{"id":9523,"date":"2025-11-06T20:25:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=9523"},"modified":"2025-11-06T20:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:25:40","slug":"tucker-carlson-obviously-doesnt-know-what-the-bible-says-about-christian-zionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=9523","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson Obviously Doesn&#8217;t Know What the Bible Says About Christian Zionism\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANALYSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When former Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently declared that he &#8220;despises Christian Zionists more than anyone on earth,&#8221; dismissing our beliefs as a &#8220;dangerous heresy&#8221; and a &#8220;brain virus infecting the church,&#8221; he wasn&#8217;t just attacking a political stance. He was maligning the faith of millions of Bible-believing Christians whose love for Israel is rooted not in politics, but in Scripture itself.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Carlson&#8217;s October 27, 2025, interview with far-right podcaster Nick Fuentes, an open Holocaust denier who has praised Hitler, marked a moral descent even by today&#8217;s divisive standards. Carlson, Fuentes and their online allies, like Candace Owens, are attempting to reshape conservatism into something darkly hostile toward Israel and the Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>National Review<\/em> wrote in its recent editorial, &#8220;A Time for Choosing on Antisemitism,&#8221; this is a moral abomination that must be rejected.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Is there a biblical basis for Christian support for Israel? Absolutely. The foundation of Israel is not a modern political project, it&#8217;s a divine promise with the deep biblical roots.<\/p>\n<p>In Genesis 12:1\u20133, God told Abraham: &#8220;I will make you a great nation&#8230;I will bless those who bless you.&#8221; From that moment, Israel became God&#8217;s beloved\u2014a covenant people in a promised land. This precious, special land is called an &#8220;everlasting possession&#8221; given to Abraham and his descendants.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Jerusalem is the only city in the world that God commands us to pray for: &#8220;Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee&#8221; (Psalm 122:6). God promised King David that He would &#8220;appoint a place for My people Israel&#8230; and they shall dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more.&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Jesus Himself reaffirmed Israel&#8217;s central role in God&#8217;s plan. In His final words before the Ascension, Jesus said, &#8220;You shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth.&#8221; The story of salvation begins in Jerusalem\u2014and it ends there.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>From Isaiah 2:3\u2014&#8221;For out of Zion shall go forth the law&#8221;\u2014to Psalm 102:16, which promises that when &#8220;the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory,&#8221; Scripture ties God&#8217;s redemptive plan directly to Israel.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>No nation is mentioned more often or more affectionately in the Bible. The Psalmist wrote, &#8220;The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Scripture foresaw the modern rebirth of Israel. God promised, in Ezekiel, &#8220;I will gather you from all nations and bring you back into your own land.&#8221; And then later, in Amos, God promises that He will &#8220;restore the fortunes of My people Israel&#8230;and they shall never again be uprooted.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today, that prophecy has become history. The Hebrew language has been revived. Israel has been reborn. Jerusalem has been reunited. These are not coincidences\u2014they are confirmations of God&#8217;s faithfulness.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Recent hatred and disdain toward the Jewish people, no matter what a person&#8217;s beliefs on Zionism, are unbiblical. \u00a0I know the cost of antisemitism personally. My father, who claimed to be a Christian, harbored deep hatred toward Jews. When I was 11, he tried to strangle me as I shielded my Jewish mother from his violence. Years later, a self-described &#8220;Christian Nationalist&#8221; murdered two people, including an Arkansas state trooper, while attempting to reach my home because I am a Christian Zionist.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>This hatred is not new. History repeats itself when hatred goes unchallenged. Millions of Protestants once followed Hitler, believing &#8220;God sent us the Chancellor.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Words kill. And today, new voices are once again masking ancient hatred in religious language.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Tucker calls Christian Zionism &#8220;heresy.&#8221; I, along with many other American evangelicals, call it fidelity to Scripture. Christian Zionism is not about politics\u2014it is about standing with God&#8217;s promises and with His people. To oppose Israel is to oppose the Word of God itself.\u00a0<br \/>It is time for Christians to make a choice. Will we stand with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob\u2014or with those who curse what He has blessed?\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>Dr. Mike Evans is one of the world&#8217;s foremost experts on Israel and the Middle East. He is the author of 117 books, a #1\u202fNew York Times\u202fbestselling author, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and a cherished friend of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANALYSIS When former Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently declared that he &#8220;despises Christian Zionists more than anyone on earth,&#8221; dismissing our beliefs as a &#8220;dangerous heresy&#8221; and a &#8220;brain virus infecting the church,&#8221; he wasn&#8217;t just attacking a political stance. 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