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A Short History of Christian Zionism

From the Reformation to the Twenty-First Century

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A Short History of Christian Zionism

By: Donald M. Lewis
Narrated by: Bob Souer
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This book is about an idea - namely, that Scripture mandates a Jewish return to the historical region of Palestine - which in turn morphed into a political movement, rallied around a popular slogan ("A country without a nation for a nation without a country"), and eventually contributed to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. Christian Zionism continues to influence global politics, especially US foreign policy, and has deeply affected Jewish-Christian and Muslim-Christian relations.

Donald M. Lewis seeks to provide a fair-minded, longitudinal study of this dynamic yet controversial movement as he traces its lineage from biblical sources through the Reformation to various movements of today. He explores Christian Zionism's interaction with other movements, forces, and discourses, especially in eschatological and political thought, and why it is now flourishing beyond the English-speaking world. Throughout, he demonstrates how it has helped British and American Protestants frame and shape their identity.

A Short History of Christian Zionism seeks to bring clarity and context to often-heated discussions.

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This book reveals Christian Zionism as a powerful religious and political movement which has been building up for centuries and had a major impact on world history. Yet, so little is known or understood about its roots and its ultimate aims. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in this subject and it’s hidden influence on world events.

Great insight into a religio-political movement.

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As an evangelical, I have laboured for 50 years under a performative obligation to "support Israel" uncritically. This seminal survey has shown me the roots of that cultural inheritance and provided options as how more faithfully to fulfil my calling to love Jews and Muslims alike and to pray and work for reconciliation and peace.

Liberating and Empowering

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Here in 2024 we are not suffering from 'demonised Arabs', nor 'lionised Israelites', mainstream media does the exact opposite. So when this gets discussed in chapter 13. American Christian Zionist Activities and Organizations, it's not correct, neither is the unspiritual way that proselytising and other biblical Christian atitudes are discussed.
Best this kind of academic stays away from the spiritual weight for those of us who follow biblical precepts. The Spirit is moving all the time, as are the demons in charge of the antisemites. so none of it can be set down in concrete, and an awful lot of secular misunderstanding, keeps changing shape also.
Although the writer is trying to write from his seemingly secular viewpoint, I enjoyed being reminded of much of the teaching of Dererk Prince that I benefited from decades ago. Plus what this seeming cynic needs to understand is that God does put His people in place, Jewish and Gentile, always has done and always will do. So although Derek Prince opened up the biblical precepts that had been fairly ignored until he came along, he is far from perfectly perfect in all areas.
Century after century the Spirit of our Triune God has put people in place who open up our spiritual understanding more and more.
The 'isms' that academics like to put everything into for various categories, have no bearing on normal people who are growing in their faith all the time, and respond in different ways, depending upon the Holy Spirit revelation that has been opened to them.

In this turbulent era of 2024 I wrote an answer for this question .....
Question: Islam is the greatest threat Europe faces. Am I wrong?
Answer: It has been for years. We can see the pattern that they laid out for themselves, remembering their agenda is to take over the west and more.
They migrated over a few decades, they infiltrated all the nations' institutions and seats of authority, they successfully intimidated all western leaders, so no one dare go against them [and of course they'd already inveigled themselves into human rights organisations - this is the way they wielded power over Israel and the resistance that Israel has to wage on 7 fronts, as mentioned after the October 7th atrocities.
So by 2023 they had planned their terrible attack on Israel. Since then everything has escalated; remember too all western academia has islamic influencing - as does government and most authorities, and weak people have believed the lies, re Al Jazeera's propaganda, in that everything islamist terrorists do they accuse Israel of.... They have a worldwide network via mosques to coordinate their bow-downs, marches, mass produced anti Israel flag marches and so on.

informative to a Point

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