1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 2: Well, I've heard lots of crazy things over the year 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 2: said about evangelicals. I dare say most evangelical Christians don't 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 2: know what one is, and no way that our Jewish 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: friends know what it is. So I want to take 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: a few minutes today as we close our series on 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: Jewish Christian relations, to set the record straight about evangelicals. 8 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: Let's take a break and hear a message from one 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: of our sponsors. Welcome to the Israel Answer Series, Connecting 10 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: Israel the Bible, and you join Susan Michael as she 11 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: explores timely issues and current events from a scriptural perspective 12 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: to equip the Christian world with a balance and biblical response. 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: Be sure to subscribe for future episodes which will ignite 14 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: your faith in the Bible to life in your everyday world. Now, 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: let's join Susan with your Israel answers. 16 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 2: Since the year two thousand, I have spoken to many 17 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: Jewish organizations and audiences about evangelical Christians and their support 18 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: of Israel. So I tend to use the term quite 19 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: often in my articles and in my teachings, but I 20 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 2: recognize that most people really don't know who is an evangelical. 21 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: So While today's lesson may be of greatest interest to 22 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 2: my Jewish listeners, I think will all benefit by understanding 23 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 2: the various segments and trends within Christianity and to clear 24 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 2: up some of the confusion. So let's get started. First point. 25 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: The first point of confusion is over the description born 26 00:01:54,560 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: again Christians versus evangelical Christians. Some people will use the 27 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: terms interchangeably, so they'll use evangelical in a very broad 28 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: way to describe born again Christians. That the narrow definition 29 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: of evangelical is very different, so I want to explain 30 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: the difference. There are many people who the description of 31 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: born again Christian applies to. These are people who say 32 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: their faith is important to them, it makes a difference 33 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 2: in their life. They have experienced Christianity on such a 34 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: personal level that it impacted and changed them and or 35 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: their life. So this is describing a faith experience. Some 36 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 2: estimate as many as one hundred million people in America 37 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 2: describe their faith in such terms and would qualify as 38 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: a born again Christian. But an evangelical is a description 39 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 2: of one's beliefs and not an experience. So an evangelical 40 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: should be a born again Christian and have experienced that 41 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 2: life changing moment of faith what we call salvation. We 42 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 2: can call it that born again experience and epiphany, whatever, 43 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: but all evangelicals should have experienced that. Not all born 44 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 2: again Christians who have had an experience know the Bible 45 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: and have a biblical worldview or lifestyle. So to qualify 46 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: as a true evangelical, there are four core pillars a belief. 47 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 2: One is the authority of the Bible. Secondly is of 48 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: course holding to the key doctrines of the Bible, which 49 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 2: I'm not going to list those, and some may list 50 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: the list differently, but basically, there's good and evil, there's 51 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 2: heaven in hell, there's these things, and that salvation. This 52 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 2: is third pillar. That salvation comes through the atoning death 53 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 2: of Jesus on the cross. And fourthly, the importance of 54 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: sharing that good news of what Jesus did with others. 55 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: So the number of true evangelicals Christians that actually hold 56 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 2: to these four pillars, it's much less than one hundred million. 57 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: Some people say it's as little as twenty million. Let's 58 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 2: say it somewhere in between, but it could be as 59 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: low as twenty million, because I believe the number is 60 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: going down now this explains a lot of the polling 61 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 2: and statistics that are now saying that few evangelicals even 62 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 2: believe the Bible. That actually means they are not evangelical. Okay, agreed, 63 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: But the posters use the term evangelical in such a 64 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 2: broad and sloppy way that a lot of their findings 65 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 2: don't really make sense. They're talking about this larger group 66 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: of born again Christians, So the difference born again Christians 67 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 2: are their faith is an experience. Evangelicals are defined by 68 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:20,239 Speaker 2: their beliefs. Evangelicals should also be born again, they should 69 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 2: be a sub section of that born again world, But 70 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 2: not all born agains even know they're Bible and can 71 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 2: qualify as an evangelical. Now, I hope that's helped you. Now, 72 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 2: speaking of polsters, if you or anyone you're associated with 73 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 2: once to do a poll on these issues, please make 74 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 2: sure you pick a polling firm that understands the two definitions, 75 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 2: because many do not. They also need to know not 76 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: to rely on self identification. What do I mean? Well, 77 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 2: if you're going to do a and you're going to 78 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 2: call up people and say are you an evangelical Christian? 79 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 2: A lot of them are going to say I don't 80 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 2: know or know, or if you ask them what type 81 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 2: of how would you describe your faith or your religion 82 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 2: or your belief They're just going to say I'm a Christian, 83 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: born again Christians, evangelical Christians. They're just going to say 84 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 2: I'm a Christian. They don't use these terms. These are 85 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: terms that demographers use. Okay, So we need to not 86 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 2: expect them to self identify. We need to know enough 87 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 2: about what we're talking about that we can ask a 88 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 2: few questions and we can qualify that person. Are they 89 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: a born again Christian? Are they an evangelical or are 90 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 2: they this? Or are they that? We've got to know 91 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 2: what we're talking about. And then, thirdly, if we're going 92 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 2: to do a poll or a study on this issue, 93 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 2: we have got to understand that these worlds, whether it's 94 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 2: evangelical or it's born again Christian, are deeply divided. So no, 95 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 2: we do not all look alike, sound alike, say the 96 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: same things, or believe the same things. Now, let's look 97 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: at the numbers here. Worldwide, there are as many as 98 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 2: some say two point six billion Christians, meaning part of Christendom. 99 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: Now that includes one point three billion Catholics, roughly one 100 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: billion what I'm going to call Protestant, and then about 101 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 2: three hundred million others Etheran, Orthodox, other movements. Okay. Now, 102 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 2: looking at the one billion that I called Protestant, roughly 103 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 2: four hundred million of them are mainline Protestants, so that 104 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 2: includes the Anglicans, the Lutherans, the Presbyterians, the Methodists, and 105 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: others other smaller denominations. Roughly six hundred million of those 106 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 2: Protestants are Evangelics. And of the six hundred million Evangelicals, 107 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 2: about half of them are Pentecostals and about half are 108 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 2: not Pentecostals. And also there are individuals who actually believe 109 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 2: and would qualify as an evangelical Christian that are part 110 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 2: of other categories. Okay, so there's a little blurring of 111 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: the line. I know Evangelicals that go to a Catholic church, 112 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 2: or they go to a Presbyterian or a Methodist, a 113 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 2: lot of Methodists. So you can't really divide these lines 114 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 2: by which church they go to or their denominations. It's 115 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 2: really on their personal beliefs. Now, this may raise a 116 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: big question in our Jewish listeners, especially what is a Pentecostal. 117 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: Let's take a break and hear a message from one 118 00:08:53,920 --> 00:09:01,719 Speaker 1: of our sponsors. Welcome back to the outo Zion podcast 119 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: with Susan Michael. 120 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 2: You just told me that about half of the Evangelicals 121 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 2: are Pentecostal and half or not. What's the difference. Well, 122 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 2: some Pentecostals don't even claim to be Evangelical because they've 123 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 2: used that term for the non Pentecostal and historically the 124 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 2: divide between these two subgroups within evangelical Christianity has been very, 125 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 2: very deep. Some non Pentecostals have accused Pentecostals of being 126 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 2: of the devil, and some Pentecostals have accused non Pentecostals 127 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 2: of not even being saved. So this divide has lessened 128 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 2: in the last twenty years. But I remember back in 129 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 2: the seventies and eighties, it was really very rough. It 130 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 2: was very angry, and there was a very very deep divide. 131 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 2: I'm so god lad that today it's less of a divide, 132 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 2: there's more of a recognition of the validity of each 133 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 2: other's faith. Now, Pentecostal is a segment of the evangelical 134 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: Christian world who also believe in the necessity of being 135 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 2: filled or baptized by the Holy Spirit, as described in 136 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 2: Acts chapter two. What happened on the day of Pentecost 137 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 2: when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon this group 138 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 2: of believers praying, and it says that divided. The fire 139 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 2: fell and divided us to tongues on each individual, and 140 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 2: they all, it says, they all spoke in other tongues. 141 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:47,959 Speaker 2: So Pentecostal churches or the Pentecostal teaching, emphasizes the gifts 142 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 2: of the Holy Spirit and the activity of the Holy 143 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 2: Spirit in our everyday lives, empowering us not just to 144 00:10:55,320 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 2: live as Christians, but to minister in power to others. Now, 145 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: non Pentecostal teaching is that the acts to experience I 146 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 2: just described was a one time experience, and after the 147 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 2: deaths of the early Apostles that this died out. There 148 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 2: was no further baptisms of the Holy Spirit. We all 149 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 2: receive the ulfilling of the Holy Spirit at the point 150 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 2: of salvation, which is what we call that born again experience. 151 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 2: So I am so glad to say today that there 152 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 2: is less of a divide, But there has been a 153 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 2: very very strong divide, and there still is in some 154 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 2: pockets in the evangelical world. So there you have it. Definitions, 155 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 2: a little bit of clarity. You might be asking, well 156 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 2: what are you Well, I am an evangelical Pentecostal, which 157 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 2: means that I am also born again, So that's my 158 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 2: labels all right Now. Point I want to make in 159 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 2: this discussion is about the support of Israel from the 160 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 2: Christian world and which of these groups support Israel and why. Well, 161 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 2: it's just not that simple. We have to divide the 162 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 2: Christian world a little bit differently when it comes to 163 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 2: their support of Israel. So first of all, let me 164 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 2: lay the foundation that there are many reasons to support 165 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: Israel that are irrelevant to one's faith or where they 166 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 2: fall within this denominational categories or even how you read 167 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: the Bible. There are many reasons based on history, legality, 168 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 2: many many reasons, and I have a series called Why 169 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 2: Christian Support Israel. It's a five part series. Four parts 170 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 2: deal with all those other reasons. The fifth part, then 171 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 2: we deal with the biblical reasons. So there are any 172 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:05,319 Speaker 2: Christians that support Israel that may espouse political support or 173 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 2: a number of types of support. But those who do 174 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:13,839 Speaker 2: support Israel for the biblical reasons, many are born again 175 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 2: Christians and they support Israel for kind of sentimental reasons 176 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 2: based on the Bible, so they know that the people 177 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 2: of Israel were the chosen people of God, and therefore 178 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 2: we should support them, we should stand with them, And 179 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 2: then they understand some of the political reasons of our 180 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: shared values and our shared enemies and this kind of thing. 181 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 2: But evangelicals, who are much more biblically based, most of 182 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: them support Israel and will quote biblical reasons, And the 183 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 2: most verse mostly quoted is Genesis twelve three, which says 184 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 2: that those who bless you God, speaking to Abraham, I 185 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: will bless those who curse you, I will curse, and 186 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 2: through you all the families of the earth will be blessed. Now, 187 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 2: even within evangelical Christianity, though not every evangelical Christian lines 188 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 2: up with support of Israel. Why would that be, You're thinking, well, 189 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 2: they've got the same Bible, the same verses, and it 190 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 2: is because of their approach to the Bible is a 191 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 2: little bit differently than the bulk of the evangelical world. 192 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 2: The bulk of the evangelical world reads the Bible to 193 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 2: mean exactly what it says, what the writers intended it 194 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 2: to mean and to say. But there is a theology 195 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 2: called replacement theology, and this approaches the scriptures a little 196 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 2: bit differently, that God's promises to Israel and the Jewish 197 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 2: people have now been put on the Church because of 198 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 2: the Jewish rejection of the Missianic credentials of Jesus, and 199 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 2: therefore God's rejection of the Jewish people, and so he 200 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 2: has now put all of their blessings on the Church. 201 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 2: The Church has replaced Israel. Well, the Bible does not 202 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 2: actually say this. It is an interpretation and a spiritualization 203 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 2: of many things in the Old Testament. So the Bible 204 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 2: teaches that we have a faithful God who made promises 205 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 2: to Abraham four thousand years ago, and to Moses and 206 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 2: to David, and confirmed through the Hebrew prophets that are 207 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: still being fulfilled today, and all of them will be 208 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 2: fulfilled one day. Because He is a faithful God. He 209 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 2: is true to his word, and his word is true. 210 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 2: The Church does not replace it Israel. Our calling is very 211 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 2: different from the calling on the people of Israel. And 212 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 2: as the apostle Paul said in Romans eleven, their calling 213 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 2: cannot be revoked. He just came right out and said it. 214 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 2: Their calling is irrevocable. And even if they are the 215 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 2: enemy to the Gospel of Christ. They are still beloved 216 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 2: for the sake of their calling. That's what he said 217 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: in Romans eleven. Look it up yourself. So we see 218 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 2: the hand of God at work and the regathering of 219 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 2: the Jewish people back to their homeland in our days, 220 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 2: because it is a fulfillment of His promises to Abraham, 221 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 2: as confirmed by the Hebrew prophets. If you believe that 222 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 2: the Jewish people lost their calling and position with God, 223 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 2: then the modern regathering is a fluke or a major 224 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 2: coincidence of history. This is the real dividing line within 225 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 2: the Christian world concerning the modern state of Israel. So 226 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 2: how many Christians in the US support Israel I Nobody 227 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,479 Speaker 2: knows for sure, but I land somewhere around the fifty 228 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 2: million mark because it goes beyond just the evangelicals. There's 229 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 2: also much Christian support for Israel in the born again 230 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 2: Christian world, which is much larger. So for biblical reasons 231 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 2: and some of them for more sentimental reasons or political reasons, 232 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: or any of the reasons. So there is a large 233 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 2: reservoir of support for Israel and the American Christian world. 234 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 2: But let's not take it for granted. You know, many 235 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 2: disturbing trends threaten the strength of this support, because they're 236 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 2: threatening the strength of the evangelical movement in America, so 237 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 2: we shouldn't take it for granted. So that concludes our 238 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 2: series on Jews and Christians learning to Relate, and I 239 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 2: hope you learn something today about these different categories of 240 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 2: Christians and what the terms mean and who we relate to, 241 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 2: and who supports Israel and who believes this and who 242 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 2: believes that. I hope it's been helpful. I really enjoyed 243 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 2: this series. Learning from the pioneers about their work and 244 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 2: Jewish Christian relations and anything we can do to help 245 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 2: further that relationship is our joy and our pleasure. So 246 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 2: in today's show notes we link to my series on 247 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 2: why Christians Support Israel that lay out some of these 248 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 2: many reasons why we should support Israel. I hope that 249 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 2: you've enjoyed the series, and I can't wait to see 250 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 2: you back here. I may take a little break, may 251 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 2: not be putting out Israel Answers podcast as often, but 252 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 2: will certainly be doing more series in the future. So 253 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 2: until then, I say God bless and I want to 254 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 2: offer you a free download. We have a download ten 255 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 2: reasons to stand with Israel, and actually it's ten reasons 256 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 2: why Christians should stand with Israel. Get your free download 257 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 2: by going to the link in today's show note, or 258 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 2: go to www. Dot Out of zionshow dot com and 259 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 2: click on the tab for resources. We'll have it there 260 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 2: as well, but be sure download this free resource for you. 261 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 2: We're going to be talking about some of the points 262 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 2: in it in the coming week, so we want to 263 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 2: make sure that you have it. You can print it out, 264 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 2: you can share it with friends and family, invite them 265 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 2: to join us us here on the Out of Zion 266 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 2: Show for our Israel Answer series. So we'll see you 267 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 2: back here next week and until then, God bless. 268 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: This podcast is presented in partnership with life Audio to 269 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: explore a wide range of faith centered podcasts on prayer, 270 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: Bible study, parenting, and more. Visit lifeaudio dot com.