Editor’s Note: In light of recent events, we wanted to highlight some previous posts on Acts 2:11 that may help you think through a more nuanced perspective from Arab voices.
To Whom Does the Promised Land Belong?
Christ took no interest in talking about the land. In fact, who here knows what his primary concern was? It was the Kingdom of God. His concern was not the kingdom of Israel, but the Kingdom of God and its expansion. This is a spiritual Kingdom that transcends earthly and geographical boundaries. Continue reading.
A Covenantal Alternative to Christian Zionism
Christians have no difficulty in seeing everything associated with the Tabernacle and the Temple as being fulfilled in Christ (e.g. John 1:4; 2:18-22; Hebrews 4 – 10). It is therefore unthinkable that the rebuilding of the Temple should be seen as a significant event in God’s plan of salvation for the world. Continue reading.
John Piper on “Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East”
“Working out what that justice will look like is still a huge and daunting task. I have not solved that problem. But I think we will make better progress if we do not yield to the claim of either side to be ethnically or nationally sanctioned by God in their present conflict.” Regardless of your opinion of Piper’s theology and eschatology, he brings up an oft-neglected point. Christians rarely distinguish the modern day political State of Israel from “Spiritual Israel.” Continue reading.
