Origins of Christian Zionism, How It Corrupted American Christianity and Why It’s Finally Collapsing

0:04JD Hall, thank you for joining us.

0:06I think you're one of the clearest writers on the internet.

0:08So it's an honor to have you here.

0:10I've been trying to figure out for several years.

0:12You write on theology on Substack and other places.

0:15And very clearly, I just want to say clarity being the goal of expository writing, you achieve that.

0:21Right.

0:22Few do.

0:23I've been trying for the last several years to figure out what Christian Zionism is, not because I have an inherent interest, but because it's affected the shape of the world and a lot of people have died because of it.

0:35And it has real world consequences that we're living through right now.

0:41What is Christian Zionism?

0:42Where does it come from?

0:43Is it Christian?

0:44What's your assessment?

0:46Well, if you listen to people online, every Christian is a Zionist, just naturally, right?

0:52So the proponents of it will tell you that it is the de facto position on Israel, and it always has been for Christians to believe in the establishment and support and protection of a Jewish ethnostate in Palestine.