Gevalt.
And Madonna!
Christians needed Jews to return to the homeland of Israel to usher in the second coming of Christ… [T]he belief that modern Israel is a prophetic signpost that faithful Christians are obligated to protect … has weakened… The erosion of premillennial theology weakens a longstanding — if often theologically uncomfortable — foundation of pro-Israel sentiment. The old evangelical alliance was never rooted in liberal pluralism; it was rooted in prophecy. As that prophetic framework recedes, so could also the strange protective logic that once made Israel theologically indispensable to millions of Christians.