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Franklin Graham, Samaritan’s Purse Replace Israeli Ambulances Destroyed by Hamas Terrorists
Franklin Graham (Samaritan's Purse)

The evangelical Christian organization Samaritan’s Purse has donated fourteen ambulances to the Magen David Adom, Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross, to replace those that were destroyed by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 attack on Israel.

Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to the Holy Land to dedicate the ambulances in a special ceremony Tuesday.

The 14 Magen David Adom ambulances donated by Samaritan’s Purse to replace those destroyed by Hamas in the October 7 terror attack (Samaritan’s Purse)

As described in a statement by the Samaritan’s Purse organization:

“We don’t always understand why these things happen—why tragedy happens. But we have faith in God and know that He loves us,” Graham said, addressing the families of four fallen medical personnel. “We pray that these ambulances will bring comfort to the people of Israel, knowing that someone can respond to any crisis, so we thank God and we thank God for this organization.”

All 14 ambulances dedicated today were provided by Samaritan’s Purse and dedicated in memory of the fallen. Samaritan’s Purse will also be providing seven additional ambulances, with armor plating, to Magen David Adom.

“Some may ask, why are we doing this?” Graham said. “I’m an evangelical Christian who loves Israel. I believe the Bible teaches that Israel is God’s people. There have been many battles that Israel has had to fight for its freedom.

“My father [Billy Graham] supported Israel. He believed the Bible. I believe the Bible, and I believe every word of the Bible. I don’t understand it all, but I believe it,” Graham said at the National Library in Jerusalem. “We give God the glory. The funds to pay for these ambulances came from Christian people. So, we dedicate these ambulances to God, to His glory, and we honor those who have lost their lives.”

In addition to ambulances provided to Magen David Adom, Graham also committed Samaritan’s Purse to providing new ambulance stations in communities that are most at risk of targeted attacks.

“I would like to express my deep appreciation and thank first and foremost the president of the organization, Reverend Franklin Graham, for his keen ear for the needs of Magen David Adom and the people of Israel and his open heart to help in whatever is needed,” said Eli Bin, director general of Magen David Adom. “On this day, I would like to commend the memory of our fallen heroes and pray for the safety of the IDF soldiers, for the speedy recovery of the wounded, and for the immediate return of the abductees safe and sound to their families.”

Hamas deliberately targeted ambulances in the attack, often disabling them when they attacked Israeli communities so that no one would be able to evacuate the wounded. Breitbart News saw a disabled ambulance in a visit to Kibbutz Be’eri in October.

The evangelical Christian community has been a rock-solid source of support for Israel against Hamas, which is an Islamic fundamentalist terror organization that seeks to murder Jews and impose the Muslim faith throughout the world.

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/01/25/franklin-graham-samaritans-purse-replace-israeli-ambulances-destroyed-by-hamas-terrorists/

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

Franklin Graham, and Samaritan's Purse, the organization he founded to honor and glorify Jesus Christ, are one of the most basic live streaming videos in the world today, of the sacrificial, uncompromising love commanded of His followers by Jesus Christ.

This is Christianity at its core.

James, the half brother of Jesus, said that faith, without the accompanying works resultant as the natural byproduct of that faith, is dead. (James 2:26)

If the world hears only our pious words, but no sacrificial action on our part, then Christianity is dismissed as a sounding brass or a clanging symbol of ineptitude.(1st Corinthians 13:1)

Marty 2020 Loc: Banana Republic of Kalifornia

Jesus was most active in matters of love and mercy, grace and forgiveness. But He also had a strong sense of duty and responsibility to protect the place of worship. He whipped and held accountable, the thieves and money changers in the temple.
We need to remember this as we consider the response to Hamas.

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

God does not change, Marty.

Start where God started: Hamas is accountable, here on earth, to the lawful courts of justice administered by the duly authorized governments instituted by God through Moses, in the Covenant symbolized by the Rainbow He set in the heavens.

"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." (Genesis 1:27)

Genesis 9:5-6 Capital Punishment within the Covenant of the Rainbow:

"And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind."


God's Covenant is reaffirmed in the New Testament:

"For governmental authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword without cause. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the one who does wrong." (Romans 13:4)

As Christians, we follow our risen Lord in administering mercy, love and the gospel of Jesus Christ to the hurting and vulnerable whenever possible, as does Franklin Graham and Samaritan's Purse.

Concurrently, those responsible for administering the laws of Justice must apprehend and punish criminals, murderers... and all the lawless.

One does not contradict the other, our God can walk and chew gum simultaneously.

Marty 2020 Loc: Banana Republic of Kalifornia

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I don’t chew much gum, but it’s likely that I will chew it if God does.
We will be like Him!