Last week, President Donald Trump made history by declaring Jerusalem Israel's capital. In fulfilling one of his campaign promises, the proclamation brought joy to many in the evangelical community.I happened to be in Washington, D.C., the day it happened and caught up with popular speaker and writer Lance Wallnau to discuss the significance of this event. You can listen to it on my
Strang Report Podcast. (Lance is always one of my most popular podcast guests.)
The evangelical community showed its appreciation when the founder of the
Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, Dr. Mike Evans, presented President Trump with the Friends of Zion Award in a ceremony at the White House
on Monday.
The Friends of Zion Award has been bestowed previously on world leaders like President George W. Bush, Prince Albert II of Monaco and Rosen Plevneliev, fourth president of Bulgaria. Dr. Evans—along with Shimon Peres, the ninth president of Israel and former chairman of the Friends of Zion Museum—presented these awards to honor their courageous support of the state of Israel and the Jewish people.
As you can see in the above photo, the event was attended by Vice President Pence, senior advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and faith leaders representing over 150 million Christians globally.
In a phone interview, Dr. Evans told me the award presentation had long been in the works.
"No president in history has ever built such an alliance for the state of Israel and the Jewish people, and no president has courageously stood up for the state of Israel on the global stage as you had, Mr. President," Dr. Evans declared at the ceremony. "President Trump's
historic recognition of Jerusalem will secure his place in history as the first American president to take that step since the founding of the state of Israel in 1948."
Dr. Evans told the president he is "Cyrus," the Persian king raised up by God to let the Jews go back to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity. It's a comparison Dr. Evans says ...
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