Thread by @RealOrdCatholic

1/ Listen to the clip from the @GovMikeHuckabee and @TuckerCarlson interview and then I’ll explain to you why ALL CHRISTIANS should reject zionism!

I’ll also explain why @CarriePrejean1 was right.

Bottomline, Church fidelity matters more than feelings!

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2/ A Christian may say,

“What’s wrong with what @GovMikeHuckabee stated? The bible is the “literal Word of God”!”

Yes, the Church has always taught that Sacred Scripture is the inspired Word of God.

However, the Church rejects biblical fundamentalism (cf. Dei Verbum).

3/ Isolated Genesis proof-texts, detached from Christ and Sacred Tradition, can’t overturn the Church’s constant teaching:

The covenant, Temple, and land are fulfilled in Christ and made present in the Mass.

Interpretation belongs to the Church, not modern ideologies.

4/Sacred Scripture must be:

A) read within Sacred Tradition

B) interpreted in light of the whole of salvation history

C) understood according to the unity of the Old and New Testaments

D) Read through the lens of Christ

5/ So the first point of contradiction is methodological:

Christian Zionism often reads Genesis as a direct, ongoing political land title deed. Catholic theology does not read it that way. NEVER has…

Any Catholic claiming otherwise lacks knowledge & theological understanding.

6/ Catholic theology DOES NOT interpret the “Abrahamic covenant with ethnic jews” as a perpetual divine grant of specific geopolitical territory in perpetuity.

Here’s what Catholic Church confirms and detracts from this ideology:

7/ Genesis 12 and 17 contain the promise of land to Abraham and his descendants.

Catholic theology affirms:

A) God truly made a covenant with Abraham.

B) The Jewish people have a unique and enduring role in salvation history.

C) God does not revoke His gifts (cf. Romans 11).

8/ However, the Church understands the Abrahamic promises as fulfilled and transformed in Christ, PERIOD! This isn’t debatable—believing otherwise departs from magisterial teaching!

St. Paul teaches:

The true offspring of Abraham are those who belong to Christ (Gal 3:16, 29)

9/ The Church has consistently taught:

A) The “land” promise ultimately prefigures the Kingdom of God

B) The covenant reaches its fulfillment in Christ & the Church

C) The inheritance becomes universal, not territorial

This teaching is articulated throughout the Catechism.

10/ Zionists & moreover @GovMikeHuckabee argue that,

“The jews living in “israel” are connected to Biblical history & the connection remains unbroken”

Yes, Jewish presence in “israel” has existed in various forms, but Catholic theology is NOT based on demographic continuity…

11/ More importantly,

The Church does not teach that modern political states are direct continuations of biblical covenants in a theological sense.

The modern State of Israel (established 1948) is understood by the Church as:

12/
A) A political reality

B) A subject of international law

C) Not a theological fulfillment of Genesis

Yes, the Holy See has diplomatic relations with the modern state, but it does not interpret it as the eschatological fulfillment of biblical prophecy.

13/ Genesis 12:3 is often cited by zionists:

“I will bless those who bless you…”

Zionists frequently weaponizes Gen 12 against those who don’t conform, by applying their interpretation directly to foreign policy as it relates to modern israel.

And here’s why thats wrong…

14/ Catholic theology does NOT interpret Genesis 12:3 as:

A) A binding geopolitical command on modern nation-states

B) A divine guarantee of political prosperity for supporting Israel

And believing otherwise is NOT hate!

15/ Instead the Church teaches the blessing of Abraham as culminating in Christ:

“In you ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH shall be blessed.”

That blessing of Abraham is fulfilled in the universal mission of the Church and does not just apply to jews, but everyone!

16/ One of the biggest theological differences is ecclesiology.

Zionist assume the following:

A) A permanent parallel covenant

B) A separate divine plan for ethnic Israel

C) A distinct prophetic role for the modern state

17/ Catholic teaching, especially clarified at Nostra Aetate holds:

A) The Jewish people remain beloved of God.

B) God’s covenant with them is not revoked.

However it also teaches that salvation history finds fulfillment in Christ ONLY!

18/ There is not a separate salvific track independent of Christ.

The Church does not teach a “two covenant” or “dual covenant” theory where Judaism saves apart from Christ, nor does it teach a dispensationalist schema…

Zionists believe both…

19/ Zionists believe in a dispensational premillennialism…the idea that:

A) The return of Jews to the land fulfills end-times prophecy

B) The modern state is prophetic & necessary

C) A millennial kingdom will be centered in Jerusalem

The Church REJECTS millenarianism—CCC 676

20/ Instead the Church teaches:

A) The Kingdom of God is not a geopolitical state

B) His Return is not dependent on modern political events

C) Fulfillment is eschatological and mysterious (Rom 11), not mapped onto modern borders

21/ Let me be very clear, the Church has NEVER claimed:

A) Genesis grants perpetual divine title to a modern political state.

B) Christians must support specific territorial policies to receive blessing.

C) Biblical prophecy equals modern geopolitics.

22/ However the Church does affirm:

A) Jews remain “beloved for the sake of the patriarchs.”

B) God’s gifts and calling are irrevocable (Romans 11:29)

C) The Church is spiritually connected to Abraham

The Church also condemns “anti-semitism” as gravely sinful..however,

23/ Many zionists define ALL criticism of israel or zionism as antisemitism or jew-hate.

It’s essential to remember that ALL hate is sinful, not just antisemitism!This includes the anti-Catholic hate many zionists partake in daily!

Labels are also subjective and misused (a sin)

24/ So why the disconnect?

Because zionists reject Catholic understanding of fulfillment

The Church does not deny God’s covenant with Israel…she proclaims its fulfillment in Christ…a fulfillment present in every Mass

What was prefigured in Israel becomes reality in Church:

25/ A) The ambo corresponds to the synagogue—the Word proclaimed

B) The altar fulfills the Temple sacrifice—not symbolically, but in the re-presentation of Christ’s sacrifice

C) The tabernacle corresponds to the Holy of Holies—not empty, but containing the true Presence of God

26/ When zionists look to a geopolitical state or a future rebuilt Temple, they are often looking for what Catholics believe has already been fulfilled sacramentally.

The Church teaches that salvation history moves forward in Christ…not backward to shadows.

27/ The Old Covenant is not erased, but fulfilled.

The Temple is not rebuilt in stone; it lives in the Eucharist.

But she also insists that fulfillment is found in Christ and His Church, not in political nationalism.

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