Believers with influence suddenly turning against Israel. Citing their mistakes, their sins, their political failures as reasons God should abandon them. It reveals something tragic about how we understand grace.
Watching Christians respond to the recent Israel-Iran conflict broke my heart.
Believers with influence suddenly turning against Israel. Citing their mistakes, their sins, their political failures as reasons God should abandon them.
It revealed something tragic about how we understand grace.
People listen to online influencers and form quick opinions. There are many voices, but only one voice of truth.
We miss the nuances that matter. Wisdom means understanding both sides, but most people walk in ignorance, choosing sides without studying the other.
Both sides have what I call “facts.” But facts and truth are two different things.
It’s a fact that Israel falls short. They make mistakes. Many live in sin.
But here’s the truth: this will change.
It’s also a fact that I’m a sinner, just like Israel, in need of grace. Yet the truth is that Christ through His sacrifice has made me holy. God sees me through Christ, our mediator.
So how does God view Israel? Through what lens?
We learn God’s perspective by studying the promises made to Israel. We were made partakers of these promises.
Salvation was for the Jews, but we were grafted in. The olive tree metaphor shows us something profound about God’s grace.
We are not the tree. We are just grafted in.
Let’s not forget our position. Truth is, one day Israel will be saved. Truth is, Jesus will return to Israel, not America. Truth is, despite their shortcomings, God still honors His promises.
What would happen to us if He didn’t?
Are there a lot of things about Israel we don’t understand? Is there a lot of corruption? Absolutely.
Just like there is in Christianity… but does that make us stop supporting Christians altogether because some churches are corrupt? No, we continue to serve and stand with our brothers and sister despite the corruption and wolves amongst the sheep and call out evil as we understand the truth.
When Christians say “God abandoned Israel because of XYZ,” they reveal something disturbing about their understanding of grace.
If God is love, why should He abandon them? He never did and never will, because our God is full of mercy and grace.
Otherwise, where would I be? Still in my sins.
Through the promises made to Israel and fulfilled in Christ, I now have a way of escape. If God should abandon Israel for their sins, He should abandon all Christians who sin.
Before you were called to Christ, were you not a sinner living in sin? Did you come to Christ when you were clean or when you were dirty?
Israel will come to Christ in a state of desperation. Just like you did.
Christians opposing Israel today essentially claim they deserved God’s grace more than Israel does.
In reality, Israel has much more significance than us. God loves everyone the same, but there’s a difference. God wanted to reveal Himself through a people, and He chose Israel.
They failed over and over, and God redeemed them. There will come a final day of redemption where a remnant of Israel will be saved.
We should honor Israel. Romans 11:26 states that “all Israel will be saved.” Paul warns Gentiles not to be arrogant toward the Jews because they have experienced God’s kindness while much of Israel has experienced God’s hardening.
Yet I see exactly that arrogance playing out in real time during this conflict.
The root cause? Pride and bad teaching.
I understand the historical confusion. When Israel as a nation was gone, Christians read the Bible wondering where Israel was. The natural carnal mind concluded that the church had replaced Israel.
But replacement theology was never right to begin with. Even though it formed core doctrine for major denominations throughout history, it was fundamentally flawed from the start.
Now that Israel exists again as a nation, Christians still cling to that framework. They’re interpreting current events through broken theological lenses.
The solution? Ask God to put away your denominational lenses. If you’re confused, don’t look left or right. Say “I don’t understand” and start reading the Word.
Ask the Holy Spirit for understanding. He gives it.
When Christians remove denominational lenses and read Scripture with fresh eyes, they discover something transformative.
God’s covenant with Israel wasn’t based on their performance. It was based on His character. Just like ours.
Our understanding of Israel actually reveals what we think about our own salvation.
When you read Genesis, you see God making promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that weren’t dependent on their behavior. Abraham lied. Jacob was a deceiver. Yet God still honored His word.
God’s faithfulness to Israel is proof of His faithfulness to us.
If His promises were conditional on good behavior, none of us would make it. But when you see that He keeps His word to Israel despite their failures, you understand that He’ll keep His word to you despite yours.
This is where everything clicks into place.
Christians stop judging Israel and start thanking God for His unchanging nature. We can rejoice in God’s faithfulness and glorify Him forevermore.
The stakes are clear: Israel has always been and always will be God’s chosen people. We as Christians have been grafted into the promises given to the Jewish people.
When I see Christians abandoning Israel during conflict, they’re not just making a political statement. They’re revealing their theology of grace.
They’re saying performance matters more than promise. Works matter more than character. Human failure can override divine faithfulness.
That’s not the gospel.
The gospel says God chose Israel not because they were righteous, but because He is faithful. He chose you not because you were clean, but because He is gracious.
Your security in Christ is tied to God’s faithfulness to Israel. If He can abandon them despite His promises, what hope do you have?
But He won’t abandon them. And He won’t abandon you.
That’s the truth that sets both Israel and the church free.
