Sometimes nations divide, though, and sometimes they mix.
For instance, is the US nation (if one, some argue US has 14 nations, New Englanders and Texans being two different ones), identic to the English nation? Or did some kind of divide happen, like 1775 or even earlier?
And is the US nation just a separation of the English or is it admixture of Celtic Fringe, French, Dutch, Germans, Poles, Irish (but I already said Celtic Fringe), Cherokee, other Amerindian and Hispanic origins?* Would Cruz in 1775 more properly have been found in the 13 Colonies or in a Spanish colony?
Now, 2000 years ago, the nation of Israel was** split into two. Jews and Samarians. Jews were the population of Judaea and Galilee, Samarians of Samaria. Prophets had mentioned a demilitarisation and reunification of Judah and Ephraim, that is of Jews and Samarians. Did it happen?
Check Acts 2 and 8.
Was this ephemeral or did it last? I would say the reunited and Christian nation of Israel exists to this very day, and the modern name for them is Christian Palestinians.
If you want to dispute that, prove me wrong on the history of the region, but just to be fair, I'm not taking Netanyahu as an unbiassed and overall on all sides well-informed historian.
A mother and a daughter in Gaza were pulled out of Church while praying and killed by an IDF soldier. He was never punished, the IDF and Israel denied the incident. Church authorities however confirmed it.
About the modern state of Israel, I'd like to mention that there is another passage in the Bible than the one you miscited to Tucker Carlson. Apocalypse 11.
And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which is called spiritually, Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified
[Apocalypse (Revelation) 11:8]
We are clearly dealing with earthly Jerusalem, since it says "where their Lord also was crucified". Now, what kind of situation could Jerusalem be in if it is called spiritually "Sodom and Egypt"? Well, Jerusalem could be hosting a Pride Parade. And Jerusalem could be oppressing Israelites, for instance the Palestinians. Speaking of oppressing Israelites, some have characterised the oppression as genocide, and some have replied that it would be a weird genocide in which the victim population increased. Well, check out Exodus chapter 1, pharaos clearly tried out genocidal policies, and Israelites clearly increased nonetheless.
Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
Corpus Christi
19.VI.2025
* Mea culpa, Robert Sungenis, I forgot Italians, and my first meal on US soil was in an Italian restaurant in New York!
** Since about 1000 years, not since back then.
See also:
Tucker Was Right: Ted Cruz Took the Bible Out of Context on Israel
Reason & Theology | 19.VI.2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpzMGnzAuYI
