Zionism Isn’t About Fear. It’s About Purpose. | Land of Israel Guys Podcast

ism I think is a good word but it's also important for us in Israel to understand what is this aversion to the word about what is the connotation the the the commentary in people's minds that it's about and I think the question is we have to say why >> why are we here are we here because it's a refuge uh because it's a shelter for history that we finally have a land to go to or do we have a mission do we have a purpose is this going somewhere and those two postures of looking backwards and being defensive you know there's two ways to go through life either fear or desire. >> And for so long, Zionism has been about fear. >> And if we as the nation of Israel understand that no, we have to let that fear go. >> Fear is idolatry. It's afraid something that may shouldn't shouldn't happen may happen. No, everything's in God's hands. He's with us and he's protecting us. What do we want to do here? Well, God brought us back to our home. Why don't we bring him back to his? And that's on Mount Mariah. That's the temple in Jerusalem. building the temple as a as a source of light and peace for all peoples of the world. That's what it's about. We have to that needs to be firmly implanted in our national consciousness and desire and that will liberate the term Zionism right there. [music]