While many Christians in Bible-believing churches are familiar with the biblical history of the nation of Israel, many know very little regarding the sequence of events after the New Testament period that led to the founding of the modern state of Israel in the region known as Palestine.
Additionally, today’s Christians have a very sketchy, superficial, and foggy knowledge of the progress of the Jewish state that has led to the conflict and confusion broadcasted by the current news media.
In Part I, we discussed the origins of Israel from the Abrahamic Covenant up until 1948. Part II begins with a look at the modern birth of the nation in 1948 and will discuss events that lead right up to today’s headlines.
In the course of this study, we will cover the military struggles from the attack on the new Jewish state in 1948 by the surrounding Arab countries, the Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and the later attacks from terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
There will be details of the efforts to trade land for peace in the Middle East, and the efforts (or lack thereof) by U.S. presidents to resolve the impasse. We will also study the extremely hateful anti-Semitism of the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, the U.N., and other nations.
Most importantly, Part II will center around the biblical perspective of the modern Jewish state. We will give all sides of the arguments regarding Zionism, Christian Zionism, Christian Palestinianism, and even look into the effects of the Hebraic Roots movement on modern Evangelicalism.
The goal of this study is to equip the individual Christian with a totally biblical perception of the modern nation of Israel, God’s biblical plan for the Jewish people, and what we as Christians should do to align our thoughts and actions to the Word of God.
