Why Do So Many Evangelicals So Strongly Support Israel?

Christian Post ^ | 03/23/2015 | Dr. Richard D, Land

[SeekAndFind]

Why do so many Evangelicals so strongly support Israel? The answer is that a significant majority of American Evangelicals believe that the Abrahamic Covenant is still in force. The Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 12:1-3) says, among other things, that God promised the land of Canaan to the Jews forever. A significant majority of American Evangelicals believe that God is a keeper of His promises and that the "Promised Land" belongs to the Jews in belief and unbelief, in obedience and in disobedience, forever. (It is an unconditional promise, with no time limits or conditions.)

The Abrahamic Covenant also promises that "I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Gen. 12:3).

The second half of the verse is fulfilled in the coming of Jesus, the promised Messiah and Savior of the world. The first half of the verse clearly means that God will bless those who bless the Jews and curse those who curse them.

For millions of American Evangelicals this promise is still in force. We should not only reject and oppose anti-Semitism wherever it rears its malignant head, but we are also admonished to support the Jews if we want to be blessed individually and collectively as a nation. Almost all Evangelicals regularly pray fervently for God to bless America. God has promised to bless those who bless the Jews.

I believe, as an Evangelical Christian, that the Jewish return to their current homeland in the twentieth century was, and is, a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.

I also believe that the twentieth century furnishes vivid and instructive illustration of the truth that God blesses those who bless the Jews and vice versa.

[Gamecock]

Of course God won’t. You and I have a different interpretation of just how that covenant plays out.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: The LARGEST SINGLE GROUP in the USA who supports Israel are Christians who are Dispensationalists. Of course there are other Christians who also support Israel, but Dispensationalists make up the bulwark of that support.

OK, out of the many Christian denominations out there, how many are DISPENSATIONALIST in their theology?

[Star Traveler]

I couldn’t tell you, as I don’t have those statistics.

But you would be looking for those who believe Christ is coming again (versus those who say he has already), and you would look for those who believe there is a 1,000 year reign of Christ yet to come (versus some who say we’re already in the millennium right now of some indistinct length), and you would look for those who believe that Israel is still significant to God and there are still prophetic events related to Israel still to come (versus those who say that God is through with Israel, and Israel is no more significant than any other country in the world), and you look for those who believe that the Old Testament promises to Israel are still to be fulfilled to Israel (versus those who say that the church is the “new Israel” who has taken over the promises to Israel and the Jews and Israel have forfeited these promises because of their disobedience), and then you would look for those who believe there is a 7-year Tribulation (versus those who don’t think there is a 7-year Tribulation), and then you would find those who believe the events in Revelation are future events (versus those who say it’s already happened) ... those would be a list of some things to identify them.

There are a lot of people who are Dispensationalists and don’t even know the name of it ... but they do believe those things. There are churches who teach those things, but they are not labeling it that way.

[Rinnwald]

And here's another view. Quoted from Sid Schwab's column in The Everett Herald. Sid is The Heralds house liberal idiot.

I'm a supporter of Israel, an admirer of how they've transformed a most god-forsaken and inhospitably arid part of the planet into a fertile dynamo of innovation and invention; and I'm an unequivocal believer in their right to exist. The Six Day War was stunning. In dealings with their neighbors, Israel is in the right more often than in the wrong. But I find this recent congressional side-show of standing-ovational genuflection (Oxymoron? Why not?) shameful on many levels, not the least of which is the fundamental cynicism behind so much of Republican “support” for Israel, which differs from mine by 180 degrees. Mine wants to see it exist as a Jewish state forever; mine is based, in part, in respect for my heritage. Theirs is predicated on a Bible story of the Apocalypse, and a vision of Jesus' return to the land, heralding the burning of Jews in hell for all eternity if they don't admit their evilness and convert on the spot. I find it — what's the word? — creepy.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150314/OPINION04/150319605/For-a-change-we-could-base-actions-on-rational-thought-

[Bob434]

correct, And also because We BELIEVE God’s word that tells us that those who support Israel will be blessed, and those who don’t will be cursed. God took our nation, a tiny nation, and made it into one of the most powerful nations on earth, if not THE most powerful, in a very short period of time- because We supported Israel and for the most part were fairly true to God- but now that we’re turning our backs on God, and on Israel, God is removing that blessing, and now our nation has become a laughing stock of the world- thanks to an anti-Semite running the country

[JimRed]

I think Evangelicals regard the Jewish people as family and while you may not always agree with family you love them and hope for the best.

One of the popes referred to the Jews as "our beloved elder brethren".

[BlackAdderess]

:)

[Lee N. Field]

he Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 12:1-3) says, among other things, that God promised the land of Canaan to the Jews forever.

"And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise."

[redleghunter]

Your tagline was the 80 election. In 84 Reagan won 49 states.

[boatbums]

I believe, as an Evangelical Christian, that the Jewish return to their current homeland in the twentieth century was, and is, a fulfillment of biblical prophecy. I also believe that the twentieth century furnishes vivid and instructive illustration of the truth that God blesses those who bless the Jews and vice versa.

I don't see how it could be anything else! God will ALWAYS keep His promises. He is faithful even we are not.

[epow]

heralding the burning of Jews in hell for all eternity if they don't admit their evilness and convert on the spot.

That's not exactly what we evangelicals believe. We believe that anyone, Jew or gentile, who believes that he/she will be saved from eternal damnation by his/her racial heritage and/or good works is deceived. The doctrine of the Protestant Christian faith is salvation by grace through faith alone apart from good works, and that saving faith results in good works and repentance of past sins.

We, or at least I, believe that although good works won't save anyone they're the inevitable result of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. Therefore, a total lack of good works and no repentance of his/her sins means that the supposedly saved person most likely isn't.