Kirk Cameron vs Christian Zionism

On Monday, Kirk Cameron posted a clip of him debunking Christian Zionism, and it went viral. The Left Behind star ruffled a lot of feathers while gaining newfound praise for his stance. However, this was short-lived as the post was deleted from X sometime on Tuesday afternoon.

The clip itself is a 87 second supercut of a podcast episode where Kirk Cameron responds to the viral Tucker Carlson Ted Cruz interview. The source video, a September 5 episode of Kirk Cameron’s podcast, is still up and decently popular with his audience. Cameron responds to Ted Cruz:

Wow. That was such a great interview. I can see why it went viral. I know the verse that Tucker Carlson’s talking about in Genesis actually doesn’t say Israel. It says that those who bless you, Abraham, this was before Israel, will be blessed by God and those who curse you, Abraham, will be cursed by God. Then it goes to Israel through uh Abraham’s descendant Jacob, who is called Israel.

This is a fascinating topic because Jesus demystifies who the children of Abraham actually are. And Paul absolutely clarifies it. Um, check this out in Romans chapter 9. Go to go to chapter 9 of verse Romans and read verses 6-8. For not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people. Well, that sounds like it contradicts what Ted Cruz just said: being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. It sounds like he’s saying not all of Israel is really Israel just because they’re Jewish.

Well, if you read verse 8, this means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children. Well, who are the children of the promise? It’s those who have faith like Abraham in the promises of God. And that is both Jew and Gentile in Christ.

Kirk Cameron begins by going straight to Scripture, citing Genesis 12 and then Romans 9. He then shifts into the practical applications of misinterpreting these texts.

So it is very interesting because our view of what it means to bless Israel or to curse Israel is having political implications and people are living and dying because of this. So it is a really important topic. If you study the the history of the nation of Israel, you find that Israel didn’t have a nation or a land to call their own for almost 2,000 years since the destruction of the temple in the year 70 AD. The religious systems gone. No sacrifice, no temple, no nothing. It wasn’t until about 75 years ago that the nation of Israel was recreated through some political operatives after World War II.

Cameron points out that Christian Zionism has massive implications on American foreign policy and has ultimately gotten people killed. As a reminder, Kirk Cameron is specifically addressing Ted Cruz’s view of a connection between Modern Israel and Abraham. This is further debunked by asserting that Talmudic Judaism is entirely different than Ancient Judaism.

So in that almost 2,000-year period, what did it even mean to bless Israel or to curse Israel? There was no Israel, per se. I think the scripture makes it clear that it’s about whether you’re blessing or cursing the true children of Abraham, those who believe the promises of the gospel. And so the Israel is the Israel of God. And that is the Israel that we need to bless. And if you want to do a deeper dive on the true identity of the Israel of God, uh, check out Romans chapter 9, 10, and 11 and the book of Hebrews. That’s a good start.

Kirk Cameron concludes by pointing out that Christian Zionism has no meaningful application of Genesis 12 for 2000 years, while highlighting that the verse speaks to the descendants of Abraham, who are those who believe because they have been grafted in. The idea that nations should bless Christians because of God’s love for them holds up much better Scripturally and when looking back through history.

Kirk Cameron deleted the supercut, but the impact was made. It certainly appears that he got the call, which goes to show that going against Zionism is a far riskier position to hold than going against transgenderism.