplified more character than the state of Israel and the Jewish people.
Since 2001, the world watched as Israel’s soil caught the blood of hundreds of her own men, women and children, while absorbing the impact of more than 10,000 rockets and mortars – all from the hands of these rogue, terror-hearted fanatics. And as for the remedial argument of “proportionate response,” don’t even get me started!
It is for this reason and for the sake of all that is good, just and righteous that Christians United for Israel and Christian Zionists worldwide staunchly support and encourage Israel’s right to defend her borders and her people, in response to the years of unwarranted attacks by Hamas.
Furthermore, we applaud Israel’s ongoing and relentless pursuit of peace with the Arab nations and the peace-loving Palestinian people. We join with you in prayer for a soon and lasting answer for peace.
The Constitution of the United States was signed on September 17, 1787 and immediately became the established framework of our newly formed American government. History records that less than one year after the signing of the Constitution, Francis Hopkinson, a Philadelphia-born judge, poet and co-signer of the Declaration of Independence conceived and proposed the concept of hosting a parade in celebration of this newly established Constitution.
So it was, on July 4, 1788 at 9:30 a.m. that some 5,000 people gathered in a musical procession as the parade commenced in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his many personal memoirs recounting the celebration of that day, Hopkinson wrote the following as one of the most outstanding sights he witnessed on that day:
“the clergy of the different Christian denominations, with the rabbi of the Jews, walk(ed) arm in arm," "united in charity and brotherly love."
http://www.ushistory.org/carpentershall/history/procession.htm
On behalf of Christians United for Israel, it is my sincere honor and privilege to once again extend that Christian arm of charity, love and support to you, our Jewish brothers and sisters – both here and around the world.
As we Christian Zionists earnestly seek to repent and distance ourselves from the centuries of anti-Semitism and sin-filled heresy of our past Christian founders, please know that we stand in solidarity with you and in the defense of the state of Israel. And we declare that Israel’s “right to exist” as a nation and as a people should exceed the boundary of mere “existence.” Instead, we believe in Israel’s “right” to “thrive and flourish,” both as a people and as a nation. For Zion’s sake, we will not be silent!
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