Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 10068 Throughout Scripture, God established several foundational covenants with Israel that define His relationship with them and outline His plans for their future. These covenants – the Abrahamic, Mosaic, Land, Davidic, and New Covenants – form the backbone of biblical prophecy and demonstrate God’s unchanging commitment to Israel. Understanding these covenants is essential for…
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 10067 Absolutely. God’s plan for Israel is not finished – it is ongoing and will reach its climax when Christ returns to establish His kingdom with Israel at the centre. Despite Israel’s current unbelief, God’s covenant promises remain valid, and Scripture is clear that Israel’s greatest days are still ahead. Understanding God’s continuing plan…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10039 God made unconditional, everlasting promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—promises of land, descendants, and blessing that have shaped the entire biblical narrative. Yet the history of Israel has been marked not only by divine faithfulness but also by profound suffering. The Egyptian bondage, the Assyrian conquest, the Babylonian exile, the destruction of Jerusalem…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 09045 The phrase “Messianic Jew” describes a Jewish person who has come to faith in Jesus (Yeshua) as the promised Messiah of Israel. This is not a modern invention or a fringe movement. It is, in fact, the oldest form of Christianity there is. Every apostle was a Messianic Jew. The entire early church…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 09044 The relationship between Israel and the church is one of the most consequential interpretive questions in all of biblical theology. How a person answers it will determine how they read the Old Testament prophets, how they understand the New Testament’s teaching on salvation and the people of God, and what they expect God…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60011 Judaism is one of the oldest religious traditions in the world and the religion from which Christianity historically emerged. Understanding what Judaism actually believes and practises is important for Christians, not because all religions are equally valid, but because the Old Testament is a Jewish book, Jesus was Jewish, and the relationship between…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60071 Christian Zionism is the belief, held by many evangelical Christians, that the modern state of Israel represents a fulfilment of biblical prophecy and that God’s covenant promises to the Jewish people, including the promise of the land, remain in force and will be fully realised in the future. It is a position that…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 60109 Antisemitism is the hatred, contempt, or systematic hostility directed at Jewish people because they are Jewish. It has taken many forms across history, from casual slander to genocidal violence, and it has often found shelter under religious, political, and even Christian banners. For the Christian, the question of whether antisemitism is wrong is…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60066 British Israelism is the belief that the Anglo-Saxon peoples of the British Isles, and by extension the United States and other English-speaking nations, are the direct biological descendants of the ten lost tribes of Israel. It is a teaching that sounds appealing to anyone who wants to see their national story woven into…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60067 Filipino Israelism is the belief that the Filipino people are descendants of the lost tribes of Israel, often connected to the claim that the Philippines is the biblical land of Ophir mentioned in 1 Kings 9:28 and 1 Kings 10:11. It is a theory that has gained traction in online communities and among…