WHERE WILL TRUE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST COME FROM?
Peace in the Middle East for Israel and the Arab and Muslim world will NOT come from an eschatology that thinks the literal land of Palestine is the focus and climax of Bible prophecy or paradise on earth! Unfortunately this faulty premise is what unites and consistently divides Dispensational Evangelicals, Israel, and the Muslim world. Peace will be achieved first and foremost with the REAL gospel being preached in the West which should be centered on being “in Christ” through faith and not “in the [sacred] land.” Having said this, I should point out that I am not a liberal pacifist in any way shape or form, and believe in a just war. But in the long run, there can be no social change at all levels unless the gospel penetrates these Eastern countries. It only took a handful of uneducated men to turn the Roman Empire or the “world upside down” within one generation. The same can be true of accurate debating and evangelism to the Middle East today. Unfortunately, to be as honest as I ca