Here’s what Jan Willem van der Hoeven wrote last night to president Trump:
*THE BETRAYER*
Yes, you have first of all betrayed your personal Lord, Master, and soon-coming King of Israel, who will be the Prince of Peace, King of kings, and Lord of all the earth from Jerusalem. You cannot call Him your Lord and then seek to take His place.
Secondly, you have betrayed many faithful and loyal Christian supporters of the Lord and His people Israel who voted for you. They believed that you shared their deeply held convictions concerning God's holy biblical purpose and destiny for Israel, His people, to whom He repeatedly promised the entire Land of Israel as an ETERNAL POSSESSION. Some of your most vocal and important supporters, including key members of your cabinet such as Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and John Ratcliffe, believed that you would stand firmly with Israel.
Thirdly, you have betrayed the suffering people of Iran. After decades of oppression, torture, and the deaths of tens of thousands under a cruel and tyrannical regime, many looked to you and trusted your promises. They hoped that one day they could safely return to the streets of Iran and help establish a government that would be both pro-American and pro-Israel. They believed you would stand with them in their struggle against those who have oppressed them. You betrayed them.
Fourthly, you have betrayed Israel, and you have betrayed your good and loyal friend, Benjamin Netanyahu. It appears that considerations such as money, popularity, concerns about oil and gas prices, and the counsel of people who neither love Israel nor understand the convictions of many Christian believers have become more important than the interests of Israel and America.
This undermines Israel's fundamental right to self-defence, a right that Israel has exercised with a degree of restraint rarely seen in the history of warfare. During the Second World War, Allied forces bombed entire cities, causing immense civilian casualties, often without warning. Cities such as Dresden and Darmstadt were devastated. America ultimately dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to bring the war with Japan to an end.
Do you really want Israel to conclude that the only way to defeat the present mullah regime in Iran is to follow such examples and employ overwhelming force to achieve victory?
Fifthly, and I say this out of genuine love for you as President and for the American people, I pray that you will remember the lessons of history. America helped save Europe from Nazi tyranny. Peace came to Europe not through negotiations with Hitler, but through victory over him. The regime change that followed brought decades of freedom, stability, and blessing to much of Europe, where I was born and raised.
Therefore, I earnestly pray for you, Mr. President, that you will not set yourself against God's eternal Word, against the Apple of His eye—Israel—and thereby forfeit the great future that God may yet have in store for you and your nation.
As Scripture warns:
"The nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste." (Isaiah 60:12)
May God grant you wisdom, courage, and the discernment to stand on the right side of His purposes.
Rev. Jan Willem van der Hoeven
