John and Charles Wesley were early Zionists!

The BDS movement against Israel, which includes Boycotting, Divestment, and Sanctions, is active within Christian churches. Having been a Methodist for over 50 years, it saddens me that the church founded by John and Charles Wesley has fallen prey to this BDS movement.  The Wesley brothers would surely weep over their Methodist church today, because they were early Zionists, believing in the restoration of the Jewish people back to their ancient land even way back in the 1700s!

I just read an article that reveals how far the Methodist church has left its foundations. The author, Avner Boskey, said that Wesley had a revelation of the last days restoration of the Jews to their land of Israel (including today's West Bank and East Jerusalem) coupled with an evangelical heart for Israel's salvation. Charles Wesley even wrote three Zionist hymns based on Scripture.

Hitler used the strategy of boycott against the Jewish people which led to the Holocaust. In a Methodist Conference of the UK in Portsmouth, England, a boycott measure against Israel was passed on June 30, 2010. The decision was made to boycott Jewish goods and services produced in Judea and Samaria in the so-called West Bank and East Jerusalem. Up to this point, the Methodist Church had never boycotted any country.  Israel has the distinction of being the first!

The conference adopted the "Kairos-Palestine" document, declaring that the State of Israel is "a sin against God and humanity." This is close to Adolph Hitler's statements against the Jews. The document did not even denounce terrorism but used words like "peaceful struggle," etc.

In his article, "Aldersgate or Ichabod," Boskey asks the question, "Who will intercede with the God of Jacob so that Ichabod will not be written over the archways and entranceways of the churches of the United Kingdom?" You can read the whole article at http://davidstent.com/aldersgate-or-ichabod/

The Methodist Church is not alone in the BDS movement. Many other churches and groups have joined in. We need to pray and help inform people and to be aware of the enemy's strategies against Israel!