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Joel Rosenberg: What is Christian Zionism? | The Rosenberg Report

February 12, 2026 | 27:32

On this episode of The Rosenberg Report, Joel Rosenberg talks about Christian Zionism and why it’s under attack.

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Tonight on the rosenberg report,
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What exactly is christian zionism
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And why is it and those who embrace it under
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Such ferocious and relentless attack by tucker carlson
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And so many others, saying that they despise christians
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Who love and support israel and the jewish people.
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What are the scriptures that tell us that god himself
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Was a zionist, is a zionist?
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That jesus was a zionist and that christian zionism
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Isn't heresy or a brain virus, but a powerful prophetic
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Biblical truth that unfolding before our very eyes.
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Buckle up.
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You're about to get all your questions answered
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Right here, right now, on the rosenberg report.
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Christian zionism.
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What is it exactly? is it biblical?
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Is it heresy?
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Why does so many followers of jesus christ embrace it?
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And why is it under such ferocious and relentless attack?
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Good evening from jerusalem,
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And welcome to the rosenberg report.
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Tonight, a special report on a topic
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That's triggering more and more controversy here in israel,
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Across the united states and around the world.
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Now, to understand exactly what's happening,
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We first need to put the question into context.
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A war has been declared against israel and the jewish people.
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As you know painfully well,
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Especially if you're a watcher, regular watcher
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Of the rosenberg report,
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A physical war,
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A war of annihilation was launched against the state
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Of israel on october 7th, 2023 by hamas terrorists in gaza
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And was quickly joined in the days that followed
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By the wicked iranian regime, which drove the whole thing
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By hezbollah terrorists in lebanon,
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By houti terrorists in yemen
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And by so many other terror groups throughout the region.
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Their explicit goal to destroy, to wipe out,
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To annihilate the jewish state once and for all.
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Now, that was bad enough, right?
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But there was more
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Simultaneously a spiritual war to destroy israel.
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A war to despise and discredit the jewish state.
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A war of delegitimization against israel was also
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Launched.
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Now this war is fueled and funded in part,
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But in large part by radical islamists
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And other haters of israel in tehran, turkey and on tiktok,
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As well as by those in qatar and those across social media,
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And far too many in the so-called mainstream media.
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But this war of de-legitimize zation is also being driven by
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Some inside the church, by those who do not only hate israel,
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But they hate christians who love israel.
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Tucker carlson has certainly emerged
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As one of the most
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Influential haters of israel and of christian zionism.
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Last fall, on his podcast, a podcast that he recorded,
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By the way, with a neo-nazi, nick fuentes, who says he adores
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Hitler and loves stalin
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And doesn't believe the holocaust happened at all.
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Not the way it's, the history books tell us.
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Tucker carlson declared on that podcast
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He declared war on all christians
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Who love and stand with israel and do so for biblical reasons.
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Take a look.
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How do you explain mike huckabee, ted cruz?
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And they're a lot like that.
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John bolton
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I mean, i've known them all, george w bush, like karl rove.
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I mean, all people i know personally who i've seen
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Besieged by this brain virus, and they're not jewish.
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They're most of them are self-described christians.
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And and then the christian zionists who are,
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Well, christian zionists.
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Like, what is that, ryan?
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I can just say for my self, i dislike them
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More than anybody, you know, because like what?
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Because it's christian heresy.
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And i'm offended by that. as a christian.
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But tucker, unfortunately, is hardly alone.
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Just recently, on january 28th of this year, the patriarchs
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And heads of the roman
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Catholic and greek orthodox churches here in jerusalem
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Issued a scathing statement against christian zionism,
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Calling it damaging, misleading, confusing
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And a threat to the christians living here in israel.
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These catholic and orthodox leaders continued by staying
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One more quote from the statement.
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Wow.
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Did you catch that?
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Okay. did you hear that last point?
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Actually, all the points, because
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But all of them are important.
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But this last point is very interesting.
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These roman catholic and orthodox leaders
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Are claiming that they and they alone
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Quote, they alone unquote, represent
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All the followers of jesus christ in israel.
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And that all other people who say they follow jesus
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And say that they have a biblical and theological
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And historical love and support for israel are not only wrong,
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But they're dangerous,
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And they're interfering in the work
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That these roman catholic and orthodox leaders say they
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And they alone are responsible for here in the holy land.
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And they're saying that that being a christian
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Zionist is a harm to the christians in the land.
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Wow. this is sad.
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And it's sad for several reasons.
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First, because it exudes such a deep rooted pride
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And such a deep rooted arrogance against all other followers
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Of jesus and against anyone who disagrees
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With the roman catholic and orthodox leaders here.
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That's a problem to me,
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And i think
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There's another problem, and that is that they're wrong.
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Actually,
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Christians are much safer in this land.
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Ever since israel took over, the christian community
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In the palesitinian authority, for example, has plummeted.
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Once muslims took over.
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Right.
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And what happened in iraq, when muslim radicals took over,
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The number of christians went down.
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Same thing in syria.
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It's happened all over the middle east.
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But here in israel, the i'm not saying it's perfect
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For christians here.
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I'm saying that christians are the safest here in israel
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Of any country in the region.
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Coming up next on the rosenberg report.
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What exactly are the scriptures
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That tell us that god himself is a zionist?
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That jesus was a zionist, that christian zionism is heresy
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Or a brain virus, but powerful prophetic,
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Biblical truth that's unfolding before our very eyes.
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Find out when the rosenberg report continues on tbn
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Right after this break.
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Right after this break.
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So what exactly is christian zionism and why is it?
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And those who believe in it, why are we all under
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So much ferocious and relentless attack?
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Well, put simply, christian zionism is the belief
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That the god of the bible describes himself
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As the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob.
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This god describes himself as the god of israel.
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And this god made unconditional promises
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To abraham, isaac, and jacob, and to their descendants, right?
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The children of israel,
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The nation of israel, to bless us in a variety of ways,
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Including blessing us with the land of israel.
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What's more, the god of israel, the god who says,
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In the bible that he will dwell in zion
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In jerusalem, right here in the holy city
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For all eternity, and has chosen zion for his own.
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This god
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Promised to bring the jewish people out of exile
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In the last days of history,
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And bring us back to dwell in the land of israel,
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And that he that in doing so he would help us understand
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His deep love, his deep and abiding love for us.
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Open our eyes and draw us into a personal relationship
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With him through faith in his son,
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His son jesus.
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Jesus who was born in israel.
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Jesus who was born of jewish parents.
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Jesus yeshua,
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Whose closest disciples were jewish israelites.
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Jesus yeshua, who said that he came to love
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And serve and minister to and shepherd the lost sheep
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Of the house of israel, who had wandered away from god.
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And he commanded his disciples to do the same.
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That's christian zionism.
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It's not a political ideology.
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It's not a plot to hate and oppress palestinians.
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It's theology.
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Understanding that the promises that god made to israel
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In the jewish people in genesis chapter 12,
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And then the chapters that followed.
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Run all the way through the last pages
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Of the new testament in the book of revelation.
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God is not done with israel.
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He's not done with the jewish people.
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That's what the bible says.
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God loves israel and the jewish people.
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And true to his word in fulfillment of biblical
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Prophecy.
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God is drawing his chosen people back to his promised land.
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He's helping us
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Rebuild the ancient ruins and make the deserts
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Bloom all around us.
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He wants to bless us, and he wants us
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To be a blessing to our neighbors, to the world.
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Christian zionism is the bedrock belief
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That the god of the bible, the god of israel, is a god
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Who makes promises and then keeps them.
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A god who is doing an absolute miracle in our midst
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As he resurrects his ancient people in our ancient homeland,
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And as he draws more and more of us into his kingdom
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Through faith in yeshua, messiah, jesus the messiah.
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So what are the scriptures that tell us
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That god himself is a zionist?
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How do we know that jesus was a zionist?
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And how do we know that christian zionism is not heresy
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Or a brain virus, but is in fact biblical truth
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Unfolding before our very eyes?
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Well, the first thing
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We need to understand is that zion is a mountain right here
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In the heart of jerusalem, right over my shoulder.
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What's more,
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The word zion is mentioned in 162 times in the bible,
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Including seven times in the new testament.
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And it's a word
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That always is synonymous with the city of jerusalem,
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And with the land and people of israel.
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Okay, so when you hear the word zionism or christian zionism,
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What's being expressed is a belief that god has chosen
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The mountain of zion, the city of jerusalem,
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And the land of israel for himself,
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That he is given this land
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And the city of zion, jerusalem, to the children of israel.
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And even though he punished us for our sins
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And drove us into exile 2000 years ago,
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He promised in biblical prophecy to bring us back
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And resettle us. where?
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In the land of zion.
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And that's exactly what he's doing.
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And that's what exactly
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What he has been doing for the past 100 years or so.
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Zion is first mentioned in
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Second samuel chapter five, verses six and seven.
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When david captures mount zion from the pagan jebusites
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And he makes it his capital, okay.
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Now from then on, we see over and over and over again
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Zion is mentioned as the center of god's heart.
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The center of god's people and the epicenter of god's plan
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And purpose for global salvation and redemption.
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And from where the very word of god
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Will go forth from zion into the rest of the world.
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Let's look at some scriptures that tell us this exact
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Set of truths.
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Psalm chapter two, verse six.
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But as for me, i have installed my king
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Mighty, my messiah, right on zion, my holy mountain.
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Psalm nine, verse 11.
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Sing praises to the lord who dwells in zion.
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Declare among the peoples his deeds.
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Psalm 14, verse seven.
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Oh, that the salvation of israel would come out of zion.
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When the lord restores his captive people,
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Jacob will rejoice.
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Israel will be glad.
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Psalm 48,
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Verse one and two great is the lord, and greatly to be
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Praised in the city of our god in his holy mountain.
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Beautiful in elevation.
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The joy of the whole earth is mount zion
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In the far north, the city of the great king.
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Psalm 69 verses 34 through 36.
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Let heaven and earth praise him,
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The seas and everything that moves in them.
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For god will save zion and build the cities of judah,
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That they may dwell there and possess it.
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The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
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And those who love his name will dwell in it.
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In. in what? in zion?
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Psalm 74, verses one and two.
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O god, why have you rejected us forever?
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Why does your anger smoke against the sheep
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Of your pasture?
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Remember your your congregation
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Which you have purchased of old,
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Which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance?
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And this mountain, zion, where you have dwelt.
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There was a time where jews felt abandoned by god
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Because they had been cast out of the land far away from zion.
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But they say, lord, please
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Remember that you love zion, and you dwell there.
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Please bring us back.
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Psalm 78, verses 68 and 69.
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God chose the tribe of judah, mountain zion, which he loved,
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And he built his sanctuary.
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Make the heights like the earth which he has founded forever.
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Psalm 87, verse two.
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The lord loves the gates of what?
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Of zion more than all the other dwelling places of jacob.
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That's an incredible verse.
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Let's just read that one more time.
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Psalm 87, verse two.
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The lord loves the gates of zion more
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Than all the other dwelling places of jacob.
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Psalm 102, verse 13.
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You will arise and have compassion on zion,
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For it is time to be gracious to her.
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For the appointed time has come.
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Psalm 126, verses one through three.
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When the lord has brought back the captive ones of zion,
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We were like those who dream.
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Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongue
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With joyful shouting.
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Then they said, among the nations,
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The lord has done great things for them.
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The lord has done great things for us, and we are glad.
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Isaiah 62, verse one.
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One of my favorite verses in all of the bible.
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For zion's
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Sake i will not keep silent.
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And for jerusalem's sake i will not keep quiet
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Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,
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And her salvation like a torch that is burning.
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This is the word of the lord.
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That's a lot of verses.
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I get it,
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And i could give you so many more,
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But i'm trying
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To give you the picture of how much god loves zion,
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Jerusalem, israel, and how he continually says,
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I've chosen zion.
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I live in zion.
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I want a blessing, and i'm going to bring my people back
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To zion.
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That's where the concept of zionism comes from.
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That's where christian zionism comes from.
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And those who believe his word
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Understand that and understand it's not a political ideology.
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It's a biblical theology, and we reject it.
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And neglect it at our peril.
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Coming up next on the rosenberg report.
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Okay, fine, you say so.
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There are hundreds of verses
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That mention zion in the old testament.
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So look, what about the new testament?
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Is zion even mentioned in the new testament at all,
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Or even once?
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And how can you call jesus a zionist?
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How can you defend a statement like that?
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Find out when the rosenberg report continues on tbn
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Right after the break.
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Right after the break.
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Welcome back to the rosenberg report.
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Okay, fine. you say joel.
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I get it.
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There are hundreds of mentions of zion in the old testament.
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So what?
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So what about the new testament?
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We're christians.
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What about the new testament?
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Is zion even mentioned in the new testament at all?
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Even once.
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And how can you call jesus a zionist?
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How can you actually defend a statement like that?
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Well, those are all good questions, so let's answer them.
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Let's take a look at the new testament.
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But just before we do, we need to start
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By considering this passage
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From the hebrew prophet zechariah,
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Because this is a bridge
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From the old testament to the new right.
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Zechariah chapter nine, verse nine.
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Rejoice greatly, o daughter of zion, shout in triumph,
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O daughter of jerusalem, behold your king is coming to you.
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He is just and endowed with salvation, humble
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And mounted on a donkey, even on a colt.
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The fall of a donkey.
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This is the messianic prophecy
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That tells us how the messiah will enter jerusalem.
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And this is exactly how jesus yeshua entered jerusalem
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2000 years ago in fulfillment of this very prophecy.
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And to whom is the prophecy written?
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To the daughter of zion?
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That's right, the jewish messiah.
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Where was he going to come to
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When he was going to arrive in the holy city?
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He was coming to zion. why?
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Because he loves zion.
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Because the jewish messiah chose zion.
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Because he planned to die and rise again in the city of zion.
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And he plans to return one day.
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Where?
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To zion and to rule and reign forever
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Over the entire world of the entire universe.
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One day, from zion, the epicenter of the world.
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Zion actually is mentioned in the new testament.
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It's actually mentioned seven times
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And some very interesting passages.
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Let's take a look.
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Matthew chapter 21, verse five.
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Say to the daughter of zion,
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Behold, your king is coming to you,
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Gentle and mounted on a donkey,
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Even on a colt, the form of a beast of burden.
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For that verse is quoting zechariah chapter nine. why?
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Because jesus fulfilled
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That exact verse,
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And that's why it's mentioned in the new testament.
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That's the bridge
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Between the old testament and the new, and it all focuses
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On zion.
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Romans 933 just as it is written, behold, i lay in
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Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.
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And he who believes in him in the messiah
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Will not be disappointed.
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That's a really interesting passage
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In which the apostle paul is harkening back
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To a messianic prophecy from the old testament,
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But he's citing it in the new testament,
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To say that god is going to set the messiah in zion,
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But this messiah, whom we know
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As jesus, is going to be a stone of stumbling, right?
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Some people are going to embrace
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Jesus and understand that he's the messiah
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And follow him and repent and embrace him.
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Others are going to stumble over him and think, no, no, that's
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That's not the messiah.
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And where is this all going to happen?
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The messiah is coming to zion.
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And that's exactly where jesus came.
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Romans chapter 11, verses 25 and 26.
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Paul writes this for i do not want you, brethren,
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To be uninformed of this mystery,
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So that you will not be wise in your own estimation.
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He doesn't want people to be proud.
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He wants people to understand the gentile church,
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To understand that a partial hardening
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Has happened to israel until right.
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Not forever,
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But until the fullness of the gentiles has come in
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Into the kingdom of god, into the kingdom of of christ.
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And so all israel will be saved, just as it was written,
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The deliverer will come from zion.
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He will remove ungodliness from jacob.
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This is my covenant with them when i take away their sins.
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Again, a fascinating passage in which god
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God is saying prophetically.
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Paul is citing old testament messianic prophecies.
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God is saying the messiah is not only going to come
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To zion, he's going to come from zion, from zion.
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The gospel would be preached for in zion will
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The crucifixion happen and the resurrection happen.
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And god plans to save the jewish people.
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If they if we will repent, if we will have our eyes open,
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And it all takes place in and around zion, that's
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Where the messiah was coming.
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That's where jesus did come.
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And the word will go forth from zion.
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Now paul then adds in verse 28 and 29 that from the standing
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Of god's choice, they, the nation of israel,
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The jewish people, are beloved for the sake of the fathers,
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Who are the fathers abraham, isaac, and jacob.
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And then paul says that god is not going
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To abandon his promises to save israel,
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Or restore the children of israel,
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To come back to the land of israel and
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And settle here again in the last days. why?
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Why won't god
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Abandon his promises to the nation of israel? why?
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Because, as paul writes, the gifts
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And the calling of god are irrevocable.
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You can't revoke them.
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They can't cancel them. okay.
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You can try.
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Tucker carlson can try one thing.
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Isaac can try.
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Stephen sizer can try. the patriarch.
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Heads of the various churches here in jerusalem can try.
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But god's promises are irrevocable there.
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You cannot revoke them. you cannot break them.
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First peter chapter two, verse six.
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For this is contained in scripture.
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Behold, i lay in zion a choice stone, a precious cornerstone.
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And he who believes in him will not be disappointed.
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Here again, the apostle peter now is citing
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Old testament messianic prophecy to say god is
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Making the messiah,
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Jesus, the cornerstone of his entire plan
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And purpose for the rest of the world.
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The entire church will be built around jesus,
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And it all takes place in and around zion.
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Okay, last passage,
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Revelation chapter 14, verses one through three.
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Then i looked, and behold, the lamb was standing.
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Where? on mount zion.
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This is a prophecy about jesus's second coming, and it says
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The lamb was standing on the mount on mount zion,
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And with him 144,000 having his name
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And the name of his father written on their foreheads.
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And this is just amazing.
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Time and time again the bible is clear.
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The old testament is clear.
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The new testament is clear that jesus was a jew.
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The messiah was always going to be a jew.
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He was going to come to zion.
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He was going to come from zion.
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He's going to take the the word of god.
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And it was going to be coming forth from the land of zion,
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From the mount of zion, from the city of zion,
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The city of the great king.
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And that's exactly who jesus is.
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That's exactly what he did.
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And that's why i say that jesus was a zionist.
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I'm not talking about some sort of,
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Weird political
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System or whatever you've you've ascribed to zionism.
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I'm saying christian zionism is the belief
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That god makes promises and he keeps them.
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And those promises were to give the land of zion,
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The land of israel,
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To the children of israel, to the jewish people.
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When we disobeyed him, he kicked us out.
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But he promised to bring us back,
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And that is what he's doing.
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And those of us who believe that
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Want to love and care for israel and the jewish people,
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We don't agree with every single thing
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That every single israeli israeli is doing, or everything
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That every single, government leader is doing in israel. no.
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That's true of all nations.
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But we as followers of jesus, are supposed to have
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An unconditional love for israel and our neighbors.
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To be sure.
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But to reject christian zionism is to reject
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The whole teaching of the bible from genesis to revelation.
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And that's wrong.
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It's prideful.
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It's arrogant, and it comes with consequences.
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And that's our show for tonight.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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Have a great week.
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As you walk with the lord jesus christ
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And the power of the holy spirit.
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Spending time in the word and prayer and worship
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And in fellowship with other believers.
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I want to quote that verse for zion's sake
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I will not keep silent for jerusalem's sake.
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I will not remain quiet till her vindication shines out
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Like the dawn, her salvation like a burning or blazing torch.
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I'm not going to keep quiet about these topics.
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I'll be respectful and loving, but i'm not gonna be quiet.
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And i hope you won't be silent either.
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May god bless you as you love your neighbor.
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Care for the poor and needy.
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Care for widows and orphans as you share your faith
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In jesus the messiah, with those who don't yet know him.
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As you make disciples of all nations.
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As you keep praying faithfully for the peace of jerusalem,
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For the peace of israel, the peace of our neighbors,
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And for the love and peace of zion.
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May the lord give you grace to you and your family
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And your friends.
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And lord willing,
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I'll see you here next week, right here on the rosenberg
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Report.
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Joel Rosenberg: What is Christian Zionism? | The Rosenberg Report

February 12, 2026 | 27:32

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