Question: Should the USA support Israel for Bible Reasons?

I received a question asking , in effect, "Should the USA support Israel for the reason that God would want that?" And the questioner wants a Bible answer, not the opinion of the writer. I have wondered this same question so many times. But I believe that the Bible does give us a clear answer to this, albeit perhaps not a short answer.

If one looks at the whole history of the nation of Israel as recorded in the Bible, it is seen that the nation begins as God's chosen people. Under the leadership of Joshua, God leads the people into the land (Israel) and helps them conquer and remove the inhabitants. And if, Big IF, they follow the Lord's commandments, they will have the land forever. But as we follow the history of these people, Israelites, Jews, Hebrews, all the same, we see that God has the Northern 10 tribes carried off into Assyrian captivity, never to return. That only leaves the 2 Southern tribes, under the name Judah, in a small area of land around Jerusalem. God tells them that if, IF, they will follow His commandments, they can remain under the protection of the Almighty God. Old Testament history shows that they don't do this, and God has them carried off into captivity to Babylon, with most never to return. All during this time, God has promised them that there would be another kingdom to arise, a greater kingdom (note Daniel 2:44), a kingdom that would never end--He is talking about when Jesus comes as the great king. It is here that I believe that people today, Christians today, have gotten confused. Many believe that Jesus is coming back to the earth to reign for 1000 years, based on a misunderstanding of Revelation 20. And this reign is thought to begin in Jerusalem. This simply isn't what the NT is teaching. But it is easy to see that if God really did plan to form an earthly kingdom headquartered in Jerusalem, we might want to help protect that nation until that day. Jesus said "My kingdom is not of this world;" it never has been and never will be. It is a spiritual kingdom with Jesus reigning from heaven.

In summary, God abandoned the nation of Israel because they first abandoned Him. He gave them every opportunity. Remember that Jesus fiercely criticized the Jewish leaders of His day...as well as their forefathers. He then predicted the fall of Jerusalem; note Matthew 23:37 through Matt. 24. Jerusalem was completely destroyed in AD 70, all because Israel left their God.

But God never leaves His people without hope. Galatians 3:19-29 shows that the Law of the Israelites has now been replaced with the Law of Faith in Jesus and that everyone can have that. Verse 28: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." And Colossians 2:11-14 shows that the Jewish Law has been "nailed to the cross."

Thus, the nation of Israel no longer has any significance to God in a spiritual sense; it has political significance but not spiritual. And that is the fault of the Jewish nation, the Jewish people who would not follow God. So if the US supports Israel for any reason other than political, it is based on misunderstanding. Much more can be said about this, much more of the Bible brought in, but this may suffice for now. Thanks for asking, thanks for reading. This is Great!