Origins of Christian Zionism, How It Corrupted American Christianity and Why It’s Finally Collapsing
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
J.D. Hall, thank you for joining us. I think you're one of the clearest writers on the internet, so it's an honor to have you here. I've been trying to figure out for several years, you write on theology on Substack and other places, and very clearly, I just want to say, clarity being the goal of expository writing, you achieve that. Right. Few do. I've been trying for the last several years to figure out what Christian Zionism is, not because I have an inherent interest, but because it's affected the shape of the world. And a lot of people have died because of it. And it has real world consequences that we're living through right now. What is Christian Zionism? Where does it come from? Is it Christian?
What's your assessment?
Well, if you listen to people online, every Christian is a Zionist, just naturally, right? Yes. So, the proponents of it will tell you that it is the de facto position on Israel, and it always has been for Christians, to believe in the establishment and support and protection of a Jewish ethnostate in Palestine.
Yes.
Christian Zionism... Doesn't it say in the Bible that those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who don't will be cursed?
Yeah. And I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you've had probably about a thousand different people tell you that. That's something that we hear every single day as Christians.
I couldn't find it. I got my concordance out.
What is Christian Zionism and its origins?
I couldn't find it.
Well, I remember the interview with Huckabee and he couldn't find it either. Yeah. Which is weird when you cite it all the time. Or actually, that was Ted Cruz that couldn't remember where it was. I'm not sure that Ted even knew if it was in the front of the Bible or in the back of the Bible. No, I have no idea. But yeah, so Genesis 12, verse 3 says, I will bless those that bless thee and curse those that curse thee. And from that, and I'm simplifying it, but from that comes this... more philosophical notion than theological, that we as Christians have a duty-bound obligation to protect and to defend and also to help establish a nation for the Jewish people in Palestine. And it hasn't always been Palestine, you know.
So, when... political zionism first developed they had posited morocco and galveston texas ohio siberia different places in texas yeah there was a substantial number of jews there and they thought this could be sort of the safe space for you know judaism worldwide which made sense because you know the united states has always been a pretty hospitable place for jews But anyways, so far as it concerns Christian Zionism, that is tied to a theology called dispensationalism. Dispensationalism is a theology invented by John Nelson Darby. What does the... word mean dispensationalism? Well, the term refers to different dispensations of time by which God operates differently and deals or interacts with man differently depending upon what dispensation of time it's in.
So, dispensationalism is juxtaposed against covenant theology and those are your two basic viewpoints of christians throughout the history of christianity and for the most part there's only those two perspectives um and you can get lost into the weeds really easily yes so john nelson darby he belonged to a bizarre irish sect It was sectarian. They had basically schismed their way outside of the established church. They had several different theological hangups. One is that they rejected all forms of church authority. They were what I would call sectarian minimalists, so they reject the organized church. They rejected the established church. Part of the reason is because their beliefs were so eccentric and weird, they would have been excommunicated had they remained in the established church.
So after moving from Ireland to Plymouth, England, the the notion of dispensationalism grew and essentially the the difference between dispensationalism and covenant theology is that god in covenant theology is interacting with man in accordance to the old or the new covenant and so the bulk of the church from uh
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–1:30
2
What is Christian Zionism and its origins?
1:30–15:46
3
How does dispensationalism relate to Christian Zionism?
15:46–18:30
4
What are the theological implications of dispensationalism?
18:30–30:25
5
How does the church's view on Israel affect Christian beliefs?
30:25–42:46
6
What role do political motivations play in Christian Zionism?
42:46–53:33
7
How do American Christians perceive their relationship with Israel?
53:33–58:19
8
What are the consequences of supporting Israel politically?
58:19–1:43:25
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