Rumble
From the beginning, when we started Focus On The End Times ten years ago, we stated our support for Israel and that Scripture posits that the nation of Israel is the central catalyst in God’s timeline for the last days.
We know that is so because ‘national Israel’ is an eternal promise in Scripture running all the way through the Millennial Kingdom and onto the gates of New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:12-13), for all of eternity!
Here’s is a simple definition of ‘Zionism:’
“The belief in the return of the Jewish people to the Holy Land and the establishment of the state of Israel as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.”
That simple concept has erupted into an American firestorm. That’s because the hour is getting late and the enemy is ramping up hatred for Israel on every hand.
Tucker Carlson recently platformed known antisemite Nick Fuentes on his podcast—where the former Fox News host seemed eager to match, if not outdo, his guest’s extreme rhetoric toward Israel and the Jewish people.
Carlson took aim at Christian Zionists—Bible believing Christians like myself—mocking our literal interpretation of Scripture as a “brain virus”: “How do you explain Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz … who I have seen be seized by this brain virus, and they’re not Jewish. Most of them are self-described Christians. And they’re Christian Zionists.”
He went as far as to say, “I dislike them more than anybody … because it’s Christian heresy and I’m offended by that as a Christian.” Well, I suppose Carlson would loathe my existence.
I’m a Christian Zionist—and I refuse to be shamed or miscast by the notion that supporting the Jewish people and the State of Israel is some kind of virus.
Carlson’s phrase, “brain virus,” was meant to ridicule Christians who believe the Jewish people have a biblical right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. But his rhetoric exposes something older and far darker—the belief that the Jewish people themselves are the problem.
Their words recycle ancient tropes: Jews as nefarious power brokers, Jews as global puppet masters, Israel as the “occupier.” What they spread isn’t a thoughtful critique—it’s the virus of suspicion, hate, and scapegoating that has harmed the Jewish people for centuries.
If you don’t believe me, just read the myriad of antisemitic YouTube comments on their discussion; they mimic the hatred the Jewish people endured in the late 19th and early 20th century.
At one point, Carlson asked Fuentes what conservatives stand in the way of winning back the country. Fuentes replied, “…the Zionist Jews, like Dave Rubin, like Ben Shapiro, like Dennis Prager. It was the guys that were really controlling the media apparatus that seemed to me to be the biggest impediment.”
That’s not analysis—it’s antisemitism.
He’s throwing conservative Jewish commentators under the bus for their belief that Israel remains a vital ally to American interests.
In contrast, Christian Zionism says something radically different: The Jewish people are not the problem. God is not finished with Israel—not with the land, not with the people, not with the promise. To stand with Israel is not heresy; it is biblical fidelity.
When God called Abraham, He gave him an unconditional covenant that promised a land (Israel), a people (the Jewish people), and a multifaceted blessing to make Abraham a great nation and to protect that nation throughout history that they might fulfill their divine calling to bless all the families of the earth.
That covenant doesn’t remain trapped in the verses of Genesis—it binds the entire story of Scripture together. The Psalms proclaim it (Ps. 105:7-10; Prophets proclaim it; the Apostles affirm it.
This continuity of covenant undergirds Christian support for Israel today. God’s redemptive plan was never revoked — it was expanded. The church has been grafted into the covenant, not as a replacement for Israel, but as partakers in God’s unfolding promise. Paul warns Gentile believers in Romans 11:18, “Do not boast against the branches… remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.”
Paul’s warning could not be clearer: Do not be arrogant toward Israel. And yet Carlson, Fuentes, and those who echo their views do exactly that.
Ironically, in calling Christian Zionism “heresy,” they embrace the unbiblical doctrine known as Replacement Theology of Super-sessionism—the false idea that the Church has replaced Israel, that God’s promises to the Jewish people have expired.
Fuentes, promoting Super-sessionism, cited Thomas Aquinas, the 13th-century Catholic philosopher, to claim that Jewish people are a “witnessed people” who have special legal protections but no ongoing spiritual role. Then he doubled down: “The neoconservatives and Israel have everything to do with Jewish identity… the blood and soil nationalism of Israel… stems from this ethno-religion, which is Judaism.”
If only they would open their Bibles. They would see that Jesus and all His apostles believed in a coming restoration of Israel’s kingdom, just as God had promised “through His holy prophets” (Acts 3:17–21).
Their brand of Replacement Theology runs headlong into Paul’s reminder that even in unbelief, Israel remains beloved “for the sake of the patriarchs,” because “the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29). God’s covenant with Abraham—land, people, blessing—cannot be undone.
Carlson and Fuentes paint Christian Zionists as naïve or deceived—blindly serving the Israeli agenda. But Paul defines the heart of the Christian Zionist who calls Gentile believers to humility, not hubris: “Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.” (Romans 11:20)
That’s the posture to have as a Christian Zionist: Humble gratitude, not arrogance. Reverence for God and His Word, not bondage to any political agenda.
Their line—”Christian Zionism is Christian heresy”—reveals that politics has become their religion. They promote not the transforming work of Christ in individual hearts but a cultural crusade—a collective Christian identity defined by power, blame, and control. In that movement, Israel becomes a target, and Christian Zionists are the pawns.
As for the ministry of FOTET, we will continue to speak up for the Jewish people, to pray for Israel, and to affirm the land God has promised. I will oppose the targeting of Jewish people, I will reject the lie that a Jewish conspiracy is what’s wrong with the world, and I will encourage believers to see that the Jewish people are not the obstacle to redemption—they are a key part of God’s redemptive plan.
I will live as a wild branch grafted in by grace—grateful, humbled, and standing in solidarity with the root, not boasting against it and blaming it for the woes of party affiliation.
So to Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, I would simply say: read your Bible and stop butchering it for your self-centered agenda.
It’s a Jewish book—yes, even the New Testament. There you’ll find that Jesus is the Messiah of Israel, who came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel to establish the New Covenant, promised to Israel in Jeremiah 31:31, a blessing for the world. You’ll see that Paul, a faithful Jewish man himself, affirmed that God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob still stands.
God’s love for the Jewish people is not a political issue—it’s a biblical truth.
“Boast not against the branches. But if you boast, remember you do not support the root, the root supports you.” (Romans 11:18)
