I am a Zionist.
I am not a Jew, but as a Christian who takes the Hebrew scriptures seriously, I accept that just as God once took away the land of Canaan from Israel, He will once again restore it - fully, securely and finally. This ultimate restoration will not come by means of Merkava tanks or earthly means, but by God's sovereign action.
This is bad news for the national aspirations of the Palestinian people, but not necessarily for the people themselves. The prophet Zechariah writes this of them: "The king shall perish from Gaza......But he who remains, even he shall be for our God, and shall be like a leader in Judah."
Imagine, if you can, that some who are presently among the most extreme followers of Islam, dedicated to the genocide of the Israeli Jews, might have a future as yeshiva students and rabbis? Or that a Dahlan might become a Sharon? Stranger things have happened through the power of God.
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