I believe your personal experience. Anecdotes are not data, though. > > odd facet of belief found in some American Protestant belief systems - that for Jesus t

I believe your personal experience. Anecdotes are not data, though. > > odd facet of belief found in some American Protestant belief systems - that for Jesus to come back, the State of Israel has to exist This seems to be overwhelmingly true[1]. > "...80% of the surveyed evangelicals believe that the modern rebirth of Israel and the return of millions of Jews to that land are a fulfillment of Bible prophecy and show 'we are getting closer to the return of Jesus Christ.'[1] > more likely is that Christians feel a certain affinity towards Israel due to a shared Judeo-Christian heritage This wouldn't really explain it. Muslims also have a Judeo-Christian heritage (and even believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah), and there's no reason to believe the historical parts of Israel would be different if they were under Muslim control. After all, the Palestinians living there prior to Israel's formation preserved all that stuff for hundreds of years. 1. https://www.npr.org/2019/08/25/753720351/as-u-s-jews-cool-to-israel-evangelicals-flock-there-as-tourists https://www.npr.org/2019/08/25/753720351/as-u-s-jews-cool-to...