@Peoples_Pundit...Our founders were not Christian Zionists as we understand that term today. It's a modern movement. Zionism did first pop up in 16th Century Reformation and ofc that influenced some congregationalists, but it was not more than a fringe idea in theology let alone a dominant public policy. Puritan minister John Cotton preached the "land of promise" to Puritan voyagers ...Franklin, Jefferson and Adams debated a seal for the United States. Franklin wanted an image from the Exodus made anew for the American Revolution.
Rich Baris The People's Pundit @Peoples_Pundit The reaction to this episode has been truly fantastic, but critics have been downright kinda funny. Our founders were not Christian Zionists as we understand that term today. It's a modern movement. Zionism did first pop up in 16th Century Reformation and ofc that influenced some congregationalists, but it was not more than a fringe idea in theology let alone a dominant public policy. Puritan minister John Cotton preached the "land of promise" to Puritan voyagers aboard the Arbella as they were about to set sail from Southampton in 1630. "Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more." That's because they understood Christ's definition of Israel as the Body of Christ defined by faith not by blood, as is outlined in Ephesians 2:14–18 and other New Testament Scripture. Read primary sources and you'll repeate...
