[RedMonqey]

I know I looked but failed to find an verse.

Now there may be plenty of secular reasons to support the modern state of Israel,(one being the only stable democracy in the region) but there's not an Biblical reason why Christians are compelled to advance it's political agenda.

But I'm open to discuss any reasonable evidence.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Now there may be plenty of secular reasons to support the modern state of Israel,(one being the only stable democracy in the region) but there's not an Biblical reason why Christians are compelled to advance it's political agenda.

This is a very "touchy" subject with many US Christians. Thanks to the Scofield Bible "study notes" first appearing in 1908, updated in 1967 and still vastly popular today.

Many advocate that the aim of the "study notes" to the New Testament (Covenant) was to establish a base of US evangelicals who believe Israel comes first; believe God’s Old Testament covenant with Abraham gives Jews today unconditional blessing from God and unconditional ownership of Palestine. AND, God's wrath threatens Israel's critics.

This is all from the well-executed Scofield notes to the New Testament; not from the scripture of the New Testament itself.

All-in-all I'd have to admit that Scofield, et al quite successfully reached their goal.

I would hope the time has come for American Christians to put away the Scofield version of Christianity. Maybe then we can begin a conversation that allows words like: "occupation", "justice", "negotiation", "peace" when the State of Israel is talked about.

Maybe :-)