Physical objects and symbols have long been a stumbling block for Christians. Some Christians put Mary in the wrong position in their faith, and many evangelicals have done the same with Israel. We see this ancient stumbling block manifesting as it has done historically, simply in a different way.
The Crusaders were blinded by their genuine religious zeal for the physical homeland of our Lord. A land that is special for that reason, no doubt. But their quest to secure it, at all costs, cost them their ability to actually secure it for the long term. Modern evangelicals have the same oneitis for the modern land of Israel. Their desire to see prophecy, as they understand it, fulfilled in the land of Canaan has blinded them to the great strategic loss that has happened by the West’s unconditional support for the nation of Israel. Both the western Church and the West in general have stumbled in incredible ways because of this situation.
