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Rethinking Israel, Palestine, and the Faith That Formed Us
Rethinking Israel, Palestine, and the Faith That Formed Us invites evangelicals and those shaped by evangelicalism to wrestle honestly with Scripture, history, and justice. Through story, friendship, and witness, we explore how our faith traditions have shaped us—and how reimagining them can move us toward peace and dignity.
Rethinking Israel, Palestine, and the Faith That Formed Us
Episode 6- Didn't God Give the Land to the Jews?
Episode 6 · “Didn’t God Give the Land to the Jews?”
For many Christians shaped by American evangelicalism, the phrase “God gave the land to the Jews” feels like a complete thought. In this episode, Barnabas Lin helps us expand how we think about that statement by asking: Why did God give the land to the Jewish people?
From Genesis through the prophets, Barnabas traces how the Old Testament tells a much fuller story—one where the gift of land comes with a vocation: to live justly, care for neighbors, rest the earth, and resist empire. Together with Erna Kim Hackett, he unpacks how partial readings of Scripture, shaped by colonialism, have hidden that bigger picture.
Barnabas invites us to see the entire witness of the Old Testament and the lessons it is trying to teach us and the invitation to live in right relationship—with God, one another, and the land itself.
📖 Key texts: Genesis 12 & 15 · Deuteronomy 26 & 28 · Leviticus 25 · Isaiah 2 & 11 · Luke 24
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