{"id":9381,"date":"2025-11-06T08:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=9381"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:11:05","slug":"tucker-carlsons-mockery-and-gods-irrevocable-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=9381","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson\u2019s mockery and God\u2019s irrevocable call"},"content":{"rendered":"


By Tony Perkins<\/span><\/span>, CP Op-Ed Contributor Tuesday, November 04, 2025<\/span>Leon Neal\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul, the self-described apostle to the Gentiles, wrote these words to Christians in Rome:\u00a0\u201cFor the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable\u201d\u00a0(Romans 11:29). What was Paul talking about?<\/p>\n

He was declaring that God keeps His promises even when we don\u2019t. In Romans 9-11, Paul defends the faithfulness of God to Israel to reassure Gentile believers that the Gospel promise he had just written in Romans 10 could be trusted \u2014\u00a0\u201cIf you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because the covenant God made with Abraham in Genesis 12 remains valid, and will be fully fulfilled, we can be confident the promise of the New Covenant will be fulfilled: God gave this promise to Abraham,\u00a0\u201cGo from your country\u2026 to a land that I will show you.\u2026 I will make of you a great nation… I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n

This continuity of covenant undergirds Christian support for Israel today. God\u2019s redemptive plan was never revoked \u2014 it was expanded. The Church has been grafted into the covenant, not as a replacement for Israel, but as partakers in God\u2019s unfolding promise. Paul warns Gentile believers in Romans 11:18,\u00a0\u201cDo not boast against the branches … remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.\u201d<\/p>\n

What does this have to do with what is happening in our nation and in the world? How we view this topic will shape the public policies we support or oppose. Some voices \u2014 even among those who claim the name of Christ \u2014 are labeling these beliefs and convictions as \u201cChristian heresy.\u201d Recently, Tucker Carlson, in a conversation with known antisemite Nick Fuentes, mocked Christians like Mike Huckabee and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who support Israel\u2019s right to its land and existence. He claimed Christian Zionists are \u201cseized by a brain virus\u201d and that their beliefs are \u201cChristian heresy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be clear: standing with Israel is not heresy \u2014 it\u2019s biblical orthodoxy. Christians who support Israel are not endorsing every decision of its government any more than they endorse every policy of their own. Rather, they recognize that God\u2019s prophetic promises move toward restoration, not rejection; multiplication, not subtraction.<\/p>\n

Paul didn\u2019t have a brain virus, nor did he teach a nationalistic fantasy \u2014 he articulated divine revelation. God\u2019s covenant with Israel remains intact because\u00a0\u201cthe gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.\u201d\u00a0The same faithfulness that secures Israel\u2019s future guarantees our salvation in Christ.<\/p>\n

Throughout history, from the prophets to the apostles to the Church Fathers, those who have taken Scripture seriously have affirmed this truth: God\u2019s dealings with Israel reveal His character. To deny that is to question the reliability of God Himself.<\/p>\n

So, no \u2014 Christian support for Israel is not heresy. It is faith in action, anchored in the word of God, aligned with the heart of God, and consistent with the promises of God \u2014 promises to Israel, and to all who believe.<\/p>\n

Tony Perkins is president of Family Research Council and executive editor of The Washington Stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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