I watched Jack Hibbs and Rob McCoy sit on stage and effectively announce that your salvation hinges not on the blood of Christ, but on the political stability of Tel Aviv—and I had to replay it just to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating.
According to them, if God doesn’t preserve His “everlasting covenant” with the modern secular state of Israel, then you, dear Christian, have no assurance you’ll make it to heaven. Forget Calvary, forget the empty tomb, forget the actual covenant ratified in the pierced body of Jesus—apparently, the real anchor of your soul is a foreign-aid package blessed by Washington and welcomed by Netanyahu’s approval rating.
This is what happens when these crazy fever dreams finally melt down into open theological malpractice. The apostles laid the foundation of Christ crucified, but Hibbs lays a foundation of congressional appropriations. Paul says Jesus is the guarantor of a better covenant, but Hibbs says Israel is the guarantor of God’s credibility.
