When U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sat down for an interview with commentator Tucker Carlson last week, he probably didn't expect his theological musings to set off a diplomatic firestorm. And yet, here we are.
It all started when Carlson pressed Huckabee about a biblical verse in which God promises Abraham's descendants land "from the wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates."
Asked whether Israel had a divine right to claim that territory (a stretch encompassing modern-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and parts of Saudi Arabia) Huckabee replied: "It would be fine if they took it all."
The backlash was swift. A joint statement from the foreign ministries of over a dozen Arab and Muslim nations expressed their "strong condemnation and profound concern," calling the remarks dangerous and inflammatory. Huckabee later tried to walk things back, saying his comments "somewhat hyperbolic" and clarifying that Israel is not looking to expand its territory.
But was it really hyperbole?
Regardless of how they were intended, Huckabee’s comments reflect a very real movement within Christianity known as Christian Zionism.
So What Exactly Is Christian Zionism?
At its core, Christian Zionism is the belief that the modern State of Israel represents the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, and that Christians have both a spiritual duty and a moral obligation to support it.
The "Zionism" part refers not to Jewish nationalism in the traditional sense, but to a distinctly Christian reading of the Old Testament: that God's covenant with Abraham, which promised his descendants a specific stretch of land in the Middle East, remains active and binding today.
Exact numbers are hard to come by, but by some estimates there are tens of millions people in the United States that hold these beliefs – spread across mostly evangelical and Protestant denominations.
For Christian Zionists, Israel’s success is important because it’s a sign that the world is moving toward the end times described in the Book of Revelation. And that conviction seemingly shapes everything: how they pray, how they vote, and (perhaps) how they conduct diplomacy.
History of Christian Zionism
It would be easy to assume Christian Zionism is a relatively recent invention, especially because the state of Israel wasn’t formed until 1948.
But its roots go back centuries further than that, to a time when Protestant reformers began reading the Bible with fresh eyes and arriving at some very consequential conclusions.
During the Reformation in the 16th century, Protestant Christians questioned the Catholic Church's view that Christianity had replaced Judaism as God's chosen people. A new school of thought began to take hold: What if those biblical land promises were not obsolete, as Catholic doctrine taught? What if God still intended to restore the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland?
By the 17th century, Puritan theologians in England were wrestling seriously with that question. The topic was controversial enough that in 1589, a man named Francis Kett was burned alive for his heretical ideas, which included proclaiming that the Bible foretold a Jewish return to the land.
Zionism Goes Mainstream
Fast forward to the 19th century, and these once-radical notions had grown more mainstream and made their way into the British establishment.
Lord Ashley Cooper, the Earl of Shaftesbury, petitioned the British foreign minister in 1840 to support the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine – half a century before Theodor Herzl launched what most people think of as modern Zionism.
In a surprising historical twist, it was a controversial Christian belief that helped plant the seeds of a Jewish return to the Holy Land.
Dispensationalism and God’s Will
The real accelerant, though, was the theory known as “dispensationalism.” Popularized by Anglo-Irish minister John Nelson Darby, dispensationalism holds that history unfolds in distinct eras, or "dispensations," each representing a different phase of God's relationship with humanity.
Under this framework, the return of the Jewish people to their ancestral land is one of the prophecies that must be fulfilled before the Second Coming of Jesus can occur. This is the piece of the puzzle that explains so much of Christian Zionism's urgency and passion.
For believers in this tradition, supporting Israel carries the weight of divine prophecy – a conviction that is reinforced by one of the most frequently cited verses in Christian Zionist circles, God's promise to Abraham: "I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you."
Applied to the modern State of Israel, that passage is both a theological mandate… and a warning.
From Pews to Policy
Over the decades, American evangelicals have translated these convictions into serious political muscle. Evangelical leader John Hagee founded Christians United for Israel (CUFI) in 2006, and the organization has grown into one of the most influential pro-Israel lobbying forces in the country.
Ambassador Huckabee, a Baptist minister and lifelong Christian Zionist, sits squarely in this tradition – which is why some experts argue his comments were less "hyperbolic" than he claims.
Huckabee may have walked back his claims, but there’s no getting around the fact that the underlying worldview he expressed has tens of millions of adherents, significant political influence, and a very specific vision of how the Middle East fits into God's plan for the end of time.
It's also important to point out that many Jewish groups feel uncomfortable about these beliefs, and in some case outright reject them. In a statement responding to the controversy, an American Jewish group condemned Huckabee's comments:
Whether you find this Christian Zionist vision compelling, unsettling, or something in between likely depends on your own faith tradition – and your own read of the Bible.
But it also raises some interesting questions.
For decades, U.S. administrations have publicly supported Israel on the grounds of national defense and maintaining a strong ally in a region hostile to Western ideas.
In light of the religious beliefs at play, skeptics (perhaps rightfully) ask: could there be ulterior motives behind American support for Israel? Is it possible there is a theological component to U.S. foreign policy decisions in the Middle East?
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Mary Handy Moore
God has not rejected his people. He has not forsaken them. As a way of chastisement, he fulfilled his word in Deuteronomy 28. 400 years was the number God promised he would teach his people by allowing them to suffer harsh servitude, but he would be with them. I don't count this Israel, created in 1948, as the true Israel. I never will. I would not want to serve a God that condones what the European Israel has done to their enemies and anyone else for land and money. Israel is a Zionist entity. Its citizens are more than 50% Zionist. That's enough for me.
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Sir Lionheart
Did you have a particular god in mind? Homosapiens have created so many over the passages of time.
Thank you for your thoughts.
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Jannetje Eleanore Van Went
Ummm...until the Epstein file is opened and we know what is in there, no one should be getting anything, I understand Epstein was largely involved with leaders in Israel, until we confirm who those are and those poor ladies and men that were violated as children get their right observed...men have lost their right to trust of their word... Even Abraham is in question, we question Jesus too, it seems that men will try to hide, conceal information to keep themselves in power regardless of lie or justice...this is a reoccurring theme coming forward this century 20/20 so revelations is right, we will need solid factual unaltered, justifiable proof from men from this point forward...(men's trust has been pushed over the cliff, fallen from grace, tongues black with lies) there is nothing but the words of men we now find have and still do lie to us...this is the only truth we have and the proof is overwhelming...(JFK was murdered by his own security, Epstein unloaded a host of revelations, Mary was Jesus only legacy - women have XX chromosomes there was no Y that could produce a male child...Gods are not human and Kirk Cobain was murdered, not suicide and it is looking like securities...the people we trust the most with our lives...No more, even the Jewish men are fighting this as truth) One thing I know as fact - God did not write that bible or any other words, those pens are in the hands of men, that today we find have lied in the past and continue to lie to keep themselves in power....Prove it or forget it. Israel gave Trump a Peace prize to keep a secret file closed...be truthful men.
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Tami Tabone
First, the God I follow would never have favorites. This is a flaw and pits folks against each other. There is nothing spiritual or Godly in playing favorites, and it creates arrogance and does not promote peace. Second, the whole concept of getting in God's favor by backing one group, does not sound very spiritual to me. I always ask myself, is this kind or is this compassionate to all involved, if the answer is no, then it isn't OK to do. Third, if God wants them to have it, God will give it. It is not for humans to just steal it from others. This whole concept sounds more evil than good. It involves belief that one group if humans is better than another, arrogance, taking away the rights of others, unfairness. And if killing is involved to take the land, that is absolutely against God's commandments.
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Religion as a Weapon is Wrong
As reported: Based on reports from early March 2026, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has received over 200 complaints from U.S. service members alleging that commanders are using extremist Christian "end times" rhetoric to justify military actions regarding Iran.
Complaints span all branches of the armed forces—including the Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force—and allege that command briefings have described current conflicts as part of a "divine plan" for Armageddon and the return of Jesus.
"Anointed" Leadership: A noncommissioned officer reported that a commander claimed President Trump was "anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth".
Biblical Justification for War: Commanders have allegedly referenced the Book of Revelation to frame the conflict with Iran as a holy war.
Scope of Complaints: The MRFF reports more than 100 complaints across over 30 installations, describing "biblically sanctioned" war language in official briefings.
Concerns Over Cohesion: Complaints argue that these actions violate the constitutional separation of church and state, with some reports noting that the messages are creating discomfort among Christian, Muslim, and Jewish service members alike.
Impact on Strategy: Some troops expressed concern that this rhetoric encourages a more dangerous, "nuke-friendly" approach to conflicts in the Middle East.
My take: What has gone on for thousands of years in the Middle East is not going to be solved by a democracy. Troops joined a Department of Defense, not Holy War Nuke Org.
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Rev. Kev
That is both a very concerning report as well as not wholly unexpected. Sadly.
Although falsely attributed to Seneca, there is a quote that is still very true. “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
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Walter Abington
No one has a divine right to any part of Mother Earth.
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Rev. Kev
Funny thing about armed conquest. It may work for the offenders in the short term but never lasts. It certainly ever brings about peace. Human history is full of kings and emperors and dictators doing their version of empire building. The only thing that changes is the scale of weapons employed. The next guy saying that he will do it better than the previous guys. And failing.
There's a John Lennon song called "Give Peace a Chance". Maybe we climb off the old treadmill of anger, endless violence, retribution, narcissism, and the insatiable quest for money and power and actually give peace a chance? Build safe environments where people of all stripes can live comfortably, peacefully, and raise their families. Understand the idea of having "enough". Why is that such a terrible idea for so many?
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Rev. Kev
typo correction: "It certainly NEVER brings about peace."
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Steven Ferrell
Except when it comes to islam extremists, you cannot give peace a chance as they have only two goals. Destroy Israel killing all the Jews and to force the rest of the world into into islam and sharia law.
They will not consider peace under any other terms.
I have a friend who is Muslim but not a fanatic and he himself states that is the only goal of extreme Islamist.-
Rev. Kev
Clearly there are extremists of all sorts. Not just those of one, particular religious leaning. They cross religious, political, racial, gender, age, and economic lines. All of whom bring division, violence in one form or another, and sorrow to others. Like the folks in this article. I have no idea why you felt the urge to make such a comment as if Muslim extremists are the sole exception. Or that such malignant personalities weren't considered in the first place.
That aside. I think it's time to stop making excuses and start actually working together for a solution. Not that such a project would be anywhere close to easy. Just worthwhile. Even if not fully realized.
Or....we can have the other solution. Finally wiping ourselves off the face of the planet. Which is certainly another, effective way to bring about peace to allow the rest of the remaining life to gain some balance and live.
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Lady Mutt Cat
And extremist Jews/Zionists are all for killing and increased land theft.
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Pastor George Day
As a Messianic Jew, my understanding of Zionism isn’t rooted in modern party politics — it’s rooted in covenant, history, and identity. For me, Zionism simply means the Jewish people’s right to live in, return to, and flourish in the land that God promised to our ancestors. It’s not a new ideology. It’s a continuation of something ancient, sacred, and woven into our very being.
From the beginning, the Abrahamic covenant established the land as an everlasting inheritance. The prophets spoke again and again of return and restoration, even after exile. Jewish life — our prayers, our festivals, our language — has always pointed back to Zion. “Next year in Jerusalem” isn’t a slogan; it’s a 2,000‑year heartbeat.
Jewish presence in the land never ended, even under foreign rule. Our connection is indigenous, not colonial. The modern return is not a conquest but a homecoming — a people returning to the land that shaped them.
Supporting Zionism doesn’t mean endorsing every government decision, just as supporting any nation’s existence doesn’t require endorsing its leaders. It also doesn’t deny Palestinian dignity or self‑determination. Two peoples can have legitimate aspirations in the same land. Affirming Jewish self‑determination is not a rejection of anyone else’s humanity.
As a Messianic Jew, I also see Israel’s restoration as part of God’s ongoing faithfulness. It doesn’t replace spiritual renewal — it sits alongside it. The return of the Jewish people to their homeland is a reminder that God keeps his promises, even across millennia.
So when I speak of Zionism, I’m not talking about politics. I’m talking about covenant. I’m talking about identity. I’m talking about a people returning home because God said they would, and because history never let them forget where they came from.
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Warren Calvin Wall
What about the Canaanites that were there before the Jews? They were indigenous people of that land and the Israelites took it from them. Israel is, indeed, a colonial nation and was taken from the indigenous Canaanites by war.
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Rev. Kev
The Hebrews were Canaanites. The whole "conquest of Canaan" accounts in the OT are fiction. There is enough evidence to show that the Hebrew alphabet evolved over time from Canaanite script. Hebrew gods were Canaanite gods. The people of Judah were never truly monotheistic until after the Exile Period. It appears as if the Hebrews are indigenous to the central mountain region of Canaan. Then spread out over time. Cities of note, like Jericho, showed no signs of actual conquest and were abandoned before the purported conquests by the Israelites. No armies of the Almighty laid waste to populations. It was the slow march of population decline from countless border wars with other kingdoms and natural calamities like drought.
No god made any promises to nonexistent leaders like Moses. The Israeli occupation of a plot of land is no more an eternal pact than any other people occupying any other parcel of real estate. Likewise, people living on any given plot will change over time as populations fluctuate, natural disaster sweep through, or wars of conquest dictate. In the end, no human owns a single inch of the planet. No gods are doling out property contracts. Like all life on the planet, we just rent it until we die out or the planet dies out. Whichever comes first (I'm betting on the people).
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Sir Lionheart
I am totally with you Sir Kevin. Well said!
I’m also betting on homosapiens going first, with their gods following them. 🤭
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Rev. Miche'al Yosef Dixon
(Public Statement Regarding Ambassador Huckabee & Tucker Carlson Interview: "The phenomenon of political leaders erroneously citing biblical passages to support Israel, a political entity, is both bewildering and revealing to us American Jews.") to address this, the issue in question; Huckabee for the ignorant is a political puppet setting up a controversy so the politicians can use it as an excuse and distraction. Even the other than me Messiac Jew fell for it and don't understand the big picture. Everyone so use to the term "Jew" they've forgotten that it's only referred to the one tribe of Judah not the whole nation of Israel. The Iranians (Persians) are of the tribe of Benjamin through Queen Esther. The Europeans are from the tribes of Israel captured by the Assyrians and then scattered North into Europe. All heirs to the land Abraham was promised. "Zion" if anyone other than me who studied "Christian Archeology" is "Judah" not Israel and The lands modern Israel claimed in 1948 are the same lands Judah/Judea had in 28 AD when Jesus was Crucifixion and until 70 AD when Titus destroyed the nations of Judea and Samara and scattered the people. Until 1948AD. That's more than Scripture that's in Government political records along Yeshua birth census record of April 17, 30th year of the reign of August Cesar (4BC). Arrest Trial and execution of Yeshua in May (14th day of Abib/Nisan) 28 AD. Marriage record of Yeshua April 27 AD census recorded Miriam ("the Magdalena") of Bethany as Wife of Yeshua Ben'Yosef of Nazareth. To a true Hebrew/Israeli politics and religion are one and the same. That is what Western Christian and Jews don't understand and comprehend. In the synogue as a child I constantly asked the right wrong questions until they finally "put me out of the synogue" the Rabbi hated my question why we contradict the scripture commands of YHWH. Often saying the United States Government won't allow it. I said and it was final straw, "So, what you are telling me is the United States Government is over YHWH... Our God?" He went crazy. I got a glimpse of what Yeshua must have facing the Scribes and Pharacees. Id asked once about the land promised and that set him off, never ask a Hebrew/Jew/Israeli leader a question they can't answer they flip out on you.
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James Riggle-Johnson
Why would a U.S. Ambassador suggest it would be “fine if they took it all,” as though such a statement carries no consequences? In the Middle East, words from American officials are not casual remarks — they signal policy. Any diplomat should have anticipated how Arab nations would interpret that message.
What’s worse is that if this comment was rooted in fulfilling a biblical prophecy rather than diplomatic strategy—what is he doing? Religious conviction is a personal right. But U.S. foreign policy should not be shaped by any one religious text. In the United States, public officials serve citizens of every faith — and of none. Faith can guide a person’s conscience, but it should not be a substitute for sound diplomacy.
What bothers me most is that Christian Zionism promotes unwavering political support for Israel as part of an end-times scenario. Yet, in this scenario, they do not believe practicing Jews will be saved as they don’t accept Christ as their savior. So, this support isn’t about Israeli sovereignty—it’s about using a nation and its people for the self-serving needs of Christians.
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ServantOfJudgement
I think they think they're the new Israelites. I know a good hearted Catholic that thinks that. He's pretty determined too.
Perhaps the need to be wanted and useful to God, self serving as you say. Dunno but the Bible is crystal clear on the matter if you ask me.
We all want to be important and we can be in our own way. It won't happen by taking someone else's role in life from them.
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Rev. Carol M Anaski-Figurski
Interesting article I always find it a great topic when religion is discussed in politics. Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you. A mighty verse for the power of Israel. This concept in the bible might stir up controversy. Blest be amen. CUFI is a go cause. & FoZ. Friends of zion help thru the love of being a Christian food & humanitarian aid.etc.
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Christian
Christ Rescues The Chosen & They Travel to the Orion Nebula. The Starship THE NEW JERUSALEM leaves the Sol system. The Sun & planets are destroyed. Everthing & Everyone on Earth is killed. 7 Seals 7 Trumpets 7 bowls of Wrath of YHVH's Judgement. The Gidless nations following anti-Christ are destroyed. The Anti-christ wages antisemetic war against Israel The Anti-christ takes over the Holy Temple. THE HOLY TEMPLE IS REBUILT IN GREATER ISRAEL. Pharmakia is used to deceive & destroy nations. [YOU ARE HERE - in 2020 A.D.]
It is the CHRISTIAN DUTY to build the Orbital Shipyards that will assemble Christ CUBE Colony Starships half the size of North America, & build a new one every 5 years... forever, consuming the Sol system in its mission to terraform new Garden of Eden planets throughout the Milkyway Galaxy in service to Almighty YHVH.
The Physical Kingdom of Zion , (Greater Israel) is the temporary structure for Christians on Earth as they consume abd ultimately destroy the whole planet.
The choice is to join Jesus OFF-WORLD or be destroyed. RECELATION makes this abundantly clear. REVELATION 21 explains Christian's Duty & how The Kingdom of Zion shall serve Christ, every knee shall bend to Jesus.
ZION exists to Serve Christ & Jesus comes to kill every Enemy of YHVH and destroy the Sun and planet Earth completely.
COME BROTHER JESUS COME !
MARANATHA.
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ServantOfJudgement
I missed that part in the bible. You may have gotten ahold of a bad translation. Stick to well vetted translations like KJV.
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Pastor George Day
Christian
The new and final Temple of Israel is the Church.
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Michael Arthur Lueras
Islam simultaneously supersedes and includes the essence of all Religions: "This message is for all of Humankind." (Quran 14:52) Zionism is not for everyone and Jesus said: "...I am not sent but unto The Lost Sheep of Israel." (Matthew 15:24) "...but most people will not believe." (Quran 13:1) Amen?
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Pastor George Day
Michael Arthur Lueras
So I take you as a follower of the false prophet Mohammed, whose coming was revealed in Revelation — is that what you are?
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Rev Ned
Never again apparently means that Israelis won’t be the victims. However, they can be the willing perpetrators .
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ServantOfJudgement
Dec 7 attack on pearl harbor claimed just over 2000 USA lives. That nation responded by claiming over 2 million Japanese lives and used 2 nukes to wipe out civilians. The god emperor surrendered saving millions more. Thank God the emperor realized he wasn't God.
Oct 7 attack on Israel claimed 1200 souls and 240 hostages. That nation responded by claiming 70,000 Palestinians to get their 240 hostages back. They still are waiting for all hostages. Hamas will not surrender.
Since independence Israel has been openly and repeatedly and continually attacked by Gaza, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Yemin. They have been covertly attacked by Sudan, Qatar, Turkey.
When we apply just a hair of common sense, we easily see Israel is always the victim. Sure, a victim with razer sharp teeth and righteous resolve but a victim none the less.
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Lady Mutt Cat
How do I unvote? I most certainly don't mean to show any positive response to any comment that portrays the Gaza genociders and land thieves as victims.
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ServantOfJudgement
Lol lady mutt cat, I sympathize. I've accidentally done the same thing. I don't usually get any thumbs up at all and when I do I suspect a mix up happened. -1 for me.
I'll even throw you a bone and not correct you on who's genociding who and how long they've been genociding for.
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Rev Ned
Google USS Liberty. Israel is not our “ally”. We are their cash cow. We give them so many millions that Israelis have free healthcare and free college tuition.
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Pastor George Day
Rev Ned, is that so? Fascinating how your memory performs miracles — whole dates like October 7 and November 11 vanish as if by divine command!
I'm impressed!
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Rev Ned
Yup, they were attacked. So that justifies wiping out an entire population including children?!?
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Colleen McAllister
I am a Christian, I believe in the Bible. I believe that Israel will one day fully inhabit the land God promised them. I also believe that we have no business interfering unless to save either side from destroying each other. Everyone needs to back off and let things unfold. God is still in charge.
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Rev. Kev
If this amount of violence and bloodshed is God being "in charge" then it's time for a new CEO.
I have stopped being amazed and am now just numb to the level of atrocities people will accept because of religious beliefs.
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Rev. Ken Shostad
"Jews" are no longer GODS peoples as they REJECTED Christ Jesus, beating and Murdering him in one of the most painful of deaths...
Mathew 21:33-44 Mathew 8:10-13 Romans 2:26-29 Galatians 4:21-31 Hebrews 12:22-24 Revelation 21 Galatians 3:15-18 Galatians 3:26-29 Revelation 11:8
The WORD doesn't Lie...
GOD Bless you...
Rev. Ken
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Rev. Ken Shostad
Your argument reflects a classic form of Gentile supersessionism—a theology Paul explicitly rejects. In Romans 9–11, Paul does not redefine Israel as “the Church” or as a purely spiritual category. He speaks of Israel according to the flesh (Rom 9:3–4), affirms a Jewish remnant (Rom 11:5), and describes Gentiles as grafted into an already existing olive tree (Rom 11:17–18). His warning is direct: “Do not boast over the branches… you do not support the root, but the root supports you.” Supersessionism is precisely the boasting he condemns.
“Neither Jew nor Greek” (Gal 3:28) concerns equal access to salvation, not the erasure of Jewish identity. If Paul believed Jewish identity vanished in Christ, he would not continue calling himself a Jew, nor describe Jewish believers as the “natural branches” and “firstfruits” (Rom 11:16, 21). Equality does not mean sameness; salvation is not earned by ethnicity, but ethnicity is not abolished by salvation.
Paul’s olive tree metaphor is foundational. The tree is rooted in the covenants given to Israel, nourished by Israel’s promises, and entered by Gentiles only through grafting. Without Israel, there is no tree; without the tree, there is no grafting; without grafting, there is no Gentile salvation. Detaching salvation from Israel dismantles Paul’s entire argument.
Revelation 7 preserves the same biblical order: first the sealed of Israel (twelve tribes), then the multitude of the nations. This is not hierarchy but fidelity to Scripture’s structure. The Jewish remnant is not erased; it is honoured.
The claim that “the Jews killed Jesus” is historically and theologically false. The New Testament attributes his death to a specific group of leaders and to Roman authority, and Jesus himself says, “No one takes my life from me; I lay it down of my own accord.” The crucifixion is an act of divine self‑giving, not an ethnic indictment. To generalise guilt to “the Jews” contradicts both Scripture and the theology of the cross.
When you detach Israel from its own Scriptures, claim Gentiles are the “true Israel,” erase Jewish believers, and blame “the Jews” for Christ’s death, you are not presenting biblical theology. You are repeating post‑biblical Gentile revisionism that Paul laboured to correct. These ideas are not original, not intelligent, and not faithful to Scripture; they are inherited prejudices dressed as doctrine.
Paul’s teaching is clear: Israel remains elect, Jewish identity remains meaningful, Gentiles are graciously grafted in, and Messiah’s death is a voluntary act of love, not an ethnic accusation. To deny these truths is not to defend the gospel—it is to oppose the apostle who wrote it.
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ServantOfJudgement
Pastor George Day said everything right.
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ServantOfJudgement
Christian friend, not all jews rejected Jesus. Tons are christians today and were during his time here.
Would God withdraw his promise to you for something your neighbor did?
What of the loyal and faithful Abraham? His covenant is discarded because corrupt politicians discarded their own promise?
No.
The bible doesn't lie, you're right about that. It can however be distorted or misunderstood.
For what is worth, I crucified Jesus the Christ last night. Im not very happy about it either. Everyone reading this message crucified him just the other day. Some are crucifying him right now as they read my plea to see Jesus without personal preference and prejudice. Maybe you.
Only God knows.
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P. Keith Benefiel
The Bible doesn't lie? The Bible IS a lie.
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ServantOfJudgement
P. Keith,
The CDC agrees with the bible and so do all modern medical facilities and corporations concerning all forms of pathogens. Long before little man knew what microbes were, the author of the bible knew.
Also, science agrees with the Bible in many disciplines, even the constant expansion of the universe which we just discovered to be the case.
Naturally in the areas of psychology the Bible is still ahead of modern science. I'm hopeful our psychiatrists and psychologists will catch up soon.
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Rev. BH
SoJ - please refer me to the pathogen and microbe quotes in the bible. And the constant expansion of the universe section - "which we just discovered to be the case." (Actually postulated in 1922)
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Reverend Paula Copp
Religious zealots of any type are dangerous to society!
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Pastor George Day
Reverend Paula Copp
Just like feminist abortionists, right?
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Najah P Tamargo
Najah Tamargo-USA
I go back to the Constitution. Belive in whatever doctrine you wish, that is our rights. But there MUST BE a separation of church and state!
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Pastor George Day
Najah P Tamargo
Respectfully, what does this have to do with Zionism as an international movement?
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Rev. BH
G. Day - or, feminist abortionists?
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ServantOfJudgement
Jesus said the Israelites would be scattered from Israel. They were scattered. He said the would be hated and persecuted. They are hated and persecuted. Jesus said they would come back to Israel. In 1948 Israel claimed independence with a fraction of their ancestral land. The Arab nations immediately attacked. Israel reclaimed more of their land. Again and again every time Israel is attacked they reclaim more and more of their land back.
Everything Jesus said would happen is happening before our eyes. At this rate, Israel will eventually be "Back in the land" like Jesus said.
We don't need to believe or have faith about what Jesus foretold 2000 years ago. We can watch it on the 6 o'clock news.
We can trust it.
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Patricia Ann Gross
SOJ,
While your observations are correct, the events are not religious. They are political. Of the people in Israel, only 73 percent are Jewish, of which only ten percent are Ultra-Orthodox (i.e., faithfully practicing). 45 percent identify as secular or non-religious, leaving about 20-something percent somewhere inbetween. Decisions about diplomacy with Israel should be based on their value as a political ally, and not their religious right to any of the land they want to claim.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/religion-has-outsized-role-in-israel-yet-most-of-its-jews-arent-really-observant/
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ServantOfJudgement
I fully agree Patricia. Man won't be able to force God's hand. He'll do things as he will when He will. Let things naturally occur politically as they would for the noble purpose of peace. If God is real and he wants Israel to be 'Back in the land' man can't help or hinder him. Israel did nothing to reclaim independence other than show up. That's got God's fingerprints on it, not Man's.
I sometimes wonder if Christians that try to predict or force the events in Revelation to occur think they have a leg up on Jesus. They know what Jesus didn't? Tiny little Man thinks so much of himself doesn't he?
Do the right thing and do your best at it. That's about all a fella can do.
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Pastor George Day
And also in Ezekiel 37, SOJ.
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Mary Handy Moore
"Except show up"? This Israel has so much blood on its hands that it will never get washed off. Try going back about 100 years, then read how the "European" "Askenazi" Jews have treated the Palestinian people up to this day. I think we are seeing through different lenses. Peace.
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Rev. Kev
"Israel did nothing to reclaim independence other than show up"
Not one to read history on a topic before expounding on it, I see. The modern state of Israel has Man's fingerprints all over it. From Zionists in the U.S. Congress and among other leaders, to well-placed monetary incentives, politicians saw to it that land was taken from the people living their lives in Palestine and handed over to the Jewish immigrants. A new state is recognized and then the fun begins. Armed with modern U.S. military equipment (just like the present), Israel set about claiming more land beyond the agreed upon borders. The surrounding nations were literally outgunned since they were using outdated and poorly maintained WW2 leftovers for their defenses. Also as we see in our current time, Israel had the habit of agreeing to ceasefires and negotiation, then attacking in the middle of those negotiations to seize the advantage of surprise.
Modern Zionists, well placed monetary incentives, and even some likely secrets being held by Mossad as pressure in 2026 are responsible for the U.S. spending billions it cannot afford on more warfare so that Israel can feed its leader's insatiable desire for land, power, and resources. At ANY cost to anyone else.
I do not approve of any form of terrorism (which I am of the opinion can be applied to Israel as much as other organizations). But, then again, I also don't approve of the use of any sort of violence for anything other than appropriate and limited self-defense when all other options have been exhausted in good faith. Given the history of the region, I can see why so many people there are not big fans of Israel and see them as an enemy. And it has absolutely nothing to do with any god.
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Pastor George Day
ServantOfJudgement
It was not Yeshua but the prophet Ezekiel who made that declaration, specifically in Ezekiel chapter 38. In addition, the prophet Isaiah foretold the sudden establishment of a Jewish nation in a single day, as expressed in Isaiah 66:8.
The Isaiah Passage (for reference)
“Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be brought forth in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor she brought forth her children.” — Isaiah 66:8
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ServantOfJudgement
Understood Pastor George Day.
Where did Ezekiel get his information that he repeated?
Anything any prophet said, any prophecy uttered came from who?
Who therefore actually said any prophecy?
God=Jesus=God said it.
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It's a terrible idea to many because of this: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" is the King James Version (KJV) rendering of Jeremiah 17:9. Peace.