by Dave Root, VividChristianity.com, last modified on 02/23/2026.
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As you read this section, keep in mind that the New Testament is not merely a history book, it's meant to change us to become more and more like Jesus. When we read any passages in the New Testament, our goal should be to discern what God wants us to believe and do so that we can be obedient to Him.


Different people think of Zionism in different ways or from different perspectives. For example, the Wikipedia page for Zionism describes several different types of Zionism, including Political and practical Zionism, Labor Zionism, Synthetic and General Zionism, Revisionist Zionism, Religious Zionism, Liberal Zionism, and Cultural Zionism.

For the official Jewish perspective, here's a quote from Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs website:

"Zionism is the national movement espousing repatriation of Jews to their homeland - the Land of Israel - and the resumption of sovereign Jewish life there...
The origin of the word "Zionism" is the biblical word "Zion," often used as a synonym for Jerusalem and the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael). Zionism is an ideology which expresses the yearning of Jews the world over for their historical homeland - Zion, the Land of Israel." (Zionism-an Introduction )

The "historical homeland" described in the above quote refers to the land that God had promised to Abraham's descendants (the Jews), which has very specific boundaries:

"On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates - the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."" (Genesis 15:18-21)

"The LORD said to Moses, "Command the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries: Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea, cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon, where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea. Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west. For your northern boundary, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north. For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee. Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.'"" (Numbers 34:1-12)

"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph. You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance. This is to be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea by the Hethlon road past Lebo Hamath to Zedad, Berothah and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary. On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary. On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern boundary. On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary. You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel."" (Ezekiel 47:13-21)

A number of prophecies throughout the Bible require the existence of a modern country of Israel, and many of those prophecies involve a regathering of modern Jews back to their historical homeland (see my article called End-Times Prophecies Are Coming to Pass Right before Our Eyes). Some of those prophecies were fulfilled in the 20th century, and some are being fulfilled today, right in front of our eyes, and some will be fulfilled before the Second Coming, and some will be fulfilled soon after the Second Coming (see my article).

Zionism, in the sense of the Jews having a very specific homeland (the Land of Israel) and returning to their homeland, is absolutely scriptural. The modern country of Israel is a direct fulfillment of end-times Bible prophecies, even though most Jews are not Christians, and Israel will continue to be a non-Christian country until the 3 days before the Second Coming. This means that their leadership is not currently listening to or obeying the Lord, so their decisions, policies, and actions might not be approved by Him (see my article called God Will Do Miracles for Confirming That This Website Has Proper Teachings).