by Pastor Mark Downey
Scripture Reading: Numbers 25:5-13
The question that faces Christendom in general and Identity Christians in particular is: what are you going to do when faced with racial violence? Because of the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman incident, one pastor recently declared “The race war has begun.” But, as I’ve said before, the race war of black on White crime has murdered, raped or robbed over a million White victims in the last 30 years. What I would like to hear declared is that a Holy War has begun and it can begin within our movement, because whether rightly or wrongly portrayed, the Christian Identity movement has been labeled militant and radical. I would prefer the moniker of ‘zealous’ for the Word of Truth. A zealous Christian is not someone who is prone to violence, but is no one’s doormat, and discriminates who walks through his door, allowing mud to be tracked into the house. The current trend of home invasions would be met with the zealous use of a shotgun. But, it is not just our home that is under attack, but the whole house of Israel.
Everything in the Bible is there for a reason and the story of Phinehas is no fluke or anomaly. It’s a model for the zealous believer in the God of Israel.