About 40 Norwegian Christian leaders and clerics held a special ceremony in the Knesset Wednesday to formally apologize on Norway’s behalf for their role during the Holocaust and the 1993 Oslo Accords. The delegation featured representatives from 21 different organizations, who were greeted by Knesset Christian Caucus members MKs Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) and Gila Gamliel (Likud). The representatives then delivered a speech expressing support for Israel, as well as reservations about the Oslo Accords, which they claimed “rips apart the Land of Israel.” Here is the text of the declaration, given to every Knesset member.
DECLARATION FROM PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS IN NORWAY
WE SPEAK AS CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN NORWAY. WE SPEAK AS LEADERS OF CHURCHES, MINISTRIES, MISSIONS, CHRISTIAN TV AND NEWSPAPERS IN NORWAY. WE REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT REGIONS IN NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. WE REPRESENT THE TWO ORIGINAL ETHNIC GROUPS OF NORWAY: THE NORWEGIAN AND THE SAMI.
AS CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN NORWAY, WE REPENT AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FOR NORWAY’S ATTITUDE BOTH IN CHURCH AFFILIATIONS AND ELSEWHERE IN OTHER SPHERES OF THE NORWEGIAN SOCIETY.
WE AS LEADERS FROM THE NORWEGIAN PEOPLE AND THE CHURCH IN NORWAY, AS WE REPENT WE ALSO PROCLAIM THAT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO LEAD OUR NATION INTO CHANGE. IN GRATITUDE TO GOD AND TO THE ISRAELI NATION WE WANT TO SEE A CHANGE IN NORWAY.
Forgive us Israel, as a Nation:
FOR THE OSLO AGREEMENT, DIVIDING UP ERETZ ISRAEL.
FOR THE MONEY FROM NORWAY ENDING UP SUPPORTING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
FOR NOT MOVING OUR EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV TO ISRAEL’S ETERNAL UNDIVIDED CAPITAL CITY, JERUSALEM.
FOR NOT STANDING UP TO DEFEND ISRAEL IN A WORLD WITH INCREASING HOSTILITY.
FOR THE ANTI-SEMITIC AND ANTI-ZIONISTIC ATTITUDE FROM POLITICIANS AND MEDIA IN NORWAY.
Forgive us Israel, as a Church:
FOR NOT STANDING UP MORE CLEARLY TO STOP THE NORWEGIAN ANTI-ISRALI POLITICAL ATTITUDE.
FOR THE FACT THAT GREAT PARTS OF THE CHURCH HAS REJECTED ISRAEL’S ROLE IN GOD’S PLAN.
FOR OUR LUKEWARMNESS TOWARDS THE PERSECUTION THAT YOU HAVE SUFFERED.
FOR THE INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS YOU AS GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE.
FOR CHURCH LEADERS ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-ZIONISTIC STATEMENTS AND OUR FEAR OF TAKING A STAND AGAINST THIS.
FOR ALLOWING REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY TO SPREAD IN THE CHURCHES.
WE, AS A NATION, HAVE A CALLING TO BE AMONG ISRAEL’S STRONGEST ALLIES! WE BELIEVE AND WILL PRAY, WORK FOR AND CALL FOR NORWAY TO STAND AS A STRONG FRIEND AND SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL THROUGH GENERATIONS TO COME!
We want to acknowledge that:
ISRAEL IS THE SPIRITUAL MOTHER OF THE CHURCH AND HAS GIVEN US THE HOLY SCRIPTURE, THE PROPHETS, THE APOSTLES AND EVEN THE MESSIAH HIMSELF, THAT HAS BROUGHT SALVATION TO THE WORLD. THE SPIRITUAL REJECTION OF ISRAEL HAS LED TO AN EXTENSIVE REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY BOTH IN THE NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SPREADING IN THE FREE CHURCHES. GOD HAS CONFIRMED HIS PROMISES TO ISRAEL. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT GOD WILL KEEP HIS PROMISES TO BOTH ISRAEL AND THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE CULTURE AND TRADITION OF OUR NATION IS BASICALLY BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUE WITH CLEAR JEWISH ROOTS.
Forgive us:
FORGIVE EVEN THE GREAT NUMBER OF FRIENDS OF ISRAEL AND GENERALLY THE CHURCH IN NORWAY THAT WE HAVE UP TILL NOW NOT VOICED OUR SUPPORT OF ISRAEL CLEARLY IN OUR NATION.
Forgive us Israel, as a Nation:
FOR THE STRONG FORCES AND LOUD VOICES THAT DEMANDS A BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL ON ALL LEVELS EVEN INTO TRADE.
FOR THE MONEY TRANSFERRED FROM THE NORWEGIAN STATE WHICH INDIRECTLY HAS BEEN USED TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF TERRORISTS.
FOR THE MANY POLITICAL LEADERS THAT REPEATEDLY HAVE ANTI-ISRAELI COMMENTS AND OUR PASSIVITY NOT SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THEM.
FOR THE WIDESPREAD ANTI-ZIONISM IN MEDIA, TV, NEWSPAPERS, RADIO AND INTERNET.
FOR OUR CONSTITUTION THAT HINDERED JEWS TO ENTER THE KINGDOM UP TO 1851.
FOR SENDING JEWS OUT OF NORWAY INTO NAZI DEATH CAMPS DURING WWII.
FOR REJECTING JEWS TO COME TO NORWAY AFTER WWII.
FOR NEGLECTING TO GIVE ISRAEL CREDIT / HONOR FOR THE COUNTRY’S SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY. WITHOUT ISRAEL’S EFFORT, OUR HOSPITALS WOULD NOT FUNCTION AS THEY DO TODAY, NEITHER WOULD OUR COMPUTERS OR CELLPHONES.
FOR MAKING ALLIANCES WITH FORCES SEEKING TO DESTROY THE NATION OF ISRAEL. AS A NATION WE HAVE MADE ALLIANCES WITH FORCES THAT WANT TO DESTROY THE NATION OF ISRAEL. WE WANT, AS SPIRITUAL LEADERS IN NORWAY, TO BREAK THESE ALLIANCES.
THE OSLO AGREEMENT SEEKING TO DIVIDE THE LAND. THE AGREEMENT HAS LED TO A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TRANSFERRED FROM THE NORWEGIAN STATE TO PALESTINIAN GROUPS WHICH HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN TERROR. FOR OPEN FALSIFICATION OF HISTORIC FACTS AND SLANDERING OF ISRAEL.
We acknowledge that:
ISRAEL IS A GREAT BLESSING TO THE WORLD!
THE REVELATION OF GOD CAME THROUGH/FROM ISRAEL.
THE WORD OF GOD CAME THROUGH/FROM ISRAEL.
MESSIAH, OUR SAVIOR WAS BORN AS A JEW IN ISRAEL.
NORWEGIAN MEDIA HAS FOR YEARS GIVEN A BIASED/UNBALANCED COVERING OF THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH A NOTICEABLE BIAS AGAINST ISRAEL.
THE ORGANIZATION OF SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) HAS REQUESTED THAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN WHICH PREVENT THE DEMONIZATION OF ISRAEL IN THE NORWEGIAN MIDDLE EAST DEBATE.
ISRAEL ALSO TODAY IS A BLESSING TO AND FOR THE WORLD. ISRAEL IS A BLESSING IN THE SPIRITUAL, FINANCIAL, CULTURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER AREAS.
As leaders of the different churches in Norway we want in addition to proclaim:
NORWAY AS A NATION HAS A CALLING TO BLESS ISRAEL.
NORWAY AS A NATION HAS A CALLING TO HELP ISRAEL IN SECURING HER BORDERS.
NORWAY AS A NATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE JEWS’ RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP TO ERETZ ISRAEL.
WE, AS A NATION, HAVE A CALLING TO BE AMONG ISRAEL’S STRONGEST ALLIES.
WE BELIEVE AND WILL PRAY FOR, WORK FOR, AND CALL FOR NORWAY TO STAND AS A STRONG FRIEND AND SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL THROUGH GENERATIONS TO COME.
AS HENRIK WERGELAND, TRYGVE LIE, KĂ…RE KRISTIANSEN AND MANY OTHER FATHERS OF OUR NATION, WE WISH TO SEE A NATION AND A PEOPLE WHO BLESS THE NATION OF ISRAEL AND THE JEWS AS A PEOPLE.
“Those that bless Israel shall be blessed and those that curse Israel shall be cursed.” GENESIS 12.2
WE PRAY WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS: “LORD, BLESS ISRAEL!”
(Distributed by ICZC)
As an American of Norwegian ancestry, I add my agreement to this statement. May The Lord honor it and cause it to come to reality in the natural world. God bless Israel, His chosen land and God bless the Jewish people in Israel and throughout the world with His peace and prosperity. Amen!
Awesome. Right on.
What a wonderful statement from the Norwegian church. If only the rest of Europe would wake up to the fact that God has still got His hand on Israel. Come on UK, follow suit. God bless Israel. From a Humble Gentile.
to bad America does not make this declaration.. I know the current president will not but the churches should because while the people were being viciously murdered, the church set in a state of ignore. And even today, do not wish to give any recognition to Israel. Sad but true. There is so much anti-antisemitism in the churches it drives me up a wall. Replacement Theology sets well in many churches, for they still do not recognize Israel.
God bless Norway and God bless Israel. Come on America.
Praying~!
Jesus would be incredibly dissapointed how mislead his flock has become in 2013.
The antiChrist has all but completed its scheme to destroy the Christian West and the brainwashed followers of the false Gods plead forgiveness from Satan’s own spawn.
If you take a moment to consider one of the central messages of the Bible is that Christ himself was relentlessly attacked, harassed, persecuted and eventually murdered by those who curse his name still to this day, it makes depressing reading some have been so mislead they believe the antiChrist to be the victim.
The spirit of Christ will rise again, those beholden to the Satanic tribe must see through all their lies before it’s too late.
Our Christian Western civilisation is teetering on the edge of destruction and its architects have Christ’s followers led by the nose cheering on their extinction.
Norway church, Thank you for your stand, your voice, May the G-d Of Abraham reward you for your support of Israel, PRAISE the L-RD you are waking up! Please pray for my country USA. Pray the True Church wakes up to her Hebraic Roots, and like you takes a firm vocal stand with Israel, I pray some leaders rise up in my country and follow suit.Remember there are 7 Shepherd Nations at the End of Time that do the right thing and come to the aid of Israel when she is being attacked, I pray USA is one of those and your county Norway, Pray for it. G-d has set up the Countries to fulfill the destiny HE wanted them to so Pray it in for your country Norway, become a Sheep Nation. Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!
Blessings to you Norway
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It certainly is impressive that some Norwegians made a forceful statement against antisemitism in their country.
It is good they made it known to the Israelis.
I wonder if this message to the Jewish people was published in their own country,
if their decency and courage was praised or was it condemned by their people.
Thank you all for good will towards each other. How important for our souls to keep peace inside and bless other others instead of to curse!
God blesses us in many ways if we follow His command to love one another. Let is be so!
salut
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Praise the Lord for this declaration of repentance!
The United Kingdom as it approaches the 100 year anniversary of the Balfour declaration has MUCH to repent for! I pray that we will follow Norway in this right and just act.
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. The Undivided and Eternal Capital of Israel.
I honour these norwegians for their courage to do so..
I pray and hope that the Dutch churches and politiciens will do such a thing also.
God bless the jewish people, Israel and the eternal capital of Eretz Israel…!
I am with all my soul and heart with Norwegian Christian leaders who signed such important declaration!
There are many Russian Christians who prays for Israel and who love Israel!
Peace be to Jerusalem, eternal and undivisible capital of Israel!
God bless those that bless Israel.Let this Nation Flourish.In Jesus Mighty name i Pray,Amen.