Why Christian Zionism Reduces the Kingdom to Dirt “My kingdom is not of this world.” — John 18:36 (KJV) “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” — Matthew 5:5 (KJV) Christian Zionism claims to defend God’s promises to Israel — but in doing so, it trades the eternal majesty of Christ’s spiritual…
A Scriptural Review of “When a Jew Rules the World” by Joel Richardson Introductory Paragraph Is God’s plan for Israel ethnic, earthly, and political — or spiritual, heavenly, and fulfilled in Christ? In this eight-part series, we take a direct and scriptural look at Christian Zionism by examining one of its most influential books: When…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 12 “See that ye refuse not him that speaketh… Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.”— Hebrews 12:25–26, KJV Christian Zionism has exalted the wrong center….
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 11 “But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”— Hebrews 11:16, KJV The True Hope of the Saints Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 10 “For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched… But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God…”— Hebrews 12:18, 22, KJV Sinai: The Covenant of Distance and Fear Sinai was where God…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 9 “But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”— Galatians 4:26, KJV The Earthly Jerusalem Christian Zionism places enormous emphasis on the physical city of Jerusalem in the Middle East. It is revered as the center of…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 7 “Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”— John 2:19, KJV A Revival of the Wrong Fire Christian Zionism has been gripped by a strange obsession: rebuilding the Jewish temple. From red…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 6 “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”— Galatians 3:16, KJV At the center of Christian Zionism lies a profound…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 5 “He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.”— Psalm 105:8, KJV One of the most frequently used talking points in Christian Zionism is this: “God made an everlasting covenant with Israel. That means it…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 4 “By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country… for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”— Hebrews 11:9–10, KJV Christian Zionism puts the land of Israel at the center…