By Richard Harris for THRIVE NEWS
Popular commentator Tucker Carlson recently claimed that “Christian Zionism” is a “heresy” and a “brain virus.” He made these remarks during his interview of Nick Fuentes, a polarizing commentator whose remarks have been broadly denounced as racist and antisemitic. Carlson’s comments are not only irresponsible; they are dangerously false and must be unequivocally rejected by Christians.
Zionism” is simply the conviction that the Jewish people have the right to live as a sovereign nation in their ancient and historic homeland. Far from being heresy, this belief flows naturally from both historical reality and the plain teaching of Scripture. To deny the Jewish people this right is to deny history, reject God’s promises, and align oneself against the purposes of God.
Here are four of the many reasons Christians must support Israel’s right to exist.
1. The Jewish people deserve a homeland after millennia of persecution
The story of the Jewish people is marked by unimaginable suffering. From the earliest pages of Scripture, Israel faced hostile nations — including the Egyptians, Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans. After the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, the Jewish people were scattered across the world.
