Here is a new website that demonstrates our need to recover the Holy Lands. This is something that much of Christendom - due to the Dispensationalists - has failed to realize: that the Holy Lands are indeed “holy,” and that that land is our land. All throughout the Old Testament we can see the prophecies of how God has promised his people this rich land, from the “everlasting covenant” of David. We can also see in the book of Romans, Chapter 11, that “Israel” will be saved.
Pre-reformation saints fought and died for the preservation of the Holy Lands. But we are now giving it up to Islam. This is something that our kinsmen will reap! Our children or grandchildren (etc.) will one day be compelled to take this promise land back. Christians will begin to migrate back to the land, and many could indeed be martyred. But martyrdom is not always necessary for victory. Many times, martyrdom has simply been the result of previous, disobedient generations. If we begin to realize that this land is holy then perhaps it will be easier to finally aquire.
The recapturing of Jerusalem will first begin with a proper theology of the eschaton and its relation to the Gospel. A “postmillenial” hermeneutic is proper to understand this. With this hermanuetic, one can begin to understand the entirety of the Bible, rather than bits and pieces. One can then begin to understand that there is an overarching plan for God’s people that first began in the Garden and will then end in a “garden;” a garden that is inclusive to what God first started with.