One New Man
The One New Man podcast is a wide-ranging conversation about Israel, the Jewish people, the Church, and our cultural moment concerning these topics. It is an ongoing conversation between a Messianic Jew, John Myers and a Gentile Christian, Christopher Kuehl. John is the founder of The Israel Story, and an early planter of a Messianic synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel. Chris is the founder of Present Witness. Together, they form the One New Man. You can expect conversations around Christian Zionism, biblical covenants, replacement theology, dispensationalism, covenant theology, church history, difficult verses related to these issues, election, salvation, the Israel / Palestinian conflict, and many other issues. We will also be interacting with arguments and positions all the way back from the church fathers to more modern thinkers like NT Wright and Karl Barth.
One New Man
Why The Land of Israel Matters To God (And Why Christians Should Care)
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
So many people oppose Israel as a nation...as a land.
But it's so clearly evidence that God is not done with Israel, and in fact has a special place in His heart for Israel.
In this episode, we dive into one of our favorite chapters of Chris' book, Is God A Zionist, showcasing how the land matters to God and why it points to God indeed being a Zionist.
There are 4 main objections or points of contention for Christian when it comes to holding this view, and we unpack each of those, and then go into the underlying theology behind why this is so hard for people to grasp...basically, that the importance of the physical world has been eroded due to forces like Neoplatonism and Gnosticism.
If you're wondering why it matters that Israel is back in the land, join us.
In This Episode:
0:00 Intro
1:45 (original 13:59) Why Do So Many Oppose A Jewish People in a Jewish Land?
7:16 Foreign From Christian Storyline
10:07 The New Israel
13:08 Anti-Semitism
18:44 Neoplatonism
25:02 A Non-Biblical View of Heaven
34:35 Israel's Restoration WILL Happen This Way
37:51 The Hope for the Jewish People
45:11 Epic Love Story
Resources:
Buy Is God A Zionist on Amazon: https://a.co/d/04QXsy0r
Buy Is God A Zionist on Restore7: https://www.restore7.org/products/is-god-a-zionist-finding-god-s-story-in-a-world-obsessed-with-israel
---
The Israel Story: https://www.theisraelstory.org/
Present Witness: https://www.presentwitness.org/
Israel Story on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIsraelStoryApp/
Present Witness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apresentwitness/
Chris's Substack: https://christopherkuehl.substack.com/
- The Israel Story: https://www.theisraelstory.org/
- Present Witness: https://www.presentwitness.org/
- Israel Story on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIsraelStoryApp/
- Present Witness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apresentwitness/
- Chris's Substack: https://christopherkuehl.substack.com/
