If ever there was a time for the Church to support Israel, it is now! Israel, ethnic national Israel (not the Church), is still the apple of God’s eye (Zechariah 2:8). The Church is the Bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:32), and as such, is specially loved by God. But God also loves Israel and still has a special plan for their future. Right now, the people of Israel, the apple of God’s eye, are in the world’s bullseye. We haven’t seen hatred of the Jews ramp up like this since the 1930’s.
It wasn’t until May 14, 1948, after the Holocaust, that the Jews were given back their land. How, then, did Charles Spurgeon, who died in 1892, know that the nation would return? Someone might say that Spurgeon was a prophet. But Spurgeon himself claimed that he was merely expounding upon what was clearly revealed in Scripture. Spurgeon preached the following about the return of Israel to the land: “The meaning of [Ezekiel 37], as opened up by the context, is most evidently, if words mean anything, first, that there shall be a political restoration of the Jews to their own land and to their own nationality. And then, secondly, there is in the text and in the context a most plain declaration that there shall be a spiritual restoration—in fact a conversion—of the tribes of Israel.” It is remarkable that Spurgeon preached this in the mid-to-late 1800s, long before any Zionist momentum had been gathered; Spurgeon knew this from Scripture, not by reading the tea leaves.
So, Charles Spurgeon predicted the restoration of the Jews to their land, and he did so about seven decades before it happened! Now, seven decades after it has happened, there is a massive push in the Church, led by the likes of Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Candace Owens—all claiming to be Christians—to say that Israel has been replaced by the Church and that the people now occupying the land are actually the great villains on the world stage. Tucker even said that he hates Christian Zionists “more than anybody.”
I don’t know about you, but I’ll take Charles Spurgeon’s exposition of Scripture over the endless opinions of Tucker, Nick, and Candace seven days a week and twice on Sunday. And John MacArthur gave us a second witness on these matters. Not that we are respecters of men when coming to biblical conclusions, but proven character and biblical acumen do count for something.
The bottom line is that the Bible is clear that God is still accomplishing his plan for ethnic national Israel. The Church hasn’t replaced Israel. The New Covenant does not make irrelevant what God said in the days of the Old. In fact, it was right there in the New Covenant promise of Jeremiah 31 that God reiterated His intentions. In the very passage where the New Covenant was revealed, God (by Jeremiah) went on to say, “Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord of hosts is his name: ‘If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever.’ Thus says the Lord: ‘If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, declares the Lord’” (Jeremiah 31:35-37).
The most comprehensive New Testament teaching on this subject absolutely concurs with what God said in Jeremiah. Paul writes, “Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, ‘The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob’; ‘and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.’ As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy. For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all” (Romans 11:25-32).
Notice from this passage that “you” (the Church) and “they” (ethnic national Israel) are distinct from one another, and God still has a plan for their future inclusion. Israel “will be” (in the future) saved (verse 25). Spurgeon was right to separate the physical return of Israel to the land (Spurgeon said, “first”) and the spiritual softening of the people’s hearts (Spurgeon said, “And then, secondly”). The latter is yet future. But the former, what Spurgeon saw as the first step, has now happened!
Church, the Bible, not a podcaster, teaches us how God speaks of Israel. He even warns Christians not to boast over them as they sit in their spiritual blindness, in their unbelief. We are to humbly remember that but for the grace of God, there go we. But this is not how the most popular voices in our society today have been speaking. Opposite God’s heart, they constantly blame the Jews, accuse the Jews, deride the Jews. We must take no part in fueling the fires of hatred against the Jews.
“My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, ‘Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse” (Proverbs 1:10-14).
The father and son Jihadis at Bondi Beach murdered as many Jews as they could. Need it be said that the Bible condemns what they did? “Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you. Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm” (Proverbs 3:29-30).
The podcaster with the #1 ranked show in the world called Israel an “occult nation” (Owens Quote 1) who “took over ours” and assassinated JFK (Owens Quote 2). She has blamed Israel for the murder of Charlie Kirk (Owens Quote 3). Need it be said that the Bible condemns what she said.
“A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends” (Proverbs 16:28). America and Israel are close friends, the closest of allies. Just this last summer, America and Israel worked together to eliminate an imminent nuclear threat from Iran. The Ayatollah who rules Iran believes in the 12th Imam—the twelfth successor to Muhammad, a guy named Muhammad al-Mahdi, who supposedly went into “major occulation” (became invisible) in the Year of Our Lord 941. This Twelver Shia belief includes the fanatical idea that it will take apocalyptic devastation to bring Muhammad al-Mahdi out of hiding. So, if that is what the leader of Iran believes, then what better than a nuclear weapon to bring about this end to the world? The doctrine of “Mutually Assured Destruction” is no protection when we’re dealing with Muslims who think like this. If Iran gets nuclear weapons, under their current leadership, they might very well use them.
The close friendship between America and Israel benefits both, provided that preventing nuclear war benefits all involved. Those who seek to separate this close friendship have proven themselves dishonest. These Anti-Zionists told us repeatedly last June that if Trump busts the bunkers of Iran’s nuclear facility, then we will be in World War 3. Well, Trump did order the busting of the bunkers, and no, it did not result in world war. It disarmed the threat. And just as the Israel-hating crowd was wrong about what they said in June, they continue to be wrong as they spread strife between America and Israel, in their effort to separate close friends.
“Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment” (Proverbs 18:1). The #1 podcaster in the world gets richer and richer the longer she stays in the limelight. In the end she will be isolated, on an island with only her die-hard fans remaining. But in the meantime, some of her desires (the Lord knows what those are) will be met. It is clearly against “sound judgment” to allege things she cannot prove, like the allegation that Israel murdered JFK. The Bible advises caution in the things we say. To charge Israel with the murder of a US President, while offering no proof, is a flagrant injustice. It lacks sound judgment.
“A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul” (Proverbs 18:7). Perhaps it is simply unwise to flap the lips incessantly, a million words per minute, going on and on for hours and hours, week after week, posturing oneself as a purveyor of secret knowledge. We ought to be slow to speak and quick to listen (James 1:19).
The #1 podcaster in the world needs a Charles Spurgeon or a John MacArthur in her life to tell her to “go home.” She denigrates her own husband and all men everywhere when she says, “If it’s going to take women having to speak up and say [that Israel is an occult nation] to make permission, like, to give permission for men to do the same, then I’m happy to be the first person. I just want to be clear, if anything happens to me, blame the Zionists.”
“Blame the Zionists”…but it was the Jews, the very ones she repeatedly denigrates, not her victim-posturing self, whose bodies fell on Bondi Beach. It was the Jews, not her, who were massacred on October 7, 2023. It was Charlie Kirk, a close friend of the Jews and an enemy of violent leftists, who was cut down on September 10, 2025. Maybe the one who says “blame the Zionists” when nothing happened to her is the one who deserves some blame. “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart” (Proverbs 3:3). There is no love, no faithfulness to the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31), in blaming the Jews. If the reader has steadfast love and faithfulness, then now is the time to speak up for the Jews, before they are once-again carried away to slaughter. It is loving to say “never again.”
America has blessed Israel more than any other country in the world, and partly as a result of this, America is the most blessed country in the world (Genesis 12:3). We must keep it that way. “The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous” (Proverbs 3:33).
Church, it is not right to join the world’s chorus in blaming the Jews. Moreover, it is not right to remain silent when that chorus keeps getting louder. “Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter” (Proverbs 24:11). Who will be there for Israel in this her time of need? Don’t look down upon Israel; speak up for Israel!
For the Lion of the Tribe of Judah,
Pastor Jeff
