This
is the second segment of a multiple part series dealing with contrived editions
of the King James Version of the Bible which has effectively created an entire
new system of theology and a new ‘Christian’ subculture in America over the
past one hundred years. To understand the historical background and development
of the theological concepts contained in the multiple revisions of the publication
it will be helpful for you to read the first segment designated as Part I.
There exist some complexities in the evolutionary development of this ongoing
revision of the Word of God which clearly need to be reviewed and exposed. At
the outset it is basic to understand that a Zionist influence lies at the heart
of this progressive endeavor.
Let
us move ahead in the examination of premillennial dispensationalism. As we have
already stated the system of theology begins with dividing the Scriptures into
seven dispensations, economies or eras. This groundwork was laid during the
nineteenth century by John Nelson Darby and became known as ‘Darbyism’.
Scofield as well as others adopted it although this manner of dissecting the
Scriptures had no precedent historically. Darby then added a secret heretofore
unknown element of a ‘rapture ‘of the entire body of believers to occur
immediately prior to the period of tribulation. This became the great
escape. The Scofield version over time
added a series of eight supposed covenants which we will name here before going
into a detailed examination of the theology. They were designated as Edenic,
Adamic, Noahic, Promise, Palestinian, Davidic, Mosaic and the New Covenant. At
the outset it is necessary to be stated that the Scriptures themselves only
identify directly two covenants, the old and the new. Paul summarizes this in
his epistle to the Galatians. Speaking
of the two sons of Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac, in allegory he sets them forth
at Galatians 4:22-31 and states specifically at verse 24 ‘which things is an allegory; for these are the two covenants, the one from the Mount Sinai, which gendereth to
bondage, which is Agar’. Later in the passage Paul states: ‘Nevertheless what saith the Scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the
son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman (Sarah).
So then ye brethren, are not children or the bondwoman, but of the free (verses
30-31). The point then being made is
that six if the so-called covenants set forth by the evolutionary system of
theology created by Darby and Scofield are arbitrary and the text of Scripture
does not support the validity of them as being designated as covenants. They
have been inserted for the purpose of establishing an argument in favor of the
Zionist contention that certain promises have been made to the natural
seed of Abraham, i. e. Israel which they say are unconditional and
which has yet to be fulfilled. Let us
move to that argument next and show from the Scriptures that it is invalid.
The
promise God made to Abraham originally found at Genesis 12: 1-3 are clearly not
only conditional contingent upon the faith and obedience of Abraham, (and his
seed, which is clearly a spiritual seed and not a natural seed) but are seen to
have their fulfillment—‘in thee shall all of the families of the earth be
blessed’ ---in Christ under the new covenant as is seen at Galatians
3:16-18: ‘Now unto Abraham and his seed
were the promises made. He saith not;
and to seeds as many; but as one, and to thy seed which is Christ And this I
say, that the covenant, ha was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law,
which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should
make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no
more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.” And again: ‘Not
as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel,
which are Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all
children: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, they which are the
children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of
the promise shall be counted for the seed.’(Romans 8:6-8)
In summary to this segment we conclude that the statement made in the
notes of the 1967 revision of the Scofield Reference Bible on page19 under (2):
‘God made an unconditional promise of blessing’s
through Abram’s seed (a) to the nation of Israel to inherit a specific
territory forever’-- is completely false. The promise was not made to a
physical seed to inherit a physical geographical territory forever; but rather
to a spiritual seed that would be likened unto Abram as relates to the issue of
personal faith and would ultimately find
its fulfillment in Christ. We will proceed step by step to prove the
counterfeit theological system propagated in the several revisions of the Scofield
Reference Bible. I recommend that you obtain my title: The Israel Deception. The book will provide you in much greater detail
a verification of the false system of theology which has produced an entirely
new Christian subculture in America with its deceitful and spiritually damaging
ramifications. Also check at my blogspot
for many additional blogs on the subject matter of Biblical prophecy. theseprophets.blogspot.com
David Lance
Dean
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