Remember that couple from college that ended up marrying despite all odds: Miss America and Mr. Nerd or Joe Cool and Wanda Wallflower? The left’s infatuation with Islam constitutes an even stranger match.
The recent liberal support of the flotilla incident again reveals the romantic bond between the left and Islam.
How can the self-appointed protector of women’s rights embrace a group so demeaning and cruel to women in so many ways? How can those who fancy themselves as advocates for civil liberties swoon over those advocating beheading and other mutilation?
On the surface this couple seems to have nothing in common. But a deeper examination reveals a genuine oneness of heart.
To identify the mutual attraction we go back to the sixties and another unlikely love affair of the left, the embers of which still glow. It used to seem odd to me that those who loathed “the oppressive government of the United States” could hold such warm affections toward the Soviet Union in particular and communism in general—the ultimate embodiment of oppression. How does that make sense?
Then it dawned on me. The left loves everyone but Christians and Jews and has especially deep affection for those who hate Christians and Jews.
Buddhism is profound, new age is exciting, secular Europe is intellectual, in fact multiculturalists assure us that every culture is wonderful regardless of brutality toward the weak and other seemingly unflattering characteristics—every culture that is except ones identified with the God of the Bible.
Am I suggesting a conspiracy? Well no and yes. Though the left has leaders that promote its anti-Christian and anti-Jewish initiatives, none is powerful enough or has sufficient reach to function as mastermind behind all this.
On the other hand, the Apostle Paul explains, “…our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (Eph. 6:12) The orchestrator of forces hostile to those associated with the God of the Bible is a spiritual mastermind, supported by an army of other spiritual beings.
However, as we witnessed at the cross, sometimes the Devil overreaches. Likewise, this liberal love for Islam and hate for Israel may have a silver lining. It may serve to drive Jews closer to Christians and Christ.
How fascinating that historically Jewish people constituted the driving force behind the left. Yet now the left has turned on Israel in particular and Jews in general. Many Jewish people are waking up to the reality that their best friends, their only friends, are evangelical Christians who embrace their God and their Messiah.
Just maybe God will use this development to draw Jewish people to the Messiah. Perhaps also many Jewish people will now begin to use their special capabilities to wage war against the liberal forces to which they formerly belonged. Actually, this is already happening.
So let the odd couple enjoy its honeymoon on their love boat.