Executive Summary
This article is a rebuttal to Jonathan Cahn’s video “The Truth About the Jews & Tucker Carlson.” In that message, Mr. Cahn repeatedly invokes the phrase “those who bless Israel will be blessed, and those who curse Israel will be cursed” as a warning to America. By definition, terrorism is the use of threats or fear to coerce a people — and this rhetoric amounts to spiritual terrorism, manipulating believers into unquestioning support of Zionism.
Key takeaways:
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Weaponized Scripture: Verses like Genesis 12:3, 27:29, and Numbers 24:9 are holy promises, but when used to frighten Christians into political loyalty, they become tools of manipulation rather than faith.
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Who Is Israel? The Jewish people are a portion of Israel, but not all of Israel. Abraham’s descendants were promised to be countless — scattered worldwide, far beyond one ethnic group.
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No Genetic Entitlement: Scripture teaches that Israel’s true identity is not based on bloodline but on salvation in Messiah. Entitlement produces pride; salvation produces humility and the fruit of the Spirit.
Victimization is no excuse: As Messiah’s people we are called to forgive, not to use our suffering as justification to harm others. The Holocaust and October 7 do not grant Israel moral license to displace or oppress. Using past trauma to victimize others only fuels endless bloodshed — true peace requires someone to break the cycle (Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:19).
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The Antichrist Spirit: From Cain and Abel to Joseph’s brothers, Saul, and even the crowds who crucified Yeshua, the Antichrist spirit has always been at work within Israel. Today it manifests in violence and entitlement under the banner of Israel’s name.
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Jeremiah Misapplied: Jeremiah 16:15 referred to the Babylonian exile and 70-year return, not modern land conquest. Using it to justify Zionism is a distortion. Messiah calls us to seek the eternal New Jerusalem, not an earthly empire.
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True Remnant: God’s people are those who worship in Spirit and truth (John 4:23). They long not for land, power, or conquest, but for eternal inheritance in Yeshua.
Conclusion: Spiritual entitlement is rooted in pride, leading to superiority, control, and violence. We see this clearly in the massacre of October 7, 2023, and in the ongoing displacement of over two million Gazans. Yeshua warned: “You will recognize them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16) and “Many will come in my name and lead many astray” (Matthew 24:5, 24). Zionism’s fruit is fear, manipulation, and bloodshed — the fingerprints of the Antichrist spirit.
Do not be deceived. Blessing comes by God’s grace alone, not by political allegiance.
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I felt led to write this piece as a rebuttal to Jonathan Cahn’s YouTube video entitled “The Truth About the Jews & Tucker Carlson | Jonathan Cahn Prophetic.” In his message, Mr. Cahn does an exemplary job of articulating the popular viewpoint of Zionism. Yet it is precisely this doctrine that has led many sincere believers into idolatry — the idolatry of land, ethnicity, and nationalism — and into submission to an oppressive system that elevates one demographic of people as spiritually superior over all others.
This is not simply a theological difference; it is a spiritual danger. By the classical definition, terrorism is the use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce a population for political or ideological ends. While Mr. Cahn is not using physical violence, he repeatedly uses threats of divine punishment — “those who bless Israel will be blessed, and those who curse Israel will be cursed” — as a tool to pressure Christians and Americans into unquestioning support of Zionism. In his video he cites this curse at least four separate times. This kind of rhetoric is a form of spiritual terrorism: it uses fear of God’s wrath to manipulate the hearts of believers and the policies of a nation.
This sense of spiritual entitlement is prideful and manipulative. Pride leads to superiority, superiority seeks control, and control inevitably produces anger, violence, and the loss of life. It is the opposite of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23). My goal in this blog is not to attack Mr. Cahn personally, nor to defend or align myself with Tucker Carlson — about whom I know very little — but to expose a doctrine that twists Scripture into a weapon of fear, threatening God’s people and this nation under the banner of blessing.
When Scripture Becomes a Weapon
Scriptures such as Genesis 12:3, Genesis 27:29, and Numbers 24:9 are holy promises of God. But when they are wielded as a threat — “bless Israel or be cursed” — in order to coerce nations or Christians into political loyalty, this crosses into spiritual manipulation. This is not honoring God’s Word; it is weaponizing it.
True terrorism is the use of fear to force compliance. In the same way, using Scripture to frighten people into supporting a government or a policy under threat of God’s curse is a form of spiritual terrorism. It replaces the grace of God with fear of punishment. The United States is not blessed because of its foreign policy; it is blessed — like every nation — by the mercy and grace of God alone.
This misuse of Scripture flows not from the Spirit of God but from the spirit of sorcery and witchcraft, which seeks to control others through fear rather than invite them into the freedom of Christ.
The Identity of the Jewish People and Israel
Let’s address the identity of the Jewish people. Some — not all — Jewish people, especially those who are Zionist or nationalist, claim that they alone are the entirety of biblical Israel. In their view, the Jewish people from Abraham onward represent all of Israel and no one else is Israel.
That view couldn’t be further from the truth. The Jewish people are indeed a portion of Israel, but they are not the whole house of Israel. Scripture shows that Abraham’s descendants were promised to be as numerous as the stars of the sky (Genesis 15:5) and the sand of the seashore (Genesis 22:17). This points to a vast multitude beyond counting, spread far wider than a single people group or geographic location.
Because of this, no one can absolutely deny another person’s potential connection to Israel’s heritage. Even if someone denies they are Israel, they still might be; only God knows the full lineage scattered through the nations. The Jewish people worldwide, including those in the modern State of Israel, may indeed be part of Israel — but no more and no less than countless others on earth who also descend from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
History shows that the house of Israel, including the northern tribes, was scattered among the nations (2 Kings 17:6; Hosea 1:10). Even the house of Judah was widely dispersed after the Babylonian captivity (Jeremiah 29:14; Ezekiel 12:15). Yes, it’s possible that a remnant of Judah preserved itself more visibly from the time of that exile onward. I don’t take that possibility away from them. But that preservation does not grant an exclusive entitlement to claim the whole identity of Israel, nor to deny the existence of the rest of the diaspora simply because it’s harder to trace.
In other words, the Jewish people are part of Israel, but they are not all of Israel — and being part of Israel does not automatically mean greater entitlement than anyone else who may also carry Abraham’s heritage (James 1:1; Galatians 3:29).
Israel Is Not a Genetic Entitlement
One of the greatest misunderstandings we face today is the idea that Israel is a genetic entitlement. The claim goes something like this: Jewish equals Israel, and no one else is Israel. In this view, you must be Jewish by birth or convert to Judaism in order to belong to Israel. But Scripture tells us this is not true.
Paul makes it clear that “not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel” (Romans 9:6). Yeshua and the apostles taught that God’s plan was to redeem and restore the whole house of Israel (Romans 11:26), bringing people from every tribe and nation into His covenant. Salvation, not genetics, is the foundation of Israel’s identity.
The New Testament shows us there are not multiple kingdoms — one for Israel and another for the “church.” Yeshua came to gather His people into one flock under one shepherd (John 10:16). Israel cannot be counted, because it is as vast as the stars and sand promised to Abraham (Genesis 15:5; 22:17). Anyone has the potential to be part of Israel, because it is by God’s grace and love that He welcomes all who put their faith in Messiah (Galatians 3:28–29).
There is no entitlement here. Even those who are part of Israel by bloodline stand equal before God with those grafted in by faith (Romans 11:17–20). Our identity as Israel comes not from claiming superiority, but from the fruit of salvation — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22–23).
And we must be careful: no one on earth has the authority to declare with certainty who is or is not Israel. That authority belongs to Yeshua alone. Only at the final judgment, when the Book of Life is opened (Revelation 20:12), will it be revealed who truly belongs to His covenant people. Until then, we live under the mercy of God’s grace, and our mission is not to exclude but to invite.
Even those who know they are Israel remain in need of sanctification. Paul reminds us, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Whether from the nations or from the Jewish people, all of us are part of the wider house of Israel only through Messiah — and all of us are still in the process of being made holy. That truth keeps us humble. As I like to say — get over yourself.
The Trap of Victimization
As followers of Messiah, we are commanded to forgive our enemies (Matthew 5:44). This is never easy, but it is the way of Yeshua. What we cannot do is use our own suffering as an excuse to inflict suffering on others. Yet this is exactly what we hear from the modern nation-state of Israel: that because of the Holocaust, they now have justification to take homes, land, and lives without recourse or permission.
Yes, Israel has a right to defend itself. Yes, the atrocities of October 7, 2023, were horrific. But neither the Holocaust nor the October massacre grants moral license to victimize others. To appeal to past trauma as a justification for present violence is not a biblical response — it is a cycle of vengeance. Scripture warns, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God” (Romans 12:19).
The truth is that the land of Israel was not empty when the modern state was founded. There were already Jewish people living peacefully alongside others before the state was created in 1948. But the creation of the state displaced an entire population, birthing a cycle of bloodshed that continues today. When a nation is built by removing another, strife will surely follow.
Taking blood or land from another people will never secure peace; it only multiplies loss of life and deepens division. And this is not to make the State of Israel more of a villain than the Palestinian people, nor to absolve one side over the other. Both have blood on their hands. But at some point, someone must choose to break the cycle. Someone must be the bigger person, lay down pride, and declare peace.
The Many Faces of Israel — and the Antichrist Spirit Within
The house of Israel is scattered all over the world, and it shows up in different ways. By default, anyone has the potential to be Israel. Many people live without even knowing it. Some have never read the Bible, never heard of Israel, and know nothing of its customs. Others follow Yeshua, read the Scriptures faithfully, and belong to churches, yet still believe they are part of some separate “covenant group” rather than the house of Israel. Then there are those who embrace the Torah and the Shabbat, practicing the customs of Israel, yet deny Messiah. Finally, there are the very few who both embrace Messiah and honor the Torah.
All of these people are Israel — in different stages of revelation and development — but Israel nonetheless (Romans 11:25–26; James 1:1).
And within Israel, Scripture also shows us another reality: the spirit of Antichrist. This is not something foreign, outside, or only Gentile — it has always manifested within the house of Israel itself.
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It was present when Cain killed Abel (Genesis 4:8; 1 John 3:12).
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It showed up in Lot’s descendants (Genesis 19:30–38).
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It was the same spirit that drove Joseph’s brothers to sell him into slavery (Genesis 37:27–28).
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It tormented King Saul, who was of Israel, yet consumed by jealousy and violence (1 Samuel 18:10–12).
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Most strikingly, it was the spirit Yeshua contended with throughout His ministry. His fiercest opposition came not from Rome, but from within the house of Israel itself (John 8:44; Matthew 23:27–28).
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It was in the crowd shouting, “Crucify Him!” (Luke 23:21). The same Israel, but moved by an Antichrist spirit, delivered Him to the cross.
This was a necessary evil for God’s redemption plan, yet it shows the pattern: the Antichrist spirit hides within Israel while opposing Messiah.
And that same spirit has not disappeared. Today it is alive in entitlement, in violence, in the shedding of innocent blood. The Antichrist spirit is at work in the murder of Gazans under the banner of Israel’s name — the same spirit that has plagued God’s people since the beginning.
This is what Scripture calls the spirit of Babylon (Revelation 17:5). It masquerades in the name of Israel, yet it is lawless, manipulative, and murderous. It calls itself Israel — but it is, in truth, Antichrist.
Jeremiah 16 and the Antichrist Obsession with Land
Some point to Jeremiah 16:15 to justify the modern return of Jews to the land of Israel. The verse says: “As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them…” (Jeremiah 16:15). But this passage cannot be used as a proof-text for today’s land claims.
When Jeremiah spoke these words, the northern kingdom had already been exiled by Assyria (722 BCE), and Judah was on the brink of Babylonian captivity (586 BCE). His prophecy was for his generation — a warning of exile and a promise of return after 70 years in Babylon (Jeremiah 25:11–12; 29:10). It was fulfilled when the people returned under Ezra and Nehemiah. To rip this prophecy out of context and apply it to modern political conquest in Jerusalem is to misapply the Word of God.
The obsession with land conquest belongs not to Yeshua, but to the spirit of Antichrist. Scripture calls Satan the “god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4), and as such he exercises influence and dominion over earthly kingdoms. Like any earthly ruler, he seeks territory, control, and domination — because this world is his domain for now. That is why his fingerprints are always marked by destruction, murder, lies, and manipulation (John 8:44).
By contrast, the true God of Israel, revealed in Messiah Yeshua, is not building an earthly empire. He is calling out a remnant people who worship in Spirit and truth (John 4:23–24). For them, this earth is not home (Hebrews 13:14). They do not strive for temporary possessions or land that will one day be destroyed (2 Peter 3:10–13). Instead, they seek the eternal inheritance — the New Jerusalem that comes from above (Revelation 21:2).
Our mission, therefore, is not to conquer land but to save souls, bringing as many as possible into the house of Israel by faith in Yeshua. The difference is always clear: where the Antichrist brings violence and destruction, Messiah brings life, peace, and eternal hope.
Conclusion: Do Not Fall for the Trap of Zionism
Spiritual entitlement is not from God. It is born from the spirit of pride. Pride gives birth to superiority, superiority demands control, and control always leads to anger, violence, and ultimately, the shedding of innocent blood. Yeshua told us plainly: “You will recognize them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16). The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22–23). But the fruit of spiritual entitlement is anger, manipulation, and violence.
Yeshua also warned us: “Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray” (Matthew 24:5). Again He said, “For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect” (Matthew 24:24). Zionism, when elevated as the ultimate truth, carries that same Antichrist deception: it uses the name of Israel while bearing fruit that opposes Messiah.
Therefore, we must discern carefully. Do not confuse political conquest or national entitlement with the kingdom of God. Do not fall into the trap of believing that land, ethnicity, or earthly power is the measure of God’s blessing. These are the lies of Babylon — the fingerprints of the Antichrist spirit.
The true remnant of Israel are those who walk in Spirit and truth (John 4:23). They follow Yeshua, bear the fruit of His Spirit, and long not for earthly conquest but for the New Jerusalem that comes down from heaven (Revelation 21:2).
My charge to you is this: do not be seduced by the Antichrist message of Zionism. Do not let fear or superstition replace faith in Messiah. Anchor yourself in His Word, test every spirit by its fruit, and remember that salvation and blessing come by the grace of God alone, not by political allegiance.
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