If we really want to understand Israel's role in God's plans for the world, and if we want to think clearly about how to approach current-day Israel as Christians, then we need to understand God's covenantal relationship with His people.

In this episode, we break down the 5 major biblical covenants, and explain why they support the restoration of land to Israel, why Israel is still a unique people, distinct from the nations, and how this plays into our own faith in God's promises as believers in Christ.

In This Episode:

0:00 Intro

1:19 Experiencing Shabbat

8:29 Does God's Promise = God's Fulfillment?

12:54 The First 3 Major Biblical Covenants

18:28 Why Did God Add Conditions?

22:07 The Final 2 Major Biblical Covenants

25:12 The Massive Contradiction of Replacement Theology

34:36 Daniel's Prayer and the Land of Israel

40:22 The Remnant

43:08 Why Gentile Believers Should Not Be Proud Toward Jews

47:11 When You Disconnect Christianity From Judaism

50:08 People Hate This Idea

57:20 Main Takeaways

Resources:

Buy Is God A Zionist on Amazon: https://a.co/d/04QXsy0r

Buy Is God A Zionist on Restore7: https://www.restore7.org/products/is-god-a-zionist-finding-god-s-story-in-a-world-obsessed-with-israel

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Stop, in the Name of God by Charlie Kirk (Charlie's book on the Sabbath): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPPV48PB/

Comments? Questions? Encouragement? We are here for it. Shoot us a text and let us know. We’d love to hear from you!

• The Israel Story: https://www.theisraelstory.org/
• Present Witness: https://www.presentwitness.org/
• Israel Story on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIsraelStoryApp/
• Present Witness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apresentwitness/
• Chris's Substack: https://christopherkuehl.substack.com/

This isn't a subject best left to theologians in seminaries...this is something that impacts how everyday Christians see the world around them - specifically the Jews and Israel - and how they obey and follow God.

In this episode, we'll talk about Replacement Theology - what it is, where it came from, who believes it, and why i don't think it's a tenable position to hold in light of the world around us today.

We'll use Chris' new book, Is God A Zionist to help guide our discussion (make sure you pick up a copy at the links below!), and get into just how big of an impact this has had on the world and Jews in particular, and why we have to make sure we do NOT hold on to this mistaken theology.

In This Episode:

0:00 Intro

1:46 Judeo-Christian Zionist Congress

6:21 Deep Division

11:32 Does This Top The Stupid List?!

16:51 Replacement Theology and Fulfillment Theology

20:07 The 3 Beliefs Replacement Theology is Built Upon

23:36 Ecclesia et Synagoga

26:23 The Fruit of Replacement Theology

29:19 Would the Holocaust Have Happened Without Replacement Theology?

34:41 Rebranding

39:07 Extreme vs Moderate Replacement Theology

46:54 Combatting the 3 Main Beliefs of Replacement Theology

57:52 Neglecting The Witness of the Church Fathers?

1:01:20 Is This Theological Mistake Being ALLOWED By God?

1:10:45 The Most Important Takeaways

Resources:

Order Is God A Zionist on Amazon: https://a.co/d/04QXsy0r

Order Is God A Zionist on Restore7: https://www.restore7.org/products/is-god-a-zionist-finding-god-s-story-in-a-world-obsessed-with-israel

Judeo-Christian Zionist Congress: https://jczcongress.com/

Arise: https://ariseforisrael.com/

Comments? Questions? Encouragement? We are here for it. Shoot us a text and let us know. We’d love to hear from you!

• The Israel Story: https://www.theisraelstory.org/
• Present Witness: https://www.presentwitness.org/
• Israel Story on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIsraelStoryApp/
• Present Witness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apresentwitness/
• Chris's Substack: https://christopherkuehl.substack.com/

John and Chris dive into the second chapter of Chris' upcoming book, "Is God A Zionist?", unpacking the split between the Jews and the Church in the 1st century...this time from the Christian perspective (check out the previous episode on the Jewish response)

There are 5 major events that really solidified the "divorce" between Jews and Gentiles, and eventually the Church itself, and we spend a lot of time going through those events.

And guys, the reason for this is simple:

If Christians are not adequately catechized and shown how we ended up where we are today, specifically regarding the Jewish people, history says we'll become anti-semitic.

You can even see it happening today.

And as John says in this episode, hatred of the Jewish people is ultimately hatred of God.

Join us to truly understand the story of Israel and the Church, and answer the question...Is God A Zionist?

In This Episode:

0:00 Intro

1:44 The Hospitality of Jews and Gentiles

5:57 My 3 favorite churches in Israel

9:17 Mocking "Judeo-Christian Values"?

13:41 The 5 major events that entrenched the divorce between Jews and Gentiles

17:19 What happens in AD 70 and 135

20:27 Canon challenges

24:07 The Apocalypse of Peter

25:38 The School of Alexandria

30:55 Constantine and Rome

34:31 The Great Divorce - The Council of Nicea

39:03 Christians against Jews

51:23 Pray for Chris

52:19 The main points to take away

Resources:

Part 1: The Jewish Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVA7sJs_jVk

The God of Israel and Christian Theology by Kendall Soulen: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800628837/

Is God A Zionist? Book: https://www.presentwitness.org/igaz (March 10 Release Date!)

Comments? Questions? Encouragement? We are here for it. Shoot us a text and let us know. We’d love to hear from you!

• The Israel Story: https://www.theisraelstory.org/
• Present Witness: https://www.presentwitness.org/
• Israel Story on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIsraelStoryApp/
• Present Witness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apresentwitness/
• Chris's Substack: https://christopherkuehl.substack.com/