Dr. Peter Bonady, CEO of Kingdom Life Ministries International in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, said the current war between Israel and Hamas is “a very deep spiritual issue, and one that has been raised by the United Nations and international “This cannot be resolved by public opinion or the law.” Sanctions. ”
Dr Bonady, who is also CEO of Peter Bonady Worldwide, said: “The laws of spirituality are not understood, or at least are not understood, by those driving the international response, so this The problem will only get worse,” he warned. and Peter Bonady Prayer Academy.
Rather than attempt to provide a historical, socio-economic, or political analysis of the issue, Dr. Bonady, who was born in Vincent, said: caribbean life Over the weekend, he will strive to bring spiritual understanding in the hopes of “sowing small seeds in the soil of different contemporary perspectives.”
Dr. Bonadi, who has published more than 16 books, ministered to more than 500 million souls, preached more than 60,000 messages, and delivered thousands of personal prophecies, said in October 2023 that Hamas They launched a large-scale surprise attack on southern Israel.” He is believed to have killed around 1,400 Israeli citizens and taken dozens more hostage. ”
In response, he said Israel had killed tens of thousands of Hamas supporters and civilians in the Gaza Strip and “reportedly destroyed their cities, and it would likely cost tens of billions of dollars to restore them.” It will cost a lot,” he said.
Trying to understand the spiritual nature of the problem, Dr. Bonadi, who holds a doctorate in philosophy of religion from the West India Theological Seminary in St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago, said, “It would be wise to understand what Hamas is.” said. ”
He said Hamas is an “Islamic organization aimed at providing armed resistance to the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip.”
“The United Nations in 1948 gave Israel the right to exist as a state,” Dr. Bonadi said. “But the problem is that there is no formal position to end the decades-old conflict by promoting a two-state solution. Israel continued to occupy the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. ”
He said Hamas is “developing a sinister mission to resist the Israeli occupation, and it is widely believed that their mission is to destroy Israel as a nation and as a people.”
Because the United States and the European Community have designated Hamas as a terrorist organization, Israel “treats it as such,” Dr. Bonadi said.
“And they are using their superior weapons of war to ravage Hamas and its occupied territories,” he said, adding, “The problem here goes beyond the needs of the Palestinians and is a centuries-old “There are forces that incite hatred and hostility,” he added. They will have their own homes and coexist peacefully with Israel as neighbors. ”
In this regard, Dr. Bonadi said that the international community has repeatedly called for the implementation of United Nations resolutions 242 and 338, which call for Israel’s complete withdrawal from the occupied territories.
In getting to what he believed to be the “root of the problem,” he said Israel was chosen by God to be “an incubator for the birth of the Savior of the world (Jesus)” and is therefore blessed by Jehovah God. Ta.
After humans sinned against God in the Garden of Eden, Dr. Bonadi said God’s plan of salvation was carried out.
He said that God chose a people to protect from a sinful culture so that Christ, the Savior, could die through the “substitute death” and appease God’s anger toward human sin (atonement). Ta.
Dr. Bonadi said God could have chosen any people, but He chose Israel.
He said that under the leadership of Moses, God gave them the Covenant of Salvation, which includes about 630 laws, a sacrificial system, a series of promises, and a priesthood.
“These sacred elements enabled them to establish and maintain a relationship with God and experience God’s sovereignty,” Dr. Bonadi said. “Here we see God’s investment in Israel’s place in world history and their sense of uniqueness in their spiritual culture.”
Although he is not an anti-Semite, he said, “Most of the Christian community accepts this as a belief that they are the only people of God and are favored by God more than all other nations on earth.” , the people of the remaining nations mistakenly assumed that it meant that they were God’s people. The people of the world are second-class citizens and inferior citizens.
“That’s not true. God is not unfair and loves people all over the world equally,” Dr. Bonadi says. “Israel therefore not only has the right to defend itself, but it must also exercise this right with respect for the lives of innocent Palestinians.”
Regarding the Abrahamic Covenant, God said that God visited a man named Abraham who lived in Ur of Chaldea, called him from his country and people, and sent him to the land of Palestine.
Dr. Bonadi said at the time the land was occupied by tribes that did not represent God’s divine values and purposes in Israel.
He said God made a covenant with Abraham to give the land to Israel.
“Therefore, as far as the Jews are concerned, God gave them this land and it will be their inheritance forever,” Dr. Bonaday said, adding that a covenant is “a divine sovereign right to which God imposes obligations upon himself. It is a characteristic of Fulfilling specific commitments and objectives within a nation. ”
He said God’s sovereign declaration in this Abrahamic covenant “must be considered perfect and authoritative.”
“It doesn’t matter what brilliant minds think, it doesn’t matter what resolutions the United Nations passes. The unfortunate truth is that whether anyone likes it or not, it cannot be ratified and it cannot be That means you can’t even object,” he said. Bonadie declared.
Considering Genesis 12:1-3, he noted that the Lord said to Abraham: I will make you a great nation and bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. Those who bless you I will bless, and those who curse you I will curse, and all the peoples of the earth will be blessed through you. ”
In this covenant declaration, Dr. Bonaday said that God had blessed Israel with “certain pleasures.”
In his book, Things to Come, he points out that the apocalypse, Dwight Pentecost, quotes specific elements of the Covenant on page 72. A great nation will come out of him. Through him, all other nations of the earth will be blessed (empowered to prosper). Then the land of Palestine will become his home. ”
Dr Bonadi said all of the world’s major religions – Christianity, Islam and Judaism – have claims here.
But this covenantal position is “buried in the Jewish psyche, and they will not back down or surrender,” he said.
“The commitment of both Muslims and Jews is rooted in this belief,” Dr. Bonadi emphasized. “Because they are monotheistic, their beliefs are absolute and leave little room for rationality.”
He said the Muslim people are descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s firstborn son, adding that they “should be the rightful heirs of this covenant.”
But Dr. Bonaday said God chose Isaac, who was 13 years younger, to be the heir to the promises of the Abrahamic Covenant.
“Therefore, this land belongs to Israel and Israel has a sacred right to live there in peace,” he said. “Ishmael’s shocking declaration appears to describe certain Islamic groups envisioning terrorism for many years.”
In this regard, Dr. Bonadi refers to Genesis 16:11-12, which states: You must name him Ishmael. For the Lord hears your misery. He would become a man’s wild ass. His hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand shall be against him, and he shall live in enmity against all his brethren. ”
But Dr Bonadi said the purpose of the agreement was to “change the absolute nature of contractual rights and privileges”.
He said the purpose was to create a sacred culture in which the Messiah, Jesus, would be born.
“Once this is done, Israel need not deny the Palestinian people’s right to self-government and to coexist in peace and prosperity.” “And because they are all descendants of Abraham, they are of the same blood; Isaac and Ishmael are brothers.”
Therefore, Dr. Bonadi said, “Our church is committed to praying for peace among the people of the region.”
He travels around the world, speaking at conferences, seminars, and workshops, and as he addresses this issue, he speaks of “Paul’s position that Jews are no better than any other people in the kingdom of God.” He said he was relying on world.
“Indeed, God chose them for a purpose and blessed them,” Dr. Bonaday said, “to deal with the Palestinian war peacefully, without becoming anti-Semitic, and by emphasizing Israel’s religious superiority.” He talked about “correcting the.”
“Let me repeat the sentiment of Moses: ‘In Abraham are all the nations of the earth,'” he added. “I declare that the international community has the sacred right to hold accountable the excesses and injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people.”
Dr. Bonaday’s best-selling books include Understanding the Kingdom, Curses, Causes, and Cures, Seven Manifestations of Curses, Altar to the Throne, and 10 Habits of Success. there is.
