By Zionism, I mean the idea that racial Jews still have divine right to the land of ancient Israel, and that a Jewish state should exist there with Jerusalem as its capitol.
I am posing the question after reading this post: https://www.fundamentalforums.org/threads/god-will-not-be-mocked.13003/post-261920
Zionism is a defacto doctrine in a majority of Evangelical denominations, and especially in Baptist and Pentecostal churches, in large part due to the influence of John Darby and the proliferation of the Scofield Bible.
I'm not justifying the recent and cowardly Hamas aggression, but the Palestinians displaced by who are now Israel, whose sole claim to the land is an appeal to a covenant with Yahweh, have a genuine grievance if it's not true.
So, is there some parallel between Zionism and a return to the law? Is Zionism to the world, as Judaizing is to the church?
Modern Israel springs from both religious and political sources. The biblical promise of a land for the Jews and a return to the Temple in Jerusalem were enshrined in Judaism and sustained Jewish identity through an exile of 19 centuries following the failed revolts in Judaea against the Romans early in the Common Era.
I am posing the question after reading this post: https://www.fundamentalforums.org/threads/god-will-not-be-mocked.13003/post-261920
Zionism is a defacto doctrine in a majority of Evangelical denominations, and especially in Baptist and Pentecostal churches, in large part due to the influence of John Darby and the proliferation of the Scofield Bible.
I'm not justifying the recent and cowardly Hamas aggression, but the Palestinians displaced by who are now Israel, whose sole claim to the land is an appeal to a covenant with Yahweh, have a genuine grievance if it's not true.
So, is there some parallel between Zionism and a return to the law? Is Zionism to the world, as Judaizing is to the church?