{"id":23558,"date":"2010-05-14T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=23558"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:12:40","slug":"your-page-caused-me-to-rethink-about-modern-israels-place-in-gods-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-page-caused-me-to-rethink-about-modern-israels-place-in-gods-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Your page caused me to rethink about modern Israel&#8217;s place in God&#8217;s plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I saw your web page &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-the-modern-nation-of-israel-important\/\">Is the Modern Nation of Israel Important?<\/a>&#8221; I was trained to view modern Israel as Falwell described it, but I&#8217;ve been rethinking that and you make some good points. Do you know of any books or resources available that go into this topic more?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad you found the outline profitable. On this site, you can also look at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-saving-of-israel\/\">The Saving of Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-if-the-jews-had-accepted-jesus\/\">What if the Jews Had Accepted Jesus?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-land-promise\/\">The Land Promise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/premillennialism-and-the-bible\/\">Premillennialism and the Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From related sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/executableoutlines.com\/end\/end_07.htm\" target=\"_top\">The Time Of The End &#8211; The Restoration Of Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bible.ca\/ef\/topical-modern-israel.htm\" target=\"_top\">Modern Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220525074641\/http:\/\/www.christiancourier.com\/articles\/28-god-and-the-nation-of-israel\" target=\"_top\">God and the Nation of Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gospelway.com\/man\/israel-future.php\" target=\"_top\">Does God Have a Special Place for Israel in the Millennium?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I saw your web page &#8220;Is the Modern Nation of Israel Important?&#8221; I was trained to view modern Israel as Falwell described it, but I&#8217;ve been rethinking that and you make some good points. Do you know of any books or resources available that go into this topic more? Answer: I&#8217;m glad you found&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[127,557],"class_list":["post-23558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-israel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20272,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-the-problems-in-israel-and-wars-in-iraq-what-revelation-talks-about\/","url_meta":{"origin":23558,"position":0},"title":"Are the problems in Israel and wars in Iraq what Revelation talks about?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have had a ton of friends who are part of denominations, mostly Pentecostals.\u00a0Obviously the first problem is the fact that they are part of a denomination. They have this idea that what is going on in Israel and the war in Iraq and around the world is what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3337,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-talmudism-different-from-zionism\/","url_meta":{"origin":23558,"position":1},"title":"Is Talmudism different from Zionism?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 24, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is Talmudism different from Zionism? Answer: Zionism is the movement dedicated to creating and maintaining a country for Jewish people in the region that is now called Israel. Talmud is the Hebrew word for \"instruction.\" It has come to mean the body of rabbinical commentary on Jewish law, ethics,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10684,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-were-the-requirements-to-be-a-pharisee\/","url_meta":{"origin":23558,"position":2},"title":"What were the requirements to be a Pharisee?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 25, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Questions: Do you happen to know what the \"requirements\" were to be a Pharisee? Answer: The word \"Pharisee\" means \"a separatist\" in the Hebrew language. They arose while Greece was spreading its influence across the world as a group opposing Greece's Hellenistic influence in Israel. It started as a social\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36273,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/it-is-refreshing-to-see-that-someone-thinks-that-the-bible-does-show-that-israel-did-cross-the-red-sea\/","url_meta":{"origin":23558,"position":3},"title":"It is refreshing to see that someone thinks that the Bible does show that Israel did cross the Red Sea","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: It is refreshing to see that someone thinks that the Bible does show that Israel did cross the Red Sea.\u00a0Thanks for posting this on the Internet. Answer: You're welcome.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":92208,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/misapplying-the-exaltation-of-israel\/","url_meta":{"origin":23558,"position":4},"title":"Misapplying the Exaltation of Israel","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton The \"blessing\" of Israel (Genesis12:3) as God's favored nation was conditional on the nation of Israel obeying God (Deuteronomy 27:11- 28:2). He clearly told them that if they did not obey God, they would be cursed and destroyed, and no longer be \"My people\" (Hosea 1:9).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5162,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-the-modern-nation-of-israel-important\/","url_meta":{"origin":23558,"position":5},"title":"Is the Modern Nation of Israel Important?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Hebrews 6:13-20 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It doesn\u2019t take a genius to realize that the nation of Israel holds importance in the eyes of many people in America \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jerry Falwell: \u201cGod has raised up America in these last days for the cause of world evangelism and for the protection of His people,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sermon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}