JERUSALEM, Israel – Media influencer Tucker Carlson, listened to by millions, recently fired a shot heard around the world by labeling Christian Zionism a heresy and a brain virus. However, Christian Zionism has a history that goes back centuries, and its adherents say its roots are found in the Bible.
Carlson later apologized for saying he despised “Christian Zionists” and called them “some of the nicest people I know,” but he did not retract his statement that Christian Zionism is Christian heresy and a brain virus.
Tricia Miller from the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) told CBN News, “Christian Zionism is simply the Christian belief in Zionism, which is simply the right of Jews to self-determination in their ancient homeland. That’s it. It’s not more complicated than that.”
“It goes back to the first century,” she explained. “Actually, with Jesus and his apostles, you can see references in the Gospels to the expectation of the future restoration of the Kingdom of Israel. It wasn’t called that then; we’ve labelled that now, maybe in the last couple of hundred years. But there is a 2000-year history of Christian belief in the restoration of Israel.”
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