In an interview with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Monday, former Congress member Michele Bachmann warned that the United States is on a dangerous anti-Israel trajectory.
Bachmann, who is an unashamed Christian and Dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, sat down with Perkins to discuss the withdrawal of US support from the Jewish State of Israel and its Biblical ramifications.
“We know that the Bible is true, and the Bible says very clearly in Genesis 12:3 that those who bless Israel will be blessed, and those who curse Israel will be cursed, and the United States has had a posture of being pro-Israel, but not always,” she clarified. “There’s times where we have gotten off track in this country. We were extremely pro-Israel from 2016 to 2020.”
However, under the current administration, “now we have taken a decidedly anti-Israel posture, and that is very concerning,” Bachmann, who also serves as Chairman of the Family Research Council board, stressed in the interview.
When asked in what manner the United States is displaying anti-Israel policies, Bachmann listed four primary points of concern with the Biden administration’s recent actions.
Iran Nuclear Deal— Empowering & Enriching Isreal’s Enemy
The first point of issue Bachmann sought to address was the administration’s adamance on revitalizing the nuclear agreement with Iran, which she asserted empowers and enriches Israel’s number one enemy.
“The Iranian agreement was a terrible agreement that came in 2015 under the Obama administration. Really, what it did is it gave 150 Billion dollars to Iran and allowed them to go forward with their program to gain a nuclear weapon someday,” she stated, adding that these billions also enable the Islamic Republic’s funding of terrorism, which she referred to as “Iran Inc.”
“Iran is all about terrorism. They do it through proxies and other nations, but they have one goal, and that is the annihilation of the Jewish State,” she emphasized. “As a matter of fact, the ayatollah wrote a book about seven years ago called We Will Annihilate Israel In 25 Years. They’re very serious and passionate about their goals.”
The Biden Administration wants to revitalize and enhance the nuclear agreement, “enrich Iran with about 135 Billion dollars,” making it 100 times worse, according to Bachmann.
“He says his motivation is because he wants to get the United States out of the Middle East. He thinks, like Obama thought, if Iran is stronger and Israel is weaker, then the United States can stay out of the Middle East,” she described. “No one believes that. It is just the opposite. But as General Gates once said, Joe Biden has gotten every foreign policy wrong in his career, and he is staying consistent when it comes to Israel.”
“It’s hard to believe. The United States blessed Israel more than any other nation, now we are in a position of cursing Israel more than any other nation because we are literally empowering and enriching Israel’s number one enemy, which serves as an existential threat to their survival.”
Pushing Iran and Russia Together
The former congress member further warned that the current administration is also dangerously “putting Iran and Russia together.”
“The Biden administration right now is supposedly pushing back against Russia,” she explained. However, if that is the case, Bachmann questioned why Biden is “denominating Russia as our chief negotiator with Iran” and allowing Russia to work as the contractor to build the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities?
“So these two very bad actors are colluding against the best interest of America and Israel, and Joe Biden is empowering them to do it,” she emphasized.
The further development of Iran-Russia ties is especially significant when considering Biblical prophecy. Ezekiel 38-39 details a future war in which Russia, Iran, Turkey, and others will align themselves together and attempt to invade the nation of Israel from the north, with no intervention from the United States in their defense.
Withdrawl Support Of Israel On The World Stage
“Nations are recognizing that there is nobody home at the white house, and they can do whatever they want to do,” she stated. “All of the rogue bad actors want to see Israel wiped off the map. They see that we are not here to defend Israel. It’s a highly vulnerable time, and that is why the world is very unsteady.”
“Remember, Israel is at a crossroads,” she reminded viewers. “They had four governments that they couldn’t put together, four elections since 2020. Now a fifth is on the horizon because a member of the Knesset said they are pulling out of the very fragile coalition [under Naftali Bennet]. Israel is at its weakest right now. It is very fragile. It is very weak. We have always been the strong horse that has Israel’s back.”
“As we are [also] extremely weak right now, this is the worst possible time for us to demonstrate on the world state that we don’t have Israel’s back,” she urged.
Dividing The Jewish State
Although empowering and encouraging Israel’s enemies presents a grave danger to the Jewish State, there may be an issue relating to Israel that presents an even more significant risk to America’s standing with God.
Possibly the most concerning way the United States is demonstrating a withdrawal of support is its stated goal of dividing the land, which carries with it great Biblical concern.
“The Biden administration is seeking to take the Golan Heights, which President Trump recognized. Israel owns that; that’s their land. That is now under a big question mark from the Biden administration,” she lamented. “Joe Biden wants Israel to collapse their boundaries back to 1967. There is no basis and no reason why Israel would do that, and yet that is the demand coming forth.”
The Bible sends a stark and prophetic warning against nations that seek to divide the nation of Israel and, specifically, its capital Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12:3 states: “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”
“The Biden administration is seeking to divide Jerusalem so that eastern Jerusalem would become the new capital for the new Palestinian State,” she cautioned. “They’re looking at statehood. They are very adamant. Everything that they are pushing for, that they are doing, is anti-Israel and pro a Palestinian State and Pro-Iran. So the Biden administration is enriching and empowering Israel’s enemies at the expense of peace, prosperity, and security in Israel.”
Nations Will Be Held Accountable—Its Time To Pray
“There is a direct link, as the Bible says, between nations that bless Israel and nations that don’t,” she described. “In fact, the Bible is very clear in Joel 3:2 that there is only one criteria upon which nations will be judged, and that is how nations treat Zion, Israel.”
“If nations seek to divide the land or scatter the Jewish people from their land or treat Jewish life cheaply, nations will be held accountable for that by the Lord. And this is God’s law,” Bachmann asserted.
Genesis 12:3 states, “And I [God] will bless them that bless thee [Israel], and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
Numbers 24:8-9 mirrors the above verse in Genesis with one notable exception. It reminds the reader that it is Almighty God who guards and protects the nation of Israel and “eats up” countries that make themselves enemies of the Jews. Pointedly the text then asks, “who shall stir [God] up?”
With a growing absence of the fear of the Lord in the land, especially amongst current leadership, America will increasingly see the ramifications of provoking and stirring up the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.
In fact, as Perkins and Bachmann emphasized, America is already seeing monumentous turmoil on multiple fronts, including economic.
“I think our economy and all these other things are a curse that have come upon this nation,” Perkins insisted.
The United States’ decidedly anti-Israel position under the Biden administration should not only be of great concern to Christians, but it should prompt believers to pray.
“It’s time to pray,” Perkins and Bachmann underscored.
