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May 18, 2018

Israel Is No Longer David the Shepherd but David the King

Christians should move from supporting Israel to being its partner.

While Israel once garnered sympathy for seeming like the biblical David—a youthful and inexperienced shepherd facing off against a gigantic and mighty warrior in the form of numerous Arab armies—it has now become a major regional power and a global economic player. Yet, writes Robert Nicholson, it is still worthy of the comparison to David—only now the mature David, king of Israel. And this, writes Nicholson, should be the lens through which its Christian supporters see it:

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May 18, 2018

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    “Civilian” deaths as a propaganda weapon.

  2. Israel Is No Longer David the Shepherd but David the King

    Christians should move from supporting Israel to being its partner.

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