As someone who has spent the last 20 years of my life at the intersection of Jewish and Christian communities worldwide, I have been asked countless times by Jewish friends: "Why do Evangelicals possess such love for the Jewish people and the land of Israel?"
The question is usually presented with a mixture of perplexed amazement when a Jew first encounters this unwavering support along with an often unspoken skepticism attempting to uncover the real reason for this phenomenon and this unique offer of friendship. The skepticism is due, of course, with concerns regarding the Evangelical agenda, the proselytization of the Jews, or relating an awareness of an apocalyptic theory that all Jews must return to Israel before the Second Coming of Christ. The skepticism is well understood. Christian history has not been good for the Jews, and though many Jews welcome this commitment of friendship nonetheless, it comes with deserved suspicion.
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