We affirm that many sincere Christians see the modern-day Jewish state as fulfillment of Old Testament restoration prophecies. We affirm the Geo-political nation of Israel’s right to exist and to exercise the power of a sovereign nation in protecting its citizens from potential harm inflicted by enemies. We do not believe that potential war crimes or atrocities can or should be overlooked on the basis of that right. Nor do we agree with the view that any nation or individual Christian must honor the Geo-political nation in all it does or else suffer punishment from God as is often inferred by the quotation of Genesis 12:3 “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse.” This tends to be a vague and unrealistic perspective and cannot be said to have implications for one’s salvation if for no other reason than the Geo-political nation did not exist from 70 AD until 1948, thus rendering it pointless for the generations of Christians living between those dates.