Unanimously affirmed by the Delegates July 15, 2001:

The Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC) supports the existence of the Jewish homeland in Israel. The UMJC supports the right of the nation of Israel to exist within safe and secure borders, and the right of all Israelis to freely live and travel without the threat of terrorism.

We affirm the historic connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, as well as God’s promise to give the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob the Land of Israel as a permanent inheritance. As the Torah states:

I will establish My covenant with you as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and to your descendants after you; and I will be their God. (Genesis 17:7-8)

We further recognize that the birth of the modern state of Israel in 1948 was foretold by the prophets:

Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes. For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. (Ezekiel 36:23-24)

In addition, the historical sufferings and persecutions of the Jewish people, culminating in the recent Holocaust of World War II, have shown the world that the Jewish people need and deserve their ancient homeland as a safe haven.

The UMJC also affirms the current and future aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel) as a fulfillment of Scripture, as it is written:

The days are coming, declares the Lord, when men will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought..Israel up out of Egypt’ but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where He had banished them’. For I will restore them to the land I gave their fathers. (Jeremiah 16:14-15)

The UMJC therefore supports the right of Jewish people to immigrate to their historic homeland. In addition, the UMJC encourages its congregations to work for the welfare of the state of Israel, to pray for the Land and its safety , and to visit the Land, thereby expressing support for the nation and its inhabitants. The Union further encourages its congregations to pray for peace between Israel and her neighbors (Psalm 122:6).

Finally, the UMJC expresses solidarity with the Messianic Jewish community in Israel, encouraging all congregations to pray and work for its welfare. For , ...it is a land that the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end (Deuteronomy 11:12).