This
segment of our ongoing exposure of the Scofield Reference ‘Bible’ will carry us
forward into the New Testament. Having previously laid a critical background in the ‘covenants’ and
‘dispensations’ as set forth in this contrived and fabricated attempt to
compromise the content and message of the King James Version of the Bible; we
will build on the six previous blogs. If
you are just now picking up on the content
of this exposé, it is recommended
that you read the previous brief essays at my blogsite: theseprophets.blogspot.com
Also, I continue to encourage the reading of my title: The
Israel Deception which will add greatly to your understanding of the
issues being raised in these writings. Additionally a point or two needs to be
made about the Scofield Reference ‘Bible’ as relates to its construction and
composition. First, the notes and
commentary are voluminous throughout with introductions to chapters, Scripture
references, and footnotes. Without writing an entire book on the subject I am
not able to deal with all of the issues but have attempted to highlight the
major problems. Also, not all of the
notes and references are wrong in the various revisions, but have utilized the
mixing of truth with error in a way that the impression of legitimacy has been
retained, and thus the deception is more subtle.
Moving
to the New Testament it does not take long for the commentators to begin their
work of corrupting the truth, and contending for an alternate view of the
content of the Scripture more in harmony with their agenda. Let us look at Matthew 3:2 which reads as
follows: “And saying (John the Baptist speaking), Repent; for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.” Moving to the footnotes at the bottom of page (994-Scofield
revision of 1967) we read the following commentary as concerns the “kingdom of heaven”. We quote: ‘The
expression kingdom of heaven, one that
is peculiar to Matthew, refers to the rule of the heavens, i.e. the rule of the
God of heaven over the earth (cp. Dan.2:44). The kingdom of heaven is similar
in many ways to the kingdom of God and is often used synonymous with it, though
emphasizing certain features of divine government. When associated with the
universal kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven includes only men on earth,
excluding angels and creatures. The kingdom of heaven is the earthly sphere of
profession as shown by the inclusion as those designated as wheat and tares,
the latter of which are cast out of the kingdom (Matthew 13:41) ………The kingdom
of heaven is revealed in three aspects (1 and 2 omitted here to focus on
the statement of note number (3)And
fulfilled after the second coming of Christ, the kingdom of heaven will be realized
in the future millennial kingdom as predicted by Daniel (Dan.2:34-36)……The
millennial form of the kingdom of heaven is wholly future and will be set up
after the return of the King in glory.’ Cited
here is Acts 15:14-17. This passage has nothing whatever to do with the
millennium or the Jews but speaks o the calling out of a people from the
nations to fulfill the words of the prophets.
What is being set forth here is a wresting of the Scripture in a deception
to establish a future earthly kingdom
for ethnic Israel. Commentary on page
994 is to lead the reader through a convoluted discourse on the ‘kingdom of heaven’ to prove what is
really meant in verse 2 is a future kingdom on the earth for Israel and the Jews,
a preposterous argument.
So
now we must deal with the pretribulatioal ‘rapture’ question. This issue finds
its focus almost exclusively in the passage found at I Thessalonians 14-17.The
Zionists must remove the Church from the earth in order to provide a place for
earthly Israel, I.e., as they see it the ‘chosen people’, to establish their
earthly kingdom which they say will run for the seven year tribulation (in fact
the Scriptures prove that the tribulation lasts for only 3 ½ years. (Comp Dan.
12: 7,Rev.12:12 and Rev.13:5)) So now there have been two kingdoms created in
their theological confusion, one on the earth for the Jews and one in heaven
for the Church. The Scofield note (page1293-1967 revision) states: ‘Paul’s
careful alternation of the pronouns “they” and “we” throughout the passage is
sufficient to show that he never conceived of the Church, the body of Christ, as remaining on earth during the time of wrath
in the Day of the Lord’. In fact what is clearly set forth in the passage is
the resurrection of all of the saints
after the tribulation. (Comp.
Matthew 24: 29-31, Luke 21:26-28). Christian Zionists do not understand the
separation of the tribulation and the Day of the Lord. The period of tribulation precedes the Day of
the Lord and is not part of it. The resurrection occurs immediately after the
tribulation and before the Day of the Lord, and when all believers in Christ
both from the O.T. and the N.T., have experienced resurrection, then the Day of
the Lord ensues bringing the wrath of God on the unbelieving world. This crucial
error in the theology of dispensational theology creates a complete confusion
of the Apocruful books of Revelation and Daniel making them unintelligible because
they rest on the false premise that the Church has been removed prior to the
beginning of the great tribulation. A further expansion and explanation of
these false and confusing doctrines will be covered in the next and final
segment of this discourse.
David Lance
Dean blogspot: theseprophets.blogspot.com
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