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of prayer, especially when that
prayer is to the Creator. As
much as it’s the case that Israel
cannot have too many friends,
another thing to which most
would agree is that you can’t
have too much prayer.
Israel’s independence was
a theological tsunami. Until
then, most of “the Church” was
rooted in centuries of thinking
that God was done with the
Jews. That we had not yet been
restored to Israel fed this notion,
paradoxically undermining the
faith of its adherents. If nothing
else, Israel’s independence was
affirmation that not only was
God not done with us, but that
He has affirmed His promises
vis a vis the Jewish people as in
the Torah.
The return of the Jewish peo-
ple to Israel after thousands of
years in exile is not only not a
coincidence, but a fundamental
prooftext of the Text, a founda-
tion which Jews and Christians
have in common. The impera-
tive before us is to build upon
that, for these and many other
good reasons.
Years ago, a Christian friend
gave me a copy of an article
from a 1947 magazine, demon-
strating how Christian support
for Israel is not new. I knew that
but read the article anyway.
The writer narrated his
sympathy watching Jews who
had survived the Holocaust
descending from ships in Haifa.
Everything was great, until the
end. The final paragraph reflect-
ed on the roots of replacement
theology in “the church” by
noting that God had essentially
abandoned the Jews.
It was ironic that my friend
didn’t see the contradiction of
this. Christian support for Israel
does pre-date 1948, is increas-
ing, evolving and should be
embraced.
Jonathan Feldstein is president of the
Genesis 123 Foundation.
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