Prophecy Update: 2/11/2021
Replacement Theology
The Bible predicts that the church is going to experience apostasy from within her ranks. This apostasy is manifested the most in the movement we call “Replacement Theology.” Satan has convinced people from within the Church, pastors, theologians, bishops, Popes, that Israel as a covenantal people do not exist anymore. God does not care for the Jews, He has abandoned them, and He does not have a plan to give them a land. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this update, I am going to explore how “Replacement Theology” leads to the holocaust and the rejection of Israel.
“But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.”
1 Tim.4:1
Replacement theology abolishes the Abrahamic Covenant, it is this Covenant that promises to Israel eternal ownership of the Promised land (Genesis 17:7-8) promises Israel to be the source of blessing and salvation for the world (John 4:22, Romans 9:1-5) and pronounces curses and blessings on how you treat this nation. (Genesis 12:1-3) According to Romans 11, but especially v. 28. “From the standpoint of the gospel they [the unbelieving Jews] are enemies for your [the Gentiles’] sake, but from the standpoint of God’s choice [the election, τὴν ἐκλογὴν, tēn ekloēn] they [unbelieving Jews] are beloved for the sake of the fathers.” Sorry to write some Greek in the verse, but it is very important. Here God makes an important distinction for all to see and understand. Israel is still in the plan of God! It is important to see that Israel is the elect nation that God is using in the world today. As God protects Israel and moves Jews back to the land of Israel, the world is to take note and see that God is at work! Here are some things that God says about Israel as the elect nation.
“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend, You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.”
Isaiah 41:8-9
“For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.” Deuteronomy 7:6
Replacement teachers deny that Israel is the elect, chosen nation by God. They are working politically and religiously against evangelicals who support Israel. Two of these groups are called Telos and Israel/Palestine Mission Network.
“Telos Group, a D.C.-based nonprofit trying to change how a new generation of American leaders and evangelicals—historically a key pro-Israel bloc based on their reading of the Bible—see the geopolitical quagmire. Christians United for Israel, the John Hagee-backed Zionist organization, isn’t a fan of Telos’ work. Shari Dollinger, CUFI’s co-executive director, told me in an email that CUFI does “not comment on the efforts of small anti-Israel groups,” though she nevertheless sent along several blog posts that accused Telos of promoting “Palestinian Propaganda.”politico.com
“The Protestant church with the longest running and most well-funded anti-Zionist constituency is the Presbyterian church (PCUSA) in the US. In the last decade, its Israel/Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) has produced several increasingly anti-Zionist books designed to propel divestment resolutions in the church’s annual meeting. The most widely debated of these was 2014’s Zionism Unsettled: A Congregational Study Guide. mdpi.com
God warned us that in the last days Satan would attempt to destroy Israel as well as the church. The Replacement Theology advocates are working hard to eliminate the pro-Israel teaching in the evangelical church. Some institutions that we once trusted as evangelical were infiltrated. For example, Wheaton College hired a virulent anti-Israel teacher.
His name is Gary Burge and he taught against Israel. “He wrote a book called “Whose Land? Whose Promise?: What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians.” (2003) Gary M. Burge (born 1952) is an American author and professor. He is a New Testament scholar at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1] He is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)” wikipedia.org
Notice what church he is from? In 2017 he left Wheaton to teach at Calvin Theological Seminary, another Replacement Theology school. His book has been thoroughly reviewed by several people, one review said this:
“While this book is marred by numerous factual errors and sourcing problems, there are several other remarkable aspects of this book. He invokes passages in the New Testament to portray Israel’s existence as a violation of Christian theology. Whose Land? Whose Promise? is replete with abnormal and unreasonable expectations of Israel. Rev. Dr. Burge minimizes the threats Israel faces and exaggerates the willingness of Israel’s adversaries to make peace. In other words, Rev. Dr. Burge protects his religious fantasies about the Jewish people and their state by distorting reality. When Israel responds to reality as it is, and not as Rev. Dr. Burge distorts it, he portrays it as a rogue state betraying the higher principles of Judaism. The irony about Whose Land? Whose Promise? – a book packaged as a warning to Christian Zionists (or more specifically, pre-millennial dispensationalists) – is that it affirms the notion that the Jewish people constitute a unique theological category and require special treatment and judgment – a primary tenet of Christian Zionism.”
Another man who has influenced the church for the evil of Replacement Theology is Stephen Sizer. Both of these men have done great damage to the church. Barry Horner speaks about them in his book “Future Israel.”
“Dr Burge objects to Christians developing their theology out of Genesis and Ezekiel and
doing Jewish theology. His statement should be disturbing to every Christian. Genesis and
Ezekiel, and the rest of what we call the Old Testament, constitute the Bible of Yeshua or
Jesus and his first followers. If we are not “doing Jewish theology”, as Burge puts it, then we
are certainly not doing theology as Jesus and his first followers did. Reverend Dr. Steven Sizer was until recently one of the most active Christian anti-Zionists. He is an Anglican priest and has associated with terrorists and Holocaust deniers. He stands strongly opposed to the biblical Zionist view that the scriptures teach the restoration of Israel. Sizer’s position is that the New Testament “fulfills and annuls” the Old Testament.” static1.squarespace.com
It blows my mind how many churches that claim to be evangelical actually follow the teaching of replacement theology. Satan is like a roaring lion and a deceptive snake that sneaks up on you. What is Satan’s strategy?
“Part of Satan’s strategy has been to infect the Church with what was historically called Supersessionism. This is the idea that God has replaced the Jews with the Church. It’s only in the 20th Century that this concept came to be known as Replacement Theology. There are two basic kinds of Supersessionism. The first type is called “Economic Supersessionism.” I prefer to call it “Historical Supersessionism.” This is the more moderate form of the theology. It argues that it was God’s plan from the beginning for Israel’s role as the people of God to expire with the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of the Church. Or, to put it another way, it was God’s plan for the people of God to morph from an ethnic group into a universal group. The far more common type of Supersessionism, and the type that has characterized the Church almost from its beginning, is called Punitive Supersessionism. It emphasizes Israel’s disobedience to God and their subsequent justifiable punishment by God and their displacement as the people of God. To put it another way, “The Chosen People of Israel have been replaced by the Church because the nation acted wickedly and has forfeited the right to be the people of God.” pre-trib.org
Hitler used this teaching from Martin Luther who advocated the persecution of the Jews because they did not receive Jesus. Hitler manipulated the Lutheran Church to embrace hatred of the Jews. Here is what he said:
“In 1924 at a Christian gathering in Berlin, Hitler spoke to thousands and received a standing ovation when he made the following proclamation: “I believe that today I am acting in accordance with the will of Almighty God as I announce the most important work that Christians could undertake — and that is to be against the Jews and get rid of them once and for all.” pre-trib.org
It is hard for us to believe that the Catholic and Lutheran churches embraced the Nazi propaganda and condemned the Jews to the gas chambers. This is what happened and we cannot erase this sin from history. Replacement Theology, whatever form it takes, always leads to murder. This leads us to today and what we are facing. In 2002 another Replacement Theology push was made on the Evangelicals by Knox Seminary.
“Knox Seminary Document: A good example of the new form of anti-Semitism can be found in a document issued by James Kennedy’s Knox Theological Seminary in 2002. It was entitled, “An Open Letter to Evangelicals Concerning Israel.” It has since been endorsed by hundreds of theologians and pastors, including such luminaries a R. C. Sprōul. The document begins by denouncing those who teach that the Bible’s promises concerning the land of Israel are being fulfilled today “in a special region or ‘Holy Land,’ perpetually set apart by God for one ethnic group alone.” It then proceeds to proclaim that the promises made to Abraham “do not apply to any particular ethnic group, but to the Church of Jesus Christ, the true Israel” pre-trib.org
National Council of Churches and World Council of Churches
Both of these organizations represent over 400 denominations and churches. They push this narrative: Israel is occupying the Palestinian Territories (East Jerusalem, West Bank, and the Gaza Strip) The WCC has this on their website: “Seek #JusticeAndPeace in the Holy Land:
Half a century has passed since the six-day war when Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Despite stalled peace processes and the sufferings entailed by the occupation, people still hope for a better future.” oikoumene.org
Amazing as it may sound, these two organizations say they represent 1 billion Christians from around the world. This is as sad as it gets!
Iran and Replacement Theology
This brings me to Iran. When Iran attacks Israel, these churches will say nothing. When Israel attacks Iran, all bets are off. When it comes to antisemitism, Jews are in a no win situation.
“Many commentators view the Biden administration as nothing more than Obama’s third term. And from the perspective of its Iran policies, this is certainly the case. President Biden’s Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama. The main strategic assumption that guided Obama and his advisers was that Iran was a status-quo, responsible power and should be viewed as part of the solution—or “the solution” rather than the problem in the Middle East. Iran’s sponsorship of terrorism, its proxy wars and its nuclear program were unfortunate consequences of a regional power balance that put too much power in the hands of U.S. allies—first and foremost Israel and Saudi Arabia—and too little power in Iran’s hands. To stabilize the Middle East, Obama argued, Iran needed to be empowered and U.S. allies needed to be weakened. As then-Vice President Biden put it in 2013, “Our biggest problem was our allies.” israelnationalnews.com
Warning for America: Replacement Churches teach that the admonition of Genesis 12:3 no longer apply.
“And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
Genesis 12:3
President Biden and his administration has brought a great curse on America. His favor towards the Palestinians and Iran is cursing Israel and therefore America is cursed! What are they rejecting?
“The template for the nation-state was the ancient kingdom of Israel, composed of a particular people in their own land bound by their own laws, which expressed the history, traditions and principles that formed their shared identity and purpose. As Yoram Hazony observes in his book The Virtue of Nationalism, ancient Israel, which formed a nation out of the unification of tribes, laid down a formula for national unity that created England in the ninth century, the Dutch Republic in the 16th century and, in the 18th century, the United States of America.” israelhayom.com
As our country denies the bible and the God of creation, they have rejected the Judeo Christian teaching on nations. This always leads to antisemitism! Let us pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for God to have mercy on America, and that God may save a lot of people who know it is wrong to curse Jews and Christianity! God bless you and be strong in the Lord!
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