I'm a supporter of Israel, an admirer of how they've transformed a most god-forsaken and inhospitably arid part of the planet into a fertile dynamo of innovation and invention; and I'm an unequivocal believer in their right to exist. The Six Day War was stunning. In dealings with their neighbors, Israel is in the right more often than in the wrong. But I find this recent congressional side-show of standing-ovational genuflection (Oxymoron? Why not?) shameful on many levels, not the least of which is the fundamental cynicism behind so much of Republican “support” for Israel, which differs from mine by 180 degrees. Mine wants to see it exist as a Jewish state forever; mine is based, in part, in respect for my heritage. Theirs is predicated on a Bible story of the Apocalypse, and a vision of Jesus' return to the land, heralding the burning of Jews in hell for all eternity if they don't admit their evilness and convert on the spot. I find it — what's the word? — creepy.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150314/OPINION04/150319605/For-a-change-we-could-base-actions-on-rational-thought-
That's not exactly what we evangelicals believe. We believe that anyone, Jew or gentile, who believes that he/she will be saved from eternal damnation by his/her racial heritage and/or good works is deceived. The doctrine of the Protestant Christian faith is salvation by grace through faith alone apart from good works, and that saving faith results in good works and repentance of past sins.
We, or at least I, believe that although good works won't save anyone they're the inevitable result of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. Therefore, a total lack of good works and no repentance of his/her sins means that the supposedly saved person most likely isn't.