Clickbait Theology: “The Israel of Today Is Not the Israel of the Bible.”

A message to the Clickbait Theologians…

There comes a time when silence is no longer an option—not because truth needs defending, but because the foolishness has gotten too loud to ignore. We live in a time where clickbait headlines and dime-store theology are being regurgitated across the internet like gospel, and one of the most absurd claims being passed around lately is that “the Israel of today isn’t the Israel of the Bible.” Apparently, someone discovered that ancient shepherds didn’t use Wi-Fi and decided that invalidates 4,000 years of prophetic continuity. Congratulations. You’ve just proved that history moves forward.

Let’s start with the obvious: the modern state of Israel is not a carbon copy of tribal Israel from 1400 BCE. Of course it isn’t. Time exists. Empires have risen and fallen, languages have shifted, borders have changed, and technology has advanced. That isn’t a prophetic contradiction—that’s reality. But what these self-anointed experts miss entirely is that the Bible doesn’t predict Israel staying the same. It predicts that they would be scattered, exiled, hated, globally dispersed, and then—miraculously—regathered. Not once, but twice. And in a world that has tried to erase them through exile, assimilation, and genocide, their survival and return is nothing short of divine.

Before Israel ever entered the land the first time, God told Moses exactly what would happen. They would rebel, be exiled, and later be brought back. Not through military might, political diplomacy, or religious purity—but by the hand of God Himself. Deuteronomy 30 doesn’t leave room for debate. God said, “I will gather you from all the peoples where I have scattered you… I will bring you back to the land your fathers possessed, and you shall take possession of it.” That’s not metaphor. That’s map.

Now let’s deal with the heart of the issue: the covenant. Critics of modern Israel love to scream that they’re secular, they don’t keep the Torah, they don’t live under God’s law, so therefore they can’t be the “real” Israel. But this reveals just how little they understand about biblical covenants—or God, for that matter. The covenant between God and Abraham wasn’t a handshake between equals. It wasn’t a contract based on mutual compliance. In Genesis 15, only God walked through the covenant pieces. Abraham didn’t. That was God saying, “I alone am responsible for upholding this.” It was unconditional. Eternal. Irrevocable. The land wasn’t a gift contingent on behavior. It was a promise rooted in divine identity.

This wasn’t the Mosaic covenant at Sinai, which was conditional upon obedience. That law-based relationship affected Israel’s experience in the land, not the ownership of it. When they disobeyed, they were judged and removed—but never erased. They were disciplined, not disowned. The prophets all testify to this: God will scatter them, but He will bring them back. He will judge them, but He will restore them. He is the covenant-keeper. That’s who He is.

The arrogance of those who claim modern Israel isn’t biblical Israel rests on the false belief that human action dictates divine faithfulness. It doesn’t. God remains faithful even when Israel isn’t, because His name is on the promise. Paul makes this crystal clear in Romans 11, stating that even while Israel resists the gospel, they remain beloved for the sake of the fathers, because the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. That means what it says. Irrevocable. Not subject to revocation based on behavior, governance, or secularism. God is not waiting for Israel to get it all together before fulfilling His word. He fulfills it because He said He would.

And let’s not forget Ezekiel 36, where God says He will regather His people from the nations, bring them back to their land, and only then begin to cleanse them, give them a new heart, and put His Spirit within them. The return precedes the repentance. The regathering happens before the revival. This is the exact pattern playing out in real time. Israel is back in the land, largely secular, surrounded by enemies, and miraculously preserved. That’s not a problem for prophecy. That is prophecy.

So yes, Israel has parades and politics that don’t align with the Torah. News flash: they always did. Read Kings and Chronicles. Read the Prophets. Israel has never had a perfect track record. And yet, God kept His covenant every time. Even when they were scattered, He preserved them. Even when they forgot Him, He remembered them. If modern Israel’s secularism invalidates their place in prophecy, then so did their idolatry under Ahab. But God doesn’t operate on the whims of our righteousness. He operates according to His word.

Critics will say, “Well, they don’t even believe in the Messiah.” Neither did the nation in Isaiah’s time. Neither did the people during most of Jeremiah’s life. That didn’t stop God from using them or preserving them. National belief will come. Scripture says it will. Zechariah prophesied that they will look upon the one they pierced and mourn for Him. That hasn’t happened yet. But it will. In God’s timing.

So let’s recap, slowly this time, for the ones in the back. The modern State of Israel is not a prophetic accident. It is the literal, geographical, genealogical, and eschatological continuation of the Israel in the Bible. The descendants are back in the land God gave their fathers, speaking the language He once gave them, defended by miracles they don’t even acknowledge, fulfilling promises they don’t yet believe in. And they don’t have to. Because God is the one keeping the covenant.

You don’t have to like the government of Israel. You don’t have to agree with its policies. But if you claim to believe in Scripture, you cannot deny that the rebirth of Israel in 1948, after centuries of dispersion, was something no other nation has ever accomplished. No people group has ever maintained their identity in exile like the Jews have. No language has ever been resurrected from the dead like Hebrew has. And no ancient nation has ever returned to its original homeland after two thousand years—except the one God said would.

This isn’t about politics. It’s about prophecy. This isn’t about religious nationalism. It’s about the name of God and His covenant faithfulness. The world may despise Israel. The nations may rage against them. But the Lord has set His name in Zion, and no amount of YouTube theology or TikTok eschatology is going to rewrite the script He’s already authored.

The Israel of today is not an impostor. It is a miracle. A living, breathing witness to the fact that the God of Abraham still honors His word. And if that offends your doctrine, then it’s not Israel that needs correcting—it’s you.

So next time someone smugly says, “The Israel of today isn’t the Israel of the Bible,” let them know they’re right. It’s not the same. It’s the fulfillment of what the Bible said it would become. It’s not the acorn anymore. It’s the oak.

And God planted it Himself.