THREAD: Tucker and Sen. Ted Cruz clash on Israel

X ^ | June 18 | Tucker Carlson

[RandFan]

@Antunes1

Ted Cruz tries to use the Bible to justify his support for Israel’s bombing of Iran.

Tucker Carlson destroys him 💀

REPLIES:

@GabeGwoolley

Christians are “Israel”. The Bible is not referring to a government or physical nation.

Romans 9:6–8

“Not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children… it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise…”

Just so we’re clear.

@GabeGwoolley

So Who Are the “Children of Promise”?

According to Paul:

•They are spiritual children of Abraham, not just physical ones.

•They are those who are part of God’s family because of His promise, which is ultimately fulfilled in Christ.

•In the broader context of Romans and Galatians, Paul applies this to Christians (both Jews and Gentiles) who have faith in Christ, not just ethnic Israel.

@shakarone_sol

This view wrongly claims the Church replaces physical Israel. Romans 9-11 affirms God's distinct covenant with ethnic Israel, promising their future restoration (Rom. 11:25-29). The "children of promise" include both spiritual heirs (believers) and physical Israel, not an exclusive replacement.

[TigersEye]

It was Tucker doing an impression of Jim Acosta.

[GLDNGUN]

Tucker’s cheese is slipping off his cracker. Tucker acted dumbfounded that Ted believes in the Biblical principle that those who bless Israel will be blessed and those that curse Israel will be cursed. This concept is nothing new and has been espoused by the likes of Billy and Franklin Graham, yet Tucker acted like Cruz had no idea of what he was talking about. I guess Tucker thinks he knows the Bible better than the Grahams.

[Georgia Girl 2]

😂😂

[Judge Bean]

I don’t agree. Period.

[Judge Bean]

I don’t agree. Period.

[Judge Bean]

Nope. You are wrong.

[odawg]

“Israel is Israel and God gave it to the Jews for a possession.”

They were dispossessed in 70 A D.

Modern Israel is a creation of the United Nations.

[MotorCityBuck]

You don't have to.
Without the United States the Axis powers would have won the war and there would be no Israel, let alone any Jews.
So that being said . When does your God would have come back to save them.
Maybe this was just another in a long line of punishments he put on them.

[Right_in_Virginia]

***Genesis 12: And I will make a great nation from you, and will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. “I will also bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and in you shall all families of the Earth be blessed.”**

Matthew 10. New International Version

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.

6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’

14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.

15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

[nitzy]

The people killing children and creating destruction are the broken off branches that Paul references in Romans chapter 11.

They are also the ones that Jesus himself references in John 8: 39-47

[LilOlLady]

The Lord makes three covenants with Abraham, promising that his descendants would become:

A great nation (Gen. 15), fulfilled in the founding of Old Covenant Israel by Moses and grounded in the twelve tribes of Jacob-Israel (Exod. 24)

A great kingdom (Gen. 17), initially fulfilled in David and his royal descendants who reign over the kingdom of Israel (1 Samuel 16)

Universal blessing fulfilled in Christ. The Catholic Church - The ‘New’ Israel, one meant to impact all nations.. (Gen. 22:18),