We hear that Donald Trump is back and running to become the next president of the United States of America!

We too are excited. Trump is good for Israel, and we can sure use the support right now.

I also hear many of my Evangelical Christian friends still claiming that Donald Trump is a real, born again, Evangelical Christian.

Vote for Trump, sure, but is it necessary to keep insisting that Trump has given his life to Christ?

Remind us, if you must, that Trump won the Evangelical vote in the last elections. Or that recent polls still show that up to 80% of white Evangelical voters support Trump. Tell us that Trump will fight for religious freedoms and the right to preach the gospel in Israel, in the US, and around the world. Support him if you believe he is right for the US, for Israel, for the world.

But can you not see that when you claim that Trump is a committed Christian you undermine the very gospel we are trying to share? And not only with the Jewish people?

Have we not together, Jew and Gentile, all these years been laboring to show our people the true face of the Messiah? That Jesus calls us out to be loving, compassionate people? Does not Jesus teach us to love others more than ourselves, and show us how to live a self-sacrificing, honest life, with humility? (Trump constantly boast about himself and his “greatest ever” businesses)

Is it not the Messiah that teaches humility, and the need to forgive and be forgiven? (Trump?)

Stop selling the holiness and purity of our Lord Jesus for cheap religious political gains by telling us that Trump is a follower of our Messiah. You undermine what it means to follow Jesus and put a stumbling block in the path of our people coming to know their Messiah, Yeshua, son of the living God.

For many years Evangelical Christians have been showing strong support to Israel. My Jewish friends and government leaders in Israel appreciate you and your support. My people have come to embrace you as true friends of Israel. Be a real friend, show them the real Jesus.

Tell us that you think Trump understands what’s going on in the Middle East, and will be a faithful, consistent supporter of the Jewish people supporting our right to live in all our God promised lands in Judea and Samaria. Show us how he will even go further than the historical and unshakeable commitment of the US to stand with Israel.

But please, for Zion’s sake, if not for the future of your Church, give Christianity and the Christian faith a little more respect. What good will it be to gain the White House, the Congress, or your entire nation if you forfeit the very soul of biblical faith?