The New Christian Zionism: A Book Review

Virtueonline ^ | January 21, 2017 | Alice C. Linsley

[Jandy on Genesis]

The New Christian Zionism is a penetrating look at how Christians have framed conversations about Israel as a people and a land in the 20th century.

Contributors to the book include Robert Benne, Craig Blaising, Darrell Bock, Mark S. Kinzer, Shadi Khalloul, Gerald R. McDermott, Robert Nicholson, David Rudolph, Mark Tooley, and Joel Willitts.

The writers define the "New Christian Zionism" as a theologically-rooted conviction that Israel has a corporate right to exist "with the same human rights and security guarantees that other nations receive" and that God's plan in the future involves Israel as a national entity and as a body of Jewish followers of Messiah. (p. 308)

The book addresses the oddity of Dispensationalist end-times scenarios. "The authors of this book reject those dispensationalist approaches that are confident they can plot the sequence or chronology of end-times events." (p. 14)

[humblegunner]

Why not post the whole thing right here?

[humblegunner]

Dang, Alice.. it sure looks like you just post your own material.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:jandyongenesis/index?tab=articles

[richardtavor]

Thanks for the post..

[Telepathic Intruder]

The atheist left is under the self-justifying delusion that Christians only support Israel so that it can bring about the apocalypse. They don’t understand that we just have no right to take away what God has given the Jewish people. Neither does the left have the right to dictate whether or not Israel has the right to exist.

[cloudmountain]

Is that the RAPTURE?

[dp0622]

And we have no right to destroy what God has given us here.

A country founded on God’s principles and a Very Powerful country that is an ally of Israel.

We’re not the chosen country but God has a soft spot for us :)

Cause he gave us one more chance and put someone in office who is Very Pro Israel.

[lurk]

Most biblical Christians have affection for the Jews, believe that God’s promise to Abraham for the land still applies, and want Israel to prosper in peace.

Biblical prophecy forecasts some rough days for Israel in the future, with Christians enduring great loss at the same time. Christians do not have a death wish on Israel; that would be like hoping your sister suffers a severe injury.

[piasa]

They might be surprised to find out that even aside from any theological outlook, anyone with common sense has a conviction that Israel has a corporate right to exist “with the same human rights and security guarantees that other nations receive.”

[Mrs. Don-o]

Zion bump

[CondorFlight]

Christian Zionists go back a long way. John Adams wrote to Mordecai Noah:

“I could find it in my heart to wish that you had been at the head of a hundred thousand Israelite’s indeed as well disciplined as a French army – & marching with them into Judea & making a conquest of that country & restoring your nation to the dominion of it. For I really wish the Jews again in Judea an independent nation.”

[CondorFlight]

Herbert Hoover on Zionism:

I know the whole world acknowledges the fine spirit shown by the British Government in accepting the mandate of the Palestine in order that there might under this protection be established a homeland so long desired by the Jews.

(Message for Jewish Organizations Meeting in Madison Square Garden to Protest the Events in Palestine, August 29, 1929)

I am interested to learn that a group of distinguished men and women is to be formed to spread knowledge and appreciation of the rehabilitation which is going forward in Palestine under Jewish auspices, and to add my expression to the sentiment among our people in favor of the realization of the age-old aspirations of the Jewish people for the restoration of their national homeland.
(Message to the American Palestine Committee, January 11, 1932)

I have watched with genuine admiration the steady and unmistakable Progress made in the rehabilitation of Palestine which, desolate for centuries, is now renewing its youth and vitality through the enthusiasm, hard work and self-sacrifice of the Jewish pioneers who toil there in a spirit of peace and social justice. It is very gratifying to note that many American Jews, Zionists as well as non-Zionists, have rendered such splendid service to this cause which merits the sympathy and moral encouragement of everyone.
(Message to the Zionist Organization of America on the Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, October 29, 1932)

[CondorFlight]

JFK, as a senator, in 1958:

“Quite apart from the values and hopes which the State of Israel enshrines — and the past injuries which it redeems — it twists reality to suggest that it is the democratic tendency of Israel which has interjected discord and dissension into the Near East. Even by the coldest calculations, the removal of Israel would not alter the basic crisis in the area.”

Too bad JFK II (Kerry) couldn’t echo those same sentiments.