Replacement Theology And Anti-Semitism
There’s never been a more urgent need for pastors to proclaim Israel’s right to the Land. The war in the Middle East has exposed the cancer of anti-Semitism and we must not keep silent.
The massive influx of people from Muslim nations explains the anti-Semitic demonstrations in major cities across Europe and the U.S., but why the intense hatred such as at Cornel University in New York where Jewish students were forced to hide from danger?
Replacement Theology also contributes to what’s happening on college campuses, particularly in America. Proponents of this doctrine assert that that after the people of ancient Israel rejected their Messiah, God turned His back on them and as a result, replaced the nation with the church. They claim that the church is now God’s kingdom on earth having inherited such promises that He made to Israel, albeit in a spiritual sense.
How does this teaching lead to anti-Semitism? During the long history of the church, Replacement Theology has been a breeding ground for it. Today, we see that churches in denominations long immersed in this teaching support the Palestinians cause in spite of its desire to destroy the nation of Israel and celebration of terrorism. The silence of many other churches concerning Israel’s right to the Land leaves a vacuum that the devil fills with murderous hatred.
The Origin Of Replacement Theology
Before the time of Augustine in the early fifth century, the majority of church leaders believed in the literal fulfillment of the entire book of Revelation. Even though writers such as Justin Martyr believed that God was finished with the Jewish people, He asserted that Jesus would reign for a thousand years in Jerusalem and denounced others who did not agree with him on this matter.
Because of his skill as a theologian and writer, Augustine changed everything. Motivated by anti-Semitism along and his fondness for the teachings of Plato who taught that all matter was evil, he altered the literal meaning of prophecies concerning Israel so that they conformed to his amillennialism, the belief there is no literal fulfillment of Revelation 20:1-10 nor the restoration of a kingdom to Israel.
His teaching that the church was God’s kingdom on earth appealed to a great many on his day because earlier, under the Emperor Constantine, Christianity had become the official religion of Rome. The church now possessed political power, which made its leaders all the more susceptible to the idea that they now ruled the kingdom once promised to God’s people. The temptation, fueled by Replacement Theology, proved irresistible.
What about being anti Christian? Christians have been persecuted and hunted down, murdered from the first revelation that our Lord and Savior was about to be born. Herod ordered the murder of all first born. What about the murder of John the Baptist? What about the murder and attempted murder of all those that spread the gospel of our Lord and Savior? What about the murder of Christians on going today in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere. What about the commandments of Moses? Are those commandments null and void? Did GOD make an exception? Yeshua is the only path to salvation and the sooner those that deny him realize that, the better off humanity will be. Constant conflict is the only path that those that deny Christ have known before and after his birth. It is time to place GOD and his SON at the front and live according to their teachings, scripture,, and commandments. There is no other truth or concern or path to salvation, period. Publish this or not makes no difference as to the outcome. What will be will be. There will be no deviation from the texts inspired by GOD and replaced by those that seek to amend and replace his words.
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