Frequently Asked Questions

Who is returning Israel home?

Why is the Lord returning His people home?

Why is it necessary for Israel to return?

Why is the Lord returning to Jerusalem?

Why is Israel the apple of God's eye?
Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon." For thus says the LORD of hosts: "He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me. (Zechariah 2: 7-9)

What are God's purposes for Israel?
In that day one shall take up a proverb against you, And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying: "We are utterly destroyed! He has changed the heritage of my people; How He has removed it from me! To a turncoat He has divided our fields."' 5Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot In the assembly of the LORD.(Micah 2: 4-5) And it shall come to pass That just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not fear, Let your hands be strong.' "For thus says the LORD of hosts: "Just as I determined to punish you When your fathers provoked Me to wrath,' Says the LORD of hosts, "And I would not relent, So again in these days I am determined to do good To Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear. (Zechariah 8: 13-15) "He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.' (Jeremiah 31: 10b) I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them," Says the LORD your God. (Amos 9: 14-15)

Why have mercy with Israel?
Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God. "Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD's hand Double for all her sins." (Isaiah 40: 1-2) Thus says your Lord, The LORD and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: "See, I have taken out of your hand The cup of trembling, The dregs of the cup of My fury; You shall no longer drink it. But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, Who have said to you, "Lie down, that we may walk over you.' And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who walk over."(Isaiah 51: 22, 23)

Are God's promises to His people reliable?
I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. 15I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them," Says the LORD your God. (Amos 9: 14-15) He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. 8He remembers His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, 9The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, 10And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, 11Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance," (Psalm 105: 7-11) Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. (Genesis 12: 7) Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. (Genesis 26: 3) And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. (Genesis 28: 13)

Frequently Asked Questions (from Jewish people)

Why do Evangelical Christians love Israel and stand with the Jewish people?

Are you a Christian Zionist? (Subjective)

What makes you Evangelicals believe that God loves the Jews?

Isn’t the real agenda of Evangelicals to get Jews to convert and accept Jesus?

Do you believe that Jews killed Jesus?

If you support Israel, does that mean you agree with all of her policies?

Does your support for the Jews and Israel mean you are against the Arabs and Palestinians?

(Source: Watchmen on the Wall, A Practical Guide to Prayer for Jerusalem and Her People – Kairos Publishing, PO Box 450, Clarence, NY 14031 – Credit Robert Stearns, Eagles’ Wings - www.kairos.us).